The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Songbird76]

Thank you for sharing your experience!
The verbal portion of the cognitive is what has me concerned with T. He still fell in ‘average’ to ‘above average’ in all of his scores, but the discrepancy between the verbal compared to the non verbal and quantitative makes me wonder if there’s something we need to work on. I also expected him to be much higher in language arts, or at least closer to the range he fell in math...and the computation being so much higher than everything else.

He always gets A+ to A- on report cards, with the exception of a B in Music last semester, but that should come back up this one.
His grades are great, BUT he has received check marks for talking on each report card this year, and the final report card last year as well. Also last semester he received a check mark for ‘not always paying attention’.
So when I combine that with his average Verbal score, it makes me wonder if he’s fully engaged in class.. and if it will lead to problems as he progresses thru school.

I have a reward system for report cards. The rules are- He earns a set amount of money for each A, a B is no money, just neutral. A C or lower would be a deduction from the A money, and check marks are also a deduction. He has yet to get the full reward available, due to the check mark...and he wants it, so we’ll see in a few weeks... now I am concerned though, because if he wasn’t paying attention during the verbal part of the test, then what’s going on with him? Do I need to take it more seriously?

I am looking forward to the input from the school today.

Well, remember that people are usually stronger in one area....either Math OR Language. They can be good in both, but generally one stands out. My daughter is really good in language, though she also gets advanced work for math. My son is better in math though he gets advanced material in language. It's really rare to be good at EVERYTHING. My daughter is creative, musical, gets really good grades, but she doesn't have an athletic bone in her body. My son loves sports, but his motor skills are lacking so he's not GOOD at them, and he has no patience for creative persuits. T is a kid. He's going to be good in some things and not so good in others. It's completely normal. You are going to give yourself a nervous breakdown worrying about how he's doing in everything. Of course you want him to do his best, but we all have good days and bad days and sometimes the best he can do is going to be average. I speak from experience here...you don't want to put so much pressure on him to get perfect grades. My mom would question me over an A- and tell me it needed to be higher and the only thing it did was give me anxiety because I was already doing the best I could. Her expectations were just too high and it totally stressed me out trying to appease her. T needs time to be a kid, too, and kids goof off sometimes. In the grand scheme of things, one test score being a bit lower....probably not going to make that much of a difference. When he's older and looking to get into college, they aren't going to care what his scores were in 2nd or 3rd grade. They want to see growth, they want to see progression, they want to see aptitude and can he work hard when he needs to. Relax, mom...you're doing a good job. He's well-rounded and well-adjusted. Don't give yourself anxiety by parsing every score. If the teachers are worried, you'll hear about it.

 

[MinnieM123]

Good morning! Look who showed up to greet us! View attachment 282914

Great photo! I think DiVine is such a fun, cool character in AK!!

 

[MinnieM123]

I love parades. This is the first parade I've seen in my whole life from Guernsey! By the way, I like the group with the long red coats--what was that group? (Another nice point to your parade was that it looked like there was plenty of room to watch--nothing like getting there hours ahead of time, like some people do at MK!!)

 

[MinnieM123]

We saw the baby hippo!!View attachment 282934

Love this!

Question: If he's a baby hippo, do we refer to him as a bippo?

 

[Songbird76]

There’s is literally not one thing past question 2 that it anywhere close to reality.
Meat sauce? I’ve never even made it.lol
Apple Juice? I don’t buy store bought juice.
McDonalds Worker? No words. We rarely even go to McDonalds.
I have no idea where anything came from

Translation: this is his dream mom? He wants his mom to work at McDonalds so he can have free food? I'm curious though....how DID you meet your husband, if it wasn't at a reds game?

 

[MinnieM123]

Points if you name the movie this is from ..
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Son of Lassie?

 

[MinnieM123]

When we got one of our cats almost 3 years ago, we were told it was a boy. When we took it to the vet they said, "nope, it's a girl".

When I was a kid, our family was given a cat from a neighborhood litter. We named him Tony.

One morning we came down to the kitchen, and Tony had a litter of 5 kittens!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

There was a Disney Facts category on Jeopardy. I just ran it.

Edit: Originally I said Wheel of Fortune. My brain doesn't work sometimes.

 

[MinnieM123]

Not to highjack the thread and post on and on about it but I went to get results of my spinal tap with my doc and it showed a slightly elevated white cell count due to my hip trying to heal itself, although hip tears don't repair themselves.

The doc says "Your MRIs came out clear.....I don't know why you needed a spinal tap." Because the neuro doc said I needed it?

When I was laying on the table having it done, the tech said the same exact thing. Because the neuro doc said I needed it? At least that ruled out MS. Now waiting to see orthopedic surgeon.

Frustrating, waiting for your diagnosis and treatment plan. But everything being done is another step in the process, getting closer to a resolution. I'm hoping all this gets over soon for you. Hang in there, and sorry you're dealing with all this.

