Something About Nothing..........#5

[donaldduck352]

Well all i'm tired.Dw and I are walking 5miles a day

after work!!Got me wore out..

Catcha YA'LL in the morning

 

[minniejack]

Well all i'm tired.Dw and I are walking 5miles a day

after work!!Got me wore out..

Catcha YA'LL in the morning

Way to go

 

[minniejack]

boy is it quiet on here today. Are you all getting ready for the Steelers and Ravens?

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Evening everyone ...

Well, we're into single digits for our trip countdown

stripping is intimidating

Where is that Tag Fairy???? That's a tag if I ever heard one

 

[marciemi]

Evening everyone ...

Well, we're into single digits for our trip countdown

Thought you were talking about the temperature at first with the single digits!

Okay everyone (especially those of you with teens or teen experience! ). Here's the deal - this weekend is homecoming. See – here’s the problem. Homecoming ends at 11:30pm, but of course everyone wants to go to a party afterwards. But most of the kids in Matt's age group have the restricted licenses – no driving between midnight and 5am. And of course it wouldn’t be cool to have mom or dad come get you.

So their solution is to have everyone stay at someone’s house (in this case GF’s) and party until 5am when they’re then legally allowed to drive home! Yeah, - great idea. We’ve vetoed it and are still in negotiations. Stephen’s been told midnight, period (he's just going with a group of friends), but Matt’s pushing for 3 or 3:30 (well, I already said 3, but he didn’t like that). We’ll see. He is NOT driving home – I’ll stay up late and get Stephen and let Royce go to bed early, then wake up and run over and get Matt at 3 or so and then go back to bed (since he can fall back asleep easily unlike me).

What do you think? Am I being an unreasonable mom?

 

[minniejack]

Thought you were talking about the temperature at first with the single digits!

Okay everyone (especially those of you with teens or teen experience! ). Here's the deal - this weekend is homecoming. See – here’s the problem. Homecoming ends at 11:30pm, but of course everyone wants to go to a party afterwards. But most of the kids in Matt's age group have the restricted licenses – no driving between midnight and 5am. And of course it wouldn’t be cool to have mom or dad come get you.

So their solution is to have everyone stay at someone’s house (in this case GF’s) and party until 5am when they’re then legally allowed to drive home! Yeah, - great idea. We’ve vetoed it and are still in negotiations. Stephen’s been told midnight, period (he's just going with a group of friends), but Matt’s pushing for 3 or 3:30 (well, I already said 3, but he didn’t like that). We’ll see. He is NOT driving home – I’ll stay up late and get Stephen and let Royce go to bed early, then wake up and run over and get Matt at 3 or so and then go back to bed (since he can fall back asleep easily unlike me).

What do you think? Am I being an unreasonable mom?

exact same issue happening here at our house--I think they need to grow up later and I told DD this is just homecoming not prom so she can have a few more extras then.

 

[loribell]

I am a little behind the times but thought I would add to the wake discussion. Here there is a viewing for some families and a wake for others. My dad's family has wakes, as in viewings. They are catholic. Everyone else I know just calls it a viewing. We do not have parties but we do have get togethers after the service for the family with a meal.

Marcie how exactly is the after party going to be supervised? Are gf's parents going to be there and up? Ae there going to be a lot of other ids there or just a few couples? If the parents are going to be up AND there aregoing to be a lot of other kids there, not just a few couples, then I would let him stay. I don't really see that big a difference in 3:30 or 5. But that is just me. He is your kid.

Congrats to all you baseball fans that ar in the playoffs. And Minniejack congrats on WVU finally winning a game this season I guess. I was kinda enjoying it sdince they ruined our season last year! Go Sooners!!!! We're #1 now by the way!

 

[macraven]

we need somebody to coordinate a mini-meet (house (or 2), getting chased by maniac w/chain saw blood bag ) , somebody who knows what they r doing...leaves me out lol

keisha, check out the thread i made about HHN dates.

the purpose of it is to be able to send a pm to any one on the dates you are on to get together. you could send out a pm to them and ask if they want to meet up at the stay and scream area.

once it is let out and people start going to the houses, it is difficult once it is dark to find homies.

i used the screen names for all that signed up so a pm could be sent to anyone. hth..

Luke is sick--temp 104 this am.

Because of past couple of years, I took him into doctor's office and they ran a gamut of tests--hopefully everything goes okay--we just got home after 3 hrs of hurry up and wait.


