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HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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Songbird76 said:
Field trips here, they don't get a bus...you have to take them yourself. That being said, they don't go many places. I guess they DID get a bus to go to Amsterdam, but most of the things they did in elementary school, they sent a note home and told you "Have your kid at this location on this date and time and this is when you can pick them back up." It got dicey when one kid had to be at school and the other had to be somewhere else at the same time. And then there was this mom who only had one kid and was a stay-at-home mom and complained about all those parents who couldn't bring their kid and had to ask someone else to drive them, how lazy they were, etc.
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In some ways, I kind of like the whole bring them yourself concept, but it definitely would be an issue with our work schedules. I'm also pretty certain one of the more uppity SAHMs would play the mom-shame game over it as well.
 
Songbird76

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HouCuseChickie said:
In some ways, I kind of like the whole bring them yourself concept, but it definitely would be an issue with our work schedules. I'm also pretty certain one of the more uppity SAHMs would play the mom-shame game over it as well.
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Well, up until 2 years ago, kids didn't stay at school for lunch. You had to pick them up, feed them at home, and then bring them back to school. If you had to work, there was a kind of daycare....you had to pay to leave your kid there for that hour, and you had to provide the lunch. I think it was something like 2.80 Euros per kid per day. So if you had more than one kid, it got pretty pricey. But, the advantage was that any of the kids who stayed for lunch were brought to the field trip destination by the teachers, and brought back to the school, too. So any time that one kid had a field trip, I'd sign them up to stay for lunch, because obviously I couldn't be in 2 places at once. If they stayed at the school, the kid who had the field trip was brought by the teachers and the other was already at school, so I didn't have to choose who was going to be on time. This mom was gossiping to other moms and made sure I was in earshot when she started complaining about parents who were too lazy to take their kids on a field trip and signed them up for lunch just so they didn't have to do it, so someone ELSE had to take their kid. Of course, this was also the same mother who refused to even try to make 6 pointed stars for the Christmas decorations and then condescendingly announced that mine looked awful. (I was the only one who offered to try because they said they needed some and everyone else said "not me....I can't draw") And also the mom of the kid who was the ring leader of the group who bullied DS so severely that we had to switch schools for his safety. (not complaining about switching schools...best decision we have ever made as parents and he's thriving now. Wish we'd switched years ago!) But that's just the kind of mom she is. Her kid is a bully because SHE is a bully.
Also, most people in our neighborhood don't have cars...people travel by bicycle. She had a moped type thing...so she didn't have to shuttle her kid by bike all over the place like most people or use public transportation, but she called everyone else lazy if they didn't have transportation.

DS's school actually does provide transportation to all field trips because most of the kids who go to school there come from out of town. Ours is the only cluster 4 school in the area, so kids come from 30 miles away by taxi every day (no such thing as school buses here), and a lot of the kids can't ride bikes. So they get taxi buses when they go anywhere, but public schools generally require you to bring them yourself.
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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Songbird76 said:
Well, up until 2 years ago, kids didn't stay at school for lunch. You had to pick them up, feed them at home, and then bring them back to school. If you had to work, there was a kind of daycare....you had to pay to leave your kid there for that hour, and you had to provide the lunch. I think it was something like 2.80 Euros per kid per day. So if you had more than one kid, it got pretty pricey. But, the advantage was that any of the kids who stayed for lunch were brought to the field trip destination by the teachers, and brought back to the school, too. So any time that one kid had a field trip, I'd sign them up to stay for lunch, because obviously I couldn't be in 2 places at once. If they stayed at the school, the kid who had the field trip was brought by the teachers and the other was already at school, so I didn't have to choose who was going to be on time. This mom was gossiping to other moms and made sure I was in earshot when she started complaining about parents who were too lazy to take their kids on a field trip and signed them up for lunch just so they didn't have to do it, so someone ELSE had to take their kid. Of course, this was also the same mother who refused to even try to make 6 pointed stars for the Christmas decorations and then condescendingly announced that mine looked awful. (I was the only one who offered to try because they said they needed some and everyone else said "not me....I can't draw") And also the mom of the kid who was the ring leader of the group who bullied DS so severely that we had to switch schools for his safety. (not complaining about switching schools...best decision we have ever made as parents and he's thriving now. Wish we'd switched years ago!) But that's just the kind of mom she is. Her kid is a bully because SHE is a bully.
Also, most people in our neighborhood don't have cars...people travel by bicycle. She had a moped type thing...so she didn't have to shuttle her kid by bike all over the place like most people or use public transportation, but she called everyone else lazy if they didn't have transportation.

