I’m so tired. My class was driving me bonkers yesterday. I ended making a new seating chart and having the kids change desks.it was not in my plans to do that. I hope it helps. They are a great class but even the music teacher mentioned how off they were during her class.
I worked out this morning. We were supposed to have this Wednesday day off for day between semesters, but we had a snow day two weeks ago and so we are making it up and have to go in.
I think most sports can have an “after life”. I still swim, I still love it. I’m 42. There are plenty of swimmers out there my age to compete against. Am I slower than used to be, sure! I can’t swim 6 days a week and I don’t want to.
ETA: swimming is a lot more forgiving on the body than sat cheer, gymnastics, and football.
We had the cheer team show up at a few swim meets. They never looked liked they had any fun. Lol! Swim meets are boring. We don’t need a cheer squad. The team does enough cheering.
I used to swim in high school and am lol’ing at cheerleaders at swim events. I’m underwater, I can’t hear you! Lol. I hope they’re sitting in the stands, couldn’t it get slippery?! (At indoor pools at least)
They were in the bleachers. It was stupid! It was like they just had to make an appearance.
I kind of hate the fact that they have to cheer at male sports and can't just do their thing and have it be recognized on its own as an accomplishment.
And have to wear those great big ugly bows.
Maybe it's triggering me because I'm from Texas.
my high school squad cheered at girl's sports when we could (but football took priority). I remember cheering at volleyball and girls' basketball games. my college squad doesn't cheer at men's sports, or any sports. they are a competition squad only. still with the big ass bows though, and I'm with you on that.
and iirc, Kentucky had 2 squads (or maybe 3?): a competition squad and a sideline squad. I think they may have had a third squad that was basketball sideline only. I could be wrong about that.
We had the cheer team show up at a few swim meets. They never looked liked they had any fun. Lol! Swim meets are boring. We don’t need a cheer squad. The team does enough cheering.
Heavy periods, are not normal! When you are doubling up on a pad and ultra tampon that you have to change every hour for several hours is absolutely not normal. You do not have to suffer.
Yep! I have adenomyosis which causes incredibly painful periods, heavy periods and large blood clots. It’s awful. I take 100mg of tramadol for pain. Aleve doesn’t touch my pain. I was severely anemic last year and needed two iron infusions and I’m still taking iron supplements to increase my ferritin levels. I was so sick last year I nearly passed out on an airplane and needed to have the paramedics meet me at the gate. That was before I knew I was severely anemic. Right now I’m on lupron depo which has suppressed my periods at least for another couple of weeks. But it has also put me in kind of a pseudo menopause. Which pretty much sucks.
I can commiserate with you 100%
ETA: I get a horrible, horrible stabbing pain in my uterus. It feels literally like I’m being stabbed by 1000 knives.
I’m so sorry for the issues you are describing. Has this always been the way for you or did it come on suddenly?
I did the “eye lid” test for anemia and I am almost at pale pink/white. My hair has been falling out rapidly which my Dr. said was attributed to stress despite my multi vitamin.
Yep! I have adenomyosis which causes incredibly painful periods, heavy periods and large blood clots. It’s awful. I take 100mg of tramadol for pain. Aleve doesn’t touch my pain. I was severely anemic last year and needed two iron infusions and I’m still taking iron supplements to increase my ferritin levels. I was so sick last year I nearly passed out on an airplane and needed to have the paramedics meet me at the gate. That was before I knew I was severely anemic. Right now I’m on lupron depo which has suppressed my periods at least for another couple of weeks. But it has also put me in kind of a pseudo menopause. Which pretty much sucks.
I can commiserate with you 100%
ETA: I get a horrible, horrible stabbing pain in my uterus. It feels literally like I’m being stabbed by 1000 knives.
I married DH when his son was three. He was not in a relationship with his son’s mother. We’ve had some drama, but when all is said and done it’s not been that bad. Just some disagreements here and there. DH and I unfortunately have not been able to have kids ourselves and I absolutely adore my ss.
I guess the question you might ask is, is the kindergarten program asking too much of a student that is actually the right age to be in kindergarten? In other words, is the kindergarten program developmentally appropriate or not?