And we only saw two people visit the neighbor's house for their open house--come on guys more mummy dust. All together--blowwwww

Luke, hope you feel better soon.
and if you puke, try to make it to the toilet.
being sick is no fun dude....


ok, i'm blowing tonight.
think that will help?


marci, i can see an all nighter party at a parents house for PROM.

homecoming is highly overrated.

i wouldn't budge on that one.

i had boys and i went thru all of that.

they were home around 1ish. no sleep overs for homecoming.



they grow up too fast.
homecoming at our school allows all grades to participate, 9-12 grades.

for prom, only seniors can go and buy the tickets.

if they have a date that is a junior, the school deans have to okay it first.

 

[macraven]

if you are on the east coast, it is now 2:30 in the morning.

for those in cst time, i know you are already in bed.........


i had a doc appointment today and it really dragged on .

didn't get to do the things i needed to do today so the next 2, i will be invisible here.

don't think i will be able to be on much before i leave.
have 2 more doc visits tuesday so i know i won't be here


my goal this year is to pack my bags before midnight.
that way i can get 4 hours of sleep before my car service picks me up.


and i always wonder why i am so tired and dragging when i am in orlando on flight day...........


you all take care.

i don't foresee having to be concerned to do a #6 continuation thread as we are moving slow now.

 

[donaldduck352]

MORNING ALL!!I must of hit the snooze button 4times this morning!!


mac if we donn't here from ya on the boards,we will see you on the
10'th

Everyone have a great one!!bbl

 

[minniejack]

I am a little behind the times but thought I would add to the wake discussion. Here there is a viewing for some families and a wake for others. My dad's family has wakes, as in viewings. They are catholic. Everyone else I know just calls it a viewing. We do not have parties but we do have get togethers after the service for the family with a meal.

Marcie how exactly is the after party going to be supervised? Are gf's parents going to be there and up? Ae there going to be a lot of other ids there or just a few couples? If the parents are going to be up AND there aregoing to be a lot of other kids there, not just a few couples, then I would let him stay. I don't really see that big a difference in 3:30 or 5. But that is just me. He is your kid.

Congrats to all you baseball fans that ar in the playoffs. And Minniejack congrats on WVU finally winning a game this season I guess. I was kinda enjoying it sdince they ruined our season last year! Go Sooners!!!! We're #1 now by the way!

I thought GF meant grand Floridian--duh--little slow on the uptake--need caffiene

Ouch--about Mtneers--but this is their 2nd--trounced 1st team--I guess coach has got to get in groove and the team doesn't have as much talent as last year but they will get there. congrats on Sooners

 

[marciemi]

Thanks everyone for the input! I was thinking the same thing - the overnight is something you do ONCE for prom and it's a big deal. If we let him do this now, then he'll want to for the winter dance, and the prom in the spring, and every dance next year.

Lori - to answer your question, my big issue is that I don't want him driving after being up all night. If DH goes to get him at 5am, then he won't be able to go back to sleep (since that's the time he gets up on weekdays). If he gets him at 3 or 3:30, he'll drive over, grab him, and be home all in 5 minutes (GF lives less than a mile away). And can go back to bed since it'll still be dark out. Plus if Matt goes to bed at 3:30, he can sleep until noon and be caught up on sleep. If he goes to bed at 5:30, then he either sleeps until 2 and then can't sleep the next night or we get him up at noon and he's cranky all day.

I do have confidence that GF's parents will be up and supervising. I don't know how many people will be there but it will include GF's friends as well as her sister's friends. I think mostly girls, who will be sleeping over, but probably at least 3-4 guys. Her parents are absolutely paranoid about them being together/touching/etc. so I'm kind of surprised they're considering the 5am thing, but can't imagine them leaving them alone at all!

Finally - again I guess a regional thing. At their high school, PROM is for juniors only (unless a date of a junior), and senior BALL is the senior dance. We always had a junior/senior prom, but here prom isn't as big of a deal as "ball". Don't ask me!

 

[minniejack]

if you are on the east coast, it is now 2:30 in the morning.

for those in cst time, i know you are already in bed.........


i had a doc appointment today and it really dragged on .

didn't get to do the things i needed to do today so the next 2, i will be invisible here.

don't think i will be able to be on much before i leave.
have 2 more doc visits tuesday so i know i won't be here


my goal this year is to pack my bags before midnight.
that way i can get 4 hours of sleep before my car service picks me up.


and i always wonder why i am so tired and dragging when i am in orlando on flight day...........


you all take care.

i don't foresee having to be concerned to do a #6 continuation thread as we are moving slow now.

Hope things are okay, too.

Luke, hope you feel better soon.
and if you puke, try to make it to the toilet.
being sick is no fun dude....