DS's school actually does provide transportation to all field trips because most of the kids who go to school there come from out of town. Ours is the only cluster 4 school in the area, so kids come from 30 miles away by taxi every day (no such thing as school buses here), and a lot of the kids can't ride bikes. So they get taxi buses when they go anywhere, but public schools generally require you to bring them yourself.
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Very interesting about lunch. I don't know what I'd do if they had that here, but like everything in life, you find a way to make it work.

The sad face was because of the awful situation with that mom. She's a prime example of the apple not falling far from the tree. Cliche, I know, but it's proof that kids learn these things...and it's often from the people around them at home. The star thing makes her look like an even bigger loser. I mean, she's going to sit there putting people down, but she can't be of help when it's needed ... and then has the nerve to criticize your work. What a fill in the blank. Well, I'm glad you're out of that school. It sounds like it was a great move for your DS and probably a relief to all of you to not have to deal with that toxic woman and child.

Wow! 30 miles away! That's like my commute when I have to go into the office. I guess at least they are able to provide transportation for trips. That would be really tough with some kids being at such a distance.
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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I broke up my biking today and tried to focus mainly on speed. I didn't go as far as the last time I did this, but 17.25 mi is still 2 mi farther than I rode yesterday (in the same overall time). I swapped out treadmill time for two rounds on the climber and a longer segment on the squat machine. I've also been trying to throw in more ab work in "down time." Goofy as it is, I did a version of the Baby Shark ab workout. Scale is down another pound too. To celebrate getting back into those skinny jeans, I decided to head out to Marshalls and treat myself to a bunch of new tops and some perfume. One top is going back because I decided it looks ridiculous, but I still wound up with four good ones.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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HouCuseChickie said:
Very interesting about lunch. I don't know what I'd do if they had that here, but like everything in life, you find a way to make it work.

The sad face was because of the awful situation with that mom. She's a prime example of the apple not falling far from the tree. Cliche, I know, but it's proof that kids learn these things...and it's often from the people around them at home. The star thing makes her look like an even bigger loser. I mean, she's going to sit there putting people down, but she can't be of help when it's needed ... and then has the nerve to criticize your work. What a fill in the blank. Well, I'm glad you're out of that school. It sounds like it was a great move for your DS and probably a relief to all of you to not have to deal with that toxic woman and child.

Wow! 30 miles away! That's like my commute when I have to go into the office. I guess at least they are able to provide transportation for trips. That would be really tough with some kids being at such a distance.
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Yep, she was a real fill-in-the-blank. I volunteered to help with track and field day and got stuck partnered with her. Basically, our job consisted of leading a group of kids around from one event to the next. They gave you a group of like 12 kids, and told you where to start, and you took them to that event, recorded their scores, and then took them to the following event. So I'm busy counting heads to make sure we don't lose anyone... and I said something like "Have we got everyone?" (these are kids from 4-8 years old....you can't leave a 4 year old behind!) and she says "I don't care. I'm not spending my day counting heads." Seriously? That's literally your job today...to keep the group together so no one gets lost. And this 4 year old kept running off and this mom had no idea the girl wasn't with us. I kept having to go chase her down because the other mom was completely oblivious to the girl walking away. And I had a respiratory infection, I was coughing up a storm and had trouble breathing and there was a long run (1 kilometer? Mile?) at the end and they asked the volunteers to run with the little ones....she looks at me and says "You go...you need the exercise more than I do." Nasty piece of work, that woman. But yes, as you said, I'm SOOOOO relieved to be away from that school and those people!!!