 

[21stamps]

Translation: this is his dream mom? He wants his mom to work at McDonalds so he can have free food? I'm curious though....how DID you meet your husband, if it wasn't at a reds game?

Lol.. possibly!! He likes their ice cream.

We met at a silent auction, we had mutual acquaintances and were randomly introduced, after chatting for a bit he handed me his card. Told me “call if you ever want to get together for lunch.” It may sound weird, but that impressed me a little bit, the swagger of it..just different from all of the other SoFla men. Needless to say, I didn’t call. We ran into each other about a month later at another event, chatted a bit more, and this time he asked me out. He was a charmer, to everyone around him, not just me. He was just such a people person, almost overly confident, but not cocky..if that makes sense...Full of charisma, and dimples.
My son is my mini me for the most part, the exception is his dimples, that’s about the only physical attribute that he shares with his father.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

There was a Disney Facts category on Jeopardy. I just ran it.

Edit: Originally I said Wheel of Fortune. My brain doesn't work sometimes.

I saw that today too, totally got them all right. My husband started laughing at me when I got upset when they didn't know the Iger and S-h-a-g-g-y Dog question. (had to edit the dog part, it got blocked!)

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I saw your post this morning, but didn't say thanks for sharing. It was really interesting to see the parade and quite different from the types of parades we have around here.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

@21stamps The response from my friend.
Yes it did, but I did all of the other treatments beforehand... rolling my heels on a lacrosse ball, cortisone shots, and electroshock therapy. The surgery was the last resort. AND it took a good 5 months after surgery for all of the pain to go away. The surgery consisted of him lasering off the affected areas of my heels and then injecting them with stem cells for regrowth of healthier cells.
Since I had it in both feet, he did 1 foot surgery one month and then the other foot the next month.
Yeah but everybody's different. When he told me the recovery time he said six weeks to six months... I guess it depends on the severity of the injury.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Did he say why you needed it?

He wanted to rule out as much as possible if it was more than my hip and arthritis getting worse. One doc thought I may have had a stroke. Nope, I could have told them that.

 

[93boomer]

Love this!

Question: If he's a baby hippo, do we refer to him as a bippo?

 

[21stamps]

He wanted to rule out as much as possible if it was more than my hip and arthritis getting worse. One doc thought I may have had a stroke. Nope, I could have told them that.

Ah ok, makes sense. Glad they ruled everything out!

@21stamps The response from my friend.
Yes it did, but I did all of the other treatments beforehand... rolling my heels on a lacrosse ball, cortisone shots, and electroshock therapy. The surgery was the last resort. AND it took a good 5 months after surgery for all of the pain to go away. The surgery consisted of him lasering off the affected areas of my heels and then injecting them with stem cells for regrowth of healthier cells.
Since I had it in both feet, he did 1 foot surgery one month and then the other foot the next month.
Yeah but everybody's different. When he told me the recovery time he said six weeks to six months... I guess it depends on the severity of the injury.

That sounds terrible. I’m glad he’s feeling better now!
I have a lot of exercises that I’m supposed to do, combined with rolling a frozen water bottle, and I have these horrid boots to sleep in.. I try to wear them, really I do, but I’m a side sleeper and it just isn’t possible!
I get tight calves a lot which make it worse, my pain is heel and arch, with the arch being the worst of it. Pretty bad right now, but I’ve put on abou 15lbs the past year, heaviest I’ve ever been. I don’t work out as much, don’t do yoga as much.. and even my hamstrings are too tight right now. So I can’t even blame my feet on the running at this point.

I am determined to lose this weight before I have to be in a bathing suit, so I will get back to stretching, especially since I’ll be exercising more, and just deal with the foot pain until it goes away again. I take a lot of Advil.

Thanks so much for asking!

 

[MinnieM123]

I take a lot of Advil.

Medical issues are just so annoying. Just go easy with NSAIDs. After a while, they can really beat up your stomach, and lead to gastric reflux. Physicians can prescribe other medications, if you eventually can't tolerate Advil, etc.

 

[21stamps]

Medical issues are just so annoying. Just go easy with NSAIDs. After a while, they can really beat up your stomach, and lead to gastric reflux. Physicians can prescribe other medications, if you eventually can't tolerate Advil, etc.

Thanks for the tip! I did kind of make it sound as if I’m popping pills like candy., it’s not that bad, but I do have to take it on our amusement park days and similar.
I do have a prescription muscle relaxer too, I just haven’t bothered to get it refilled.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I love parades. This is the first parade I've seen in my whole life from Guernsey! By the way, I like the group with the long red coats--what was that group? (Another nice point to your parade was that it looked like there was plenty of room to watch--nothing like getting there hours ahead of time, like some people do at MK!!)

They are Chelsea pensioners.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Pensioner

 

[MinnieM123]

They are Chelsea pensioners.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Pensioner

Fascinating. Sounds like they are well cared for in their elder years. It's not a fancy existence, but seems to be pleasant, and they can enjoy the company of one another.