8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

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Night Karen :wave:


I'm heading off to bed myself, we have a long day tomorrow, followed by the Formal Awards Program tomorrow night. Angelina has already selected the tie she wants me to wear with my suit and has approved the dress that Hazel will be wearing.............:lmao:
 
I know that someday they will realize how fortunate they are, but not yet! I think about my first foray into the real world. I grew up in the happy middle class suburbs where everyone went away to college afte HS & mom & dad figured out how to pay for it. It wasn't until after I graduated and got out into the world that I realized how fortunate I was to have the opportunities I was given (and sometimes wasted!).


I know that packing up the clothes & toys to take them to the women's shelter made the kids somewhat aware that they were helping those less fortunate than they were. It didn't really hit home until our trip to Costa Maya last December when the kids actually helped hand out the school supplies that the DISers had brought with us to donate to the school near the ruins. It was an experience that humbled many of the adults who witnessed it and I know that the kids will never forget it. They were hugged by all of the children and got to see the playground at their school...the slide was made of wood. DS was so moved by the experience that he started crying when we got back onto the bus. He said that he was happy that the kids were so happy but that they shouldn't be that happy about pencils and paper. He wanted to do more. When we got home we tried to organize it so that his school could adopt the village school but the red tape stopped that unfortunatly. He asked me the other day why the people are in the women's shelter so I told him. He said that he was glad that he was lucky and didn't live in a home where he had to be afraid like that. :grouphug:
 
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I had to call my spouse over to look at this one...

It had to eventually come to this ta get any kind of bargain on DCL! ON the other hand ... it will make for a more merry voyage. SHall I bring aboard some of my gas intensified clam sauce to pass around among our cabinmates in this auditorium sized cabin?

Thanks for the offer Tom, but I will pass on that one.;)
 

:hug: Diane--

I am so very sorry for the loss of your mom. Losing a parent is so very hard. My prayers to you all. :hug:
 
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I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thank you!

Night Karen :wave:


I'm heading off to bed myself, we have a long day tomorrow, followed by the Formal Awards Program tomorrow night. Angelina has already selected the tie she wants me to wear with my suit and has approved the dress that Hazel will be wearing.............:lmao:

Andy have fun tomorrow night! I'm sure you will be one proud Papa! :yay:
 
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Tom DD seems to be the exact same as your youngest. She has a 9/4 bday and the cutoff is 10/15 so she entered Kindergarten at 4 yo. We were completely prepared to have her repeat K if she didn't meet the goals for that year. She exceeded them and has really grown in first grade this year surpassing our expectations. She has also had a problem being attached to us and not really active socially. For example I got a call from her 3 yo ps teacher one night because they had heard her talk in class. :scared1: They had to look and see what kid had come into the room because she had only whispered please & thankyou when forced before. The occasion? Our first Disney cruise. :) She was all excited telling the kids about everything she had seen. She continues to have clingy days...like this morning when DS stayed home to go to the doctor to check out possible sun poisoning. She was crying half way there and the teacher had to give her a hug when he picked her up out of the van to distract her (they are use to her). The most important thing IMO is their emotional development. I never forced the kids to give others hugs if it made them uncomfortable...that really counters the "don't talk to strangers" thing you try to pound into their heads from a very young age...not literally. ;)

I have always tried to encourage DD to participate in extra activities but she has never wanted to. Last fall she said that she wanted to play soccer with her brother at the Y on the night before the first game. Thankfully she was able to join his team. She had a BLAST and gained so much confidence, learned to work together with others, and experienced others cheering her on. She didnt' want to take ballet because she didn't want others looking at her. This summer there are a few opps for her. They keep bringing home info from school. I started reading one about an art camp to them and talking about what they could do and she said I WANT TO DO THAT! I called the next morning & luckily got the last spot for her age that had just been cancelled. :) She is thinking about a dance camp and wants to do soccer again in the fall. Give your DD time. She will shine when she is ready to step out there. :)

All I can say is that every child is different and it really isn't fair for you to compare her to her older sister. DS has a 11/14 bday so he is one of the oldest in his class and is in the AIG program. It isn't fair for me to hold DD to attain the same achievements that DS has. When I actually sat down and figured things by month she has achieved things before he did age-wise....riding bike without training wheels, getting 6 year molars in, losing first tooth, reaching each reading level, etc. It just seems that DS read at an 18-19 reading level earlier because he was in Kindergarten...but he was 6 1/2 at the time. DD is now at that same level in first grade...but he is NOW 6 1/2 so they are actually at the same rate of development for reading. Hope that makes sense
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Thanks fer sharin'...

... and to everyone who has contributed thoughts - Thanks as well from Alicia and I. We continue to have moments of reflection on this. And everyones' commentary to is mentioned to varying degrees. The knowledge of how things went for so many and the reasoning that so many exercied gives me clearity and confidence to accept my confusion as normal! <chuckles> My spouse remains on course with having the little one enter as soon as she can.... when young. I'm more tolerant of the idea now... but still guarded in general. I guess when it comes to my kids I am always nominally intense and attentive.

