Guest guest Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 so far, so good for DS, thanks! They start all of their "week of welcome" activities tomorrow, so he'll be busy Wed through Sunday and starts class(es) on Monday... whoop! absolutely, if I go to the nutritionist will share :-) Re: Treading Water I hope DS transition to college goes well. If you do the nutrionist please share what you learn. > > Hello Friends, > > I am sorry I have not been here (for me, let alone for you) this past few weeks or so. I am on survival mode through the weekend. This is it: packing up DS18 and moving him off to the college dorms tomorrow. > > Yesterday, was a few last minute errands and he started packing LOL!! Nothing like waiting til the last minute. I woke up at 2 in the morning to go potty and he was standing there boxing up some stuff and I said "I am going to miss you" and went back to bed. > > Have a 200+ count box of kleenex for the drive home alone tomorrow. > > I have been treading water as far as exercise and eating "right" have gone and I need to figure something out that will work that I "can" (read: will) do to start getting the scale moving again. > > My knee has it's good days and it's bad days and I know it is more due to having extra weight on me than because there is something "wrong" with my knee per se. > > I think I am going to go back to the nutritionist after the younger boys start school (8/25) because it is close to work so I could just take a long lunch 1-2 times a month. I was doing my best a year ago when I had that accountability and support. Maybe I'll call Monday and make an appointment for Friday 8/26, ya know...? > > It's either that or put myself into some kind of counseling or back at weight watchers. I have a couple of weeks to decide. > > I know what I need to do: get off the crap carbs and "sugars" (all the white stuff that we know and love and become addicted to that starts fueling the defeats) > > Exercise will fit back in after that. Right now, if I can walk, I go a little bit each day. If not, I take it easy. I know I "should" do something, but right now this is the way it will be. > > Talk with you soon, > in WA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 On 8/16/2011 10:18 PM, ABrite@... wrote: >so far, so good for DS, thanks! But how are *you* doing right now? The tone of your typing seems light-hearted enough that you appear to be coping well (for now). >absolutely, if I go to the nutritionist will share :-) I see my doc on Monday for med renewals and labwork. I've gained a few in the 6 months since I last saw him but it's been a bad summer with no end in sight. The weather was bad enough, but Ed's aunt has really gone downhill the past 2 months, so bad we're calling today to see if she can get hospice care arranged. I'm so tired! Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 But how are *you* doing right now? The tone of your typing seems light-hearted enough that you appear to be coping well (for now). LOL, I think I am doing ok for now. Better than I was as far as the panic attacks over the financial side of things. College is a big scarey world LOL! For example, the housing and dining fees got added to the account last week since the kids could move in starting Sunday and then Monday the tuition and other mandatory fees were added, so I see the account going up 1800 to 4600 to 10300 (for fall semester) and I am starting to get a little uncomfortable hoping the financial aid really shows up. They tell us up front that the fees get added earlier in the week and the financial aid is added in on Thursday of the week before school starts (today) so today I looked and sure enough, there it was and the account balance is back down. WHEWWWWWWW I emailed DS today to check his classes/schedules to be sure everything is in order for Monday and if he hasn't already, to consider buying books. I am sure they are going to wait until the first day of classes, but that's his gig, not mine. =D One down (school starts Monday 22nd) Two to go (school starts next Thurs 25th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 ,My post-college, in-grad school, son decided to invest in buying a Kindle. He has found that he can find some of his textbooks in the Kindle format and it is a lot easier to carry around than a big stack of books. I would suppose that any e-reader type device would work. But, has found that if he does have to actually buy a book -- it is usually cheaper to get it at Amazon than it is at the college bookstore. Most of his profs cooperated by posting their book lists early. Dacia<>< ". . . some people brought a deaf man to Jesus." Mark 7:32Lutheran Deaf Mission Societywww.LDMSPah.typepad.comSee Jesus . . . Serve Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thanks! What's the other e-reader, a knook (nook?) I can't remember, but they support that format and I think he's already thinking ebooks for sure where he can. Re: Re: Treading Water , My post-college, in-grad school, son decided to invest in buying a Kindle. He has found that he can find some of his textbooks in the Kindle format and it is a lot easier to carry around than a big stack of books. I would suppose that any e-reader type device would work. But, has found that if he does have to actually buy a book -- it is usually cheaper to get it at Amazon than it is at the college bookstore. Most of his profs cooperated by posting their book lists early. Dacia <>< ". . . some people brought a deaf man to Jesus." Mark 7:32 Lutheran Deaf Mission Society www.LDMSPah.typepad.com See Jesus . . . Serve Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 On 8/18/2011 10:31 PM, ABrite@... wrote: >Better than I was as far as the panic attacks over the financial side of things. College is a big scarey world LOL!> We were panicky like that for the first semester, and Henry had scholarships that covered all the tuition. When nothing but the bill appears on the financial statement and not the scholarships or loans one does tend to panic. We're going through something similar now with Ed's aunt and getting her into the nursing home. The paperwork is killing us, especially when the social worker says one thing, the doctor says another, and they fight with each over over who is supposed to fill out what. We spent an hour with the financial director on Thursday trying to make sense of how the billing will go and how long it will take and how to get her on Medicaid when her cash runs out if the house isn't yet sold. We certainly don't have $9000 (plus supplies) to pay if Medicaid is late kicking in! >WHEWWWWWWW We won't be able to have that relief until after her money is gone and Medicaid finally kicks in to cover *all* the bills. It'll be at least a year and a half of living on pins and needles waiting. But if the house does sell quickly after she moves out, then we can relax a *little*, but not completely. >I emailed DS today to check his classes/schedules to be sure everything is in order for Monday and if he hasn't already, to consider buying books. I am sure they are going to wait until the first day of classes, but that's his gig, not mine. My son learned *not* to buy his books until after the first class. Many times the book list shows books the professor no longer wants and doesn't list books that *are* needed - and the bookstore doesn't even *have*. More than once he bought a book they never used, too. And of course it was the newest edition the prof wanted so it couldn't be bought used. Welcome to the world of college insanity! LOL And you have to go through this 2 more times?? I barely survived once! Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 On 8/19/2011 5:55 PM, ABrite@... wrote: Thanks! What's the other e-reader, a knook (nook?) I can't remember, but they support that format and I think he's already thinking ebooks for sure where he can. I wish those were around when Henry was in college! It would have saved so much money and frustration, especially when the bookstore didn't *have* the book needed or even knew of its existence. Places like Amazon only have so many copies and they run out fast. Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Welcome to the world of college insanity! LOL And you have to go through this 2 more times?? I barely survived once! LOL, yeahhhhh!! But it might be easier the next two times. Maybe. Middle son says he'll go to community college for 1-2 years for pre-reqs then transfer out. His program of choice is at University of Hawaii @ Hilo Youngest son is looking to community for some sort of auto mechanic program (at this time, anyway) Good luck with the aunt and stuff revolving around that. I feel for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 ,Tell your youngest son to look into North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND. Their diesel mechanics program has a 100% placement rate after graduation -- it is that good of a program! That is one of the reasons our youngest son chose to go thru that program. Dacia<>< ". . . some people brought a deaf man to Jesus." Mark 7:32Lutheran Deaf Mission Societywww.LDMSPah.typepad.comSee Jesus . . . Serve Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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