They have to provide transportation for DS's current school because of the distance. The city pays for the taxis that bring the kids to school and pick them up each day. We don't qualify for taxi service because we live just under the 6 km requirement for it. But it's the only special education school for Autism. There are special schools for language, but not for Autism. And my next door neighbor girls are bused 45 minutes away to Arnhem because they are both hearing impaired and there's no special school for them here. So if you have to go to a special ed. school and there's not one in your area, the city pays for a taxi to take you to school and bring you back home. But that means field trips require transportation, too, because kids can't just ride their bikes 35 miles to school so they have a bike to get from the school to the theater or museum. And at DS's school, a lot of the kids don't have the motor skills to ride a bike anyway, or don't have the insight to follow traffic rules. DS is borderline...he can ride, but he has trouble braking...he's got PT for his motor skills, but biking is hard for him, and I can't let him ride by himself because he just can't adjust to traffic situations and make a judgment about what to do if someone else doesn't follow the rules. He'd get in an accident before saying to himself "Ok, that car obviously isn't going to stop, so I'd better just let him go". The rule is the car is supposed to stop, so if it doesn't, he is thrown off and I have to be there to tell him what to do. He'll just ride out in front of a car. So that's why they provide transportation for fieldtrips...most kids can't ride bikes, and they come from too far away for parents to take them.
 
Songbird76

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HouCuseChickie said:
I broke up my biking today and tried to focus mainly on speed. I didn't go as far as the last time I did this, but 17.25 mi is still 2 mi farther than I rode yesterday (in the same overall time). I swapped out treadmill time for two rounds on the climber and a longer segment on the squat machine. I've also been trying to throw in more ab work in "down time." Goofy as it is, I did a version of the Baby Shark ab workout. Scale is down another pound too. To celebrate getting back into those skinny jeans, I decided to head out to Marshalls and treat myself to a bunch of new tops and some perfume. One top is going back because I decided it looks ridiculous, but I still wound up with four good ones.
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Sounds like you are doing a great job with variation!! I wish I could change it up more, but so much of my exercise is walking at work, or riding my bike to pick DS up from school...I'm so exhausted by the time I get home, I can't do anything else. Thursday night I couldn't even get my pants off when I got home at midnight. My hips were in so much pain that I couldn't lift my feet off the floor. And that was without doing any extra exercise during the day....just riding my bike and walking at work.

Yesterday, we went to Efteling, and I got 17,000 steps in.
 
epcotisbest

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MinnieM123 said:
I like the corner room views with those 2 big windows! She got a nice room!
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Yes, she said she was happy with the room. In the pic looking out at the harbor, there is a place where tour boats depart, and across the water a shopping/dining area, and she plans to wander over some for lunch and maybe in the evening take one of the boat rides. Looking at the pic, I can spot a Hard Rock Cafe and a Barnes & Noble, and she will probably go to both some time this week.
Outside of the photo, to right she said is Oriole Park/Camden Yards. They have home games scheduled every day this week, but she has no plans to attend a game unless they offer some kind of group/conference special and several people decide to go, then she may tag along.
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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Songbird76 said:
Yep, she was a real fill-in-the-blank. I volunteered to help with track and field day and got stuck partnered with her. Basically, our job consisted of leading a group of kids around from one event to the next. They gave you a group of like 12 kids, and told you where to start, and you took them to that event, recorded their scores, and then took them to the following event. So I'm busy counting heads to make sure we don't lose anyone... and I said something like "Have we got everyone?" (these are kids from 4-8 years old....you can't leave a 4 year old behind!) and she says "I don't care. I'm not spending my day counting heads." Seriously? That's literally your job today...to keep the group together so no one gets lost. And this 4 year old kept running off and this mom had no idea the girl wasn't with us. I kept having to go chase her down because the other mom was completely oblivious to the girl walking away. And I had a respiratory infection, I was coughing up a storm and had trouble breathing and there was a long run (1 kilometer? Mile?) at the end and they asked the volunteers to run with the little ones....she looks at me and says "You go...you need the exercise more than I do." Nasty piece of work, that woman. But yes, as you said, I'm SOOOOO relieved to be away from that school and those people!!!