Still sick--he's been getting this way every year for past 3 years. He used to wake up with night sweats--literally as if he just stepped out of a shower--doctors didn't take me seriously until last spring--things that they have told me:

...his room is too hot (we keep house at 62 )

not enough exercise (he plays tennis for 6 hrs a week and now football, too)

more veggies--this is the kid who doesn't turn down any veggie--the original if everybody else thinks its gross, then I will love it--yesterday after doctor's office--we stopped at fish market and he begged for oysters on the half shell

checked for ADD (he didn't have--but they put him on a drug that was supposed to help him sleep though night--it didn't so I took him off of it) I put dogs in room and that has let him sleep without the night sweats--those are scary

I worry because my DH's sister died of a rare cancer when she was 18--died within 6 months after discovery even with some of the best care of Johns Hopkins in DC--still no cure for this type of cancer and my 6'2" fully grown DH has to take growth hormone shots for the rest of his life because of a problem that was just diagnosed about 4 years ago.

And Luke's good cholesterol count is only 30 when it is supposed to be around 40--they don't want to put him on anything for that until he is older....

Because of being a medical research librarian in my past life, I know all of the scary aspects of some of his symptoms....Soooo, I worry, but I don't take the kids to the doctor's that often--I tend to try to let the body heal itself 1st.

He never was sick at all until he was about 5--maybe he just doesn't have the resistance built up.....I just don't know, but he wants me to go hold him now.... thanks for caring.

 

[keishashadow]

Luke is sick--temp 104 this am.

Because of past couple of years, I took him into doctor's office and they ran a gamut of tests--hopefully everything goes okay--we just got home after 3 hrs of hurry up and wait.

And it's a good thing the Mountaineers won--I think West Virginians might have gone up to Michigan to try to lynch Rodriquez again.

And we only saw two people visit the neighbor's house for their open house--come on guys more mummy dust. All together--blowwwww

for luke!

getting a mortgage now could be a challenge...def a buyer's market though

Evening everyone ...

Well, we're into single digits for our trip countdown




Where is that Tag Fairy???? That's a tag if I ever heard one

honestly, i throw her a bone & what do i get

so many homies invading the motherland...it'll never be the same

mac - yep, i posted on the thread, just didn't draw any flies

re the partee thing: im old fashioned, no coed sleepovers, ever...just the way i roll...my house, my rules, period! im not that old, remember the crap i tried to pull as a teen upon reflection, glad ma & pa brought the hammer down and were strict...saved me from making many mistakes in judgement.

PS: Steeler's rocked actually wallowed in medicoracy, yet a win is a win one of the few times the boo-birds made an appearance in town , evidently, got Big Ben off his dead butt

 

[loribell]

Marcie - I guess my point was there isn't mh difference in the 3 - 3:30 then in the 5. I understand about it being easier for Matt & Royce both to be able to get some sleep though. I wouldn't let Mikey stay out after 1.

The all night events they have here after prom are school supervised. They rent a place that is different from where prom is, have all kinds of activities & special give aways throughout the night. The kids can not leave until the time the parents say they can leave.


Minniejack - Sorry, I was just kidding with ya about WVU. I really enjoyed the fact that the team played so well for their new coach last year after what Coach Rod did to them. I don't remember what the kids name was but there was one kid that was a lot of fun to watch. I think they kept showing his fiance through the game, may have been a linebacker. Anyway even though the Sooners forgot to show up to play I enjoyed watching WVU overcome the adversity they had faced.

I hope Luke is feeling better. I imagine you do have a lot of fears. How old is he?



Mac - Take it easy & have a fantastic trip.

 

[loribell]

Janet - So glad your Steller's won. Big Ben must spend to much time here visiting his little sister.


Have a great day everyone!

 

[KStarfish82]

Morning everyone!

No school today or tomorrow! Thanks to our Jewish friends and the new year!

Gotta go do some work on the house now...catch you all latas!

 

[keishashadow]

Janet - So glad your Steller's won. Big Ben must spend to much time here visiting his little sister.


Have a great day everyone!

i didn't know his 'lil sis lived out ur way, any confirmed sightings? as u can expect he's a big deal here...although after last night he may have needed to lay low, low, low

kfed - go stimulate the economy

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Afternoon all ...

Mac - Happy Travels and we'll see you on the 10th

... where is Andy/Rob these days??? Haven't seen him post in ages

 

[donaldduck352]

Howdy All!!Just got back from the doc(he must love my blood everytime I go he is taking it)Oh well-BP was good.I gained 9lbs in 3 months Once DW finds out that 5 mile walk gonna be 10 miles now

Your right B&L,have not heard from RAPstar in a long time