I have no advice. I can only tell you that I once threw a steak knife at my sister mid fight. Another time I threw a full jar of mustard - with no lid on (over carpet...not good). She tied me to a tree in the front yard - and then left me. And we are now quite close as adults!!
My brother and I were very similar. Knife and all. I once threw a loaf of bread at him and it shattered a wall sconce. All because he wouldn’t drive me to school and I needed a ride because I missed the bus.
I bought the revlon styler everyone is raving about. I've used it 3x over the weekend and I'm sold. I makes my hair look like I have a blow-out. It's awesome.
eb777888, I was looking at the madewell zip top transport tote. I'm just not sure if it would be too small for me. I keep saying I'm not going to carry a lot of stuff and then I feel like I can never pare down.
Haven't bought yet, but eyeing a hermes bangle on therealreal. Want to treat myself for my birthday, but can't decide if I should do a bag or jewelry.
Oh! I just got one of those revlon things too! It’s amazing! I did my hair yesterday with it and I didn’t want to wash it today. I just used the styler real quick and it was back to how it was yesterday. I don’t think I’ll have time in the morning to do a wet to dry full blow out, but I can do it the night before and redo it real quick in the morning. That thing is amazing!
My ss got his learner’s permit and I took him driving today. Omg! Now I know how mother felt when my brother and I started driving. I just took him on some backroads in our neighborhood and he did ok. But he did almost run into a parked car. He needs some more lessons with his driving instructor before we venture out on the arterials.
I just finally heard back to the embryo donation agency and we are going to set up a meeting the woman who runs it. I still don’t know where I stand. I keep telling myself I’m gathering information and then we’ll make a decision. I have an appointment to talk with my gyn about hysterectomy as well.
DH is prepping for a colonoscopy tomorrow . He’s been having some unexplained stomach pain, so they are just checking things out. He’ll start his drink at 6 tonight. I took a half day tomorrow which will be nice. We both have the day off today.
Ohhh! DH and I had a great conversation about our debt. He wanted to go to Europe this summer and I really do too. But it has a potential to cost $5,000 for three plane tickets alone. No way! It’s just too much. We talked about snowballing our debt starting in February. We have to really look at what we owe and what we spend money on. Without taking a close look we might be able to pay off both of our student loans in 2 years. I can’t wait to get rid of that debt looming over our shoulders.
Where were you planning to go that's that expensive for flights?
You could stay in west Seattle and take the water taxi downtown. Look for rentals on Alki beach. It’s fun and pretty, and away from downtown, but also easy access to downtown.
That would drive me insane and is part of why I was never a sports person! I hate having people all up in my business.
In the show, the ones who were featured really seemed to need and appreciate that aspect and Monica in particular. Not one really seemed annoyed about it!
Well for me since they were paying for my education I didn’t mind following rules. I definitely thrived as a person being a part of a team, lots of life long lessons.
I swam at a small NAIA school and had a very, very small scholarship. We had to be at practice every day, on time no matter what. I didn’t have time in school to have a lot of fun since I had to work too, but we had to follow the rules or our money would be taken away. You also had to show up for your team no matter what.
I watched the first episode. And I do not get the love. It shows just how abusive this sport is.
The kids all seem like they have great stories, but it seems like the coach is not great. I read up a bit more on it, and there are instances where she has them train while injured and such. It just seems wrong to glamorize this “family” dynamic when it’s not super healthy for the kids who are pretty vulnerable.
I enjoyed it as a peek into a different world/the people angle but it did confirm to me how awful the world of competitive sports is.
I think a lot of the cheerleaders came from unfortunate circumstances and really bought into the “family” aspect for better or worse. Monica was not my favorite at all.
You should watch the Aaron Hernandez documentary. I really don’t like football much, but now I really don’t like it.
Ohhh! DH and I had a great conversation about our debt. He wanted to go to Europe this summer and I really do too. But it has a potential to cost $5,000 for three plane tickets alone. No way! It’s just too much. We talked about snowballing our debt starting in February. We have to really look at what we owe and what we spend money on. Without taking a close look we might be able to pay off both of our student loans in 2 years. I can’t wait to get rid of that debt looming over our shoulders.