They have to provide transportation for DS's current school because of the distance. The city pays for the taxis that bring the kids to school and pick them up each day. We don't qualify for taxi service because we live just under the 6 km requirement for it. But it's the only special education school for Autism. There are special schools for language, but not for Autism. And my next door neighbor girls are bused 45 minutes away to Arnhem because they are both hearing impaired and there's no special school for them here. So if you have to go to a special ed. school and there's not one in your area, the city pays for a taxi to take you to school and bring you back home. But that means field trips require transportation, too, because kids can't just ride their bikes 35 miles to school so they have a bike to get from the school to the theater or museum. And at DS's school, a lot of the kids don't have the motor skills to ride a bike anyway, or don't have the insight to follow traffic rules. DS is borderline...he can ride, but he has trouble braking...he's got PT for his motor skills, but biking is hard for him, and I can't let him ride by himself because he just can't adjust to traffic situations and make a judgment about what to do if someone else doesn't follow the rules. He'd get in an accident before saying to himself "Ok, that car obviously isn't going to stop, so I'd better just let him go". The rule is the car is supposed to stop, so if it doesn't, he is thrown off and I have to be there to tell him what to do. He'll just ride out in front of a car. So that's why they provide transportation for fieldtrips...most kids can't ride bikes, and they come from too far away for parents to take them.
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That's utterly shameful that she'd take such a careless attitude when watching children. I'd be tempted to report something like that. I don't know, maybe I'm too serious or too much of a tattle tale, but I'd want to know (both the school and the parents). I'm sure she'd claim it was a joke, but it's not funny. And then to have her say such hateful things to you...completely uncalled for. I can hear the voice of a good friend running through my mind. He likes to wish people like that a nasty stomach ache and a case of violent diarrhea in a public setting.

Songbird76 said:
Sounds like you are doing a great job with variation!! I wish I could change it up more, but so much of my exercise is walking at work, or riding my bike to pick DS up from school...I'm so exhausted by the time I get home, I can't do anything else. Thursday night I couldn't even get my pants off when I got home at midnight. My hips were in so much pain that I couldn't lift my feet off the floor. And that was without doing any extra exercise during the day....just riding my bike and walking at work.

Yesterday, we went to Efteling, and I got 17,000 steps in.
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Still, you are being active in how you get to work and your DS's school. You do more in that than most people do that have set exercise times/routines. 17,000 steps is great! I do what I do because I know I'll be sitting for hours in traffic and on my butt at my desk.
 
Figgy1

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Another rainy day here:mad: at least it's not the precipitation that shall not be named. meditation, yoga, cleaning and cooking is filling my day. I'm either going to be on my feet all day or on my mat so I'm not counting exactly what's what. On the menu unfried fried rice with black beans, tuna casserole, and mu shu chicken soup.
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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figmentfan423 said:
Another rainy day here:mad: at least it's not the precipitation that shall not be named. meditation, yoga, cleaning and cooking is filling my day. I'm either going to be on my feet all day or on my mat so I'm not counting exactly what's what. On the menu unfried fried rice with black beans, tuna casserole, and mu shu chicken soup.
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That all sounds DEEEEEEELICIOUS! Glad it's just rain.
 
Songbird76

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epcotisbest said:
In the last group of azalea pics, none of the white ones had started blooming yet. Now they are coming in.

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Those are so pretty! And I loved the dual color ones, too...I have always been a fan of the white carnations with the red tips. There's just something so striking about that color combination in a flower.
 

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