I guess this seems like a pivotal point potentially - and represents one of the first big decisions we have with her ... aside from naming her ... and I had butterflys in my stomach on the whole idea.

SO... thanks again everyone on your input. Anyone else stepping forward with something to say ... rest assured I'll see it and hang in reflection on your conclusions and observations.

OK... I'm stepping out to run errands now. Be back late tonight maybe. TOmorrow after 2PM I'll be traveling out of town for a nite. So I'll be out of touch til friday. Unless I get a few minutes to log on from the hotel thursday.

Cheers and TTFN!
 
One of the hardest things about being a parent is making decisions like these for your kids. You can talk to different people (teachers, doctors, etc.) and get many different opinions. Somehow kids manage to survive their parent's best intentions:goodvibes

That is very true. I remember trying to go to sleep debating about whether or not to put DD in the 2 year PS or hold her back a year. I know that her staying with the cut off date means that she will start college at age 17!!! :scared1: She may have to spend a year at a local CC. With so many kids being held back just because that means that she is in class with kids up to 2 years older than she is. When she starts to date it wont be a matter of what grade is he in...it will be how old is he. How strange will it be to not allow her to date a Senior when she is a Senior? OY!
 
That is very true. I remember trying to go to sleep debating about whether or not to put DD in the 2 year PS or hold her back a year. I know that her staying with the cut off date means that she will start college at age 17!!! :scared1: She may have to spend a year at a local CC. With so many kids being held back just because that means that she is in class with kids up to 2 years older than she is. When she starts to date it wont be a matter of what grade is he in...it will be how old is he. How strange will it be to not allow her to date a Senior when she is a Senior? OY!

No dating until 30pirate:
 
OK...

... my spouse has me watching an ebay listing thats' closing in a little under an hour... MBTs again. Am I gonna win it or not under HER limit?


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These aren't USED shoes you are bidding for, are they???
 
Hey look everybody it's that big beautiful cabin we are all SHARING! :lmao:

Oh, y'all better hope I get an actual cabin assignment. You do not want to be bunking with me for 15 nights.
 
I didn't realize that not everyone did it this way. Everywhere I have lived you pump first.

It was just the opposite for me. Growing up, you never paid first -- you pumped and then went inside. It took a while when I moved to Georgia to get used to pay before pump. But I guess this was downtown Atlanta and things are a bit different than West Backwater Pennsylvania.
 
I'm so sorry to hear that you have lost your mother, Diane. My mother died at 17, which was terrible, but then I saw my dad lose his mother (who was almost 100) much later in life and look in some ways just like a little boy who had lost his mother -- and then I realized that there is some place inside all of us that is just a little child wanting their mother, and that is true no matter what our age or the circumstances. My love and support go out to you . . .

It is quite devestating, no matter the age. When my father died, it was good riddance. But when my mom passed, it was a complete shock. I don't remember how I got through the rest of the day, I was in such a daze. Thank goodness for my wife, who got our things packed, got us all in the car and started the drive home to Western PA. I am not sure I would have made it there myself. It still hurts to think of it now tonight and my mom and I weren't even that close in her last 10 years, which maybe is why it hurts still.

I know my wife is silently bracing for the day that is still to come, although with her, she still has a pair of grandmothers alive -- the women in her family live forever. The men die early. Her dad and I claim to understand why.
 
Warning bad news post so please read at your own risk! :sad2:


I hesitate to post this here, mainly because I hate bringing this thread down & you are all having such fun, but since I did let you all know that I had to fly down to Florida as soon as we got back from HHI, because my mother had yet another blockage in her heart & I think it's only fair I keep you updated. We since found out it she was inoperable due to her age (77), emphysema, etc. & unfortunately she passed away yesterday. I am truly okay & at peace, especially since I got to say my goodbyes a few weeks ago. The last time I spoke with her was on was fittingly on Mother's Day. She is in a way better place than she had been in a very long time & truly she kept saying she was tired & she just wanted to go. She was back & forth from a rehab hospital to a regular hospital. She was on her death bed one minute & fine the next. :confused3 She went back in the hospital Sunday due to congestive heart failure. They had her sitting in the chair yesterday & she asked to lay down because she was not feeling well & she died shortly after. The nurses say she passed peacefully. She is to be cremated & her remains sent up here for burial with my father. We are hoping for a graveside service next weekend so I probably won't be on much next week. But really I am fine & in fact had posted as usual yesterday, shortly after finding out. I was enjoying all the POC intrigue & didn't want to interrupt. ;)

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Diane, so sorry for your lose even if it was expected. Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.
 
Oh, y'all better hope I get an actual cabin assignment. You do not want to be bunking with me for 15 nights.

Might be fun to watch.....

How many PO'ed cabin mates does it take to hog-tie JR?:lmao:
 
It was just the opposite for me. Growing up, you never paid first -- you pumped and then went inside. It took a while when I moved to Georgia to get used to pay before pump. But I guess this was downtown Atlanta and things are a bit different than West Backwater Pennsylvania.

I live in Jersey, we don't pump
 
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