Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[Orchid]

LF cochin, Saddi? It will be miserable in the heat, better just send it to me.

Congrats on the new wheels!

Algae, are you trying to tell me with umpteen kiddos to take pictures of, you have no camera?

 

[saddina]

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Woohoo!!!!! Fun, but does the motor work with the wheels to go speeding over the cracks?

lol, my motor is 11, and works for legos. it's a maniual. *technically* i'm eligable for a motor chair, but since the first doc suggested bed rest, the insurance company can claim my wheelchair is "optional medical equiptment" so they don't hvae to pay. But they'll cover adult diapers and cathaders for my life long best rest.

 

[saddina]

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Yep, it's not uncommon for younger siblings to grab the academics earlier, exp if they realize that they won't get older then thier brother, but they can get smarter than they are.

Yeah, the school called and said we can sign Annika up now for school, she's young by 3 months, but she's at the level of 1st or 2nd grade in most of the areas. They realized yeah, we've got 7 other kids in school with them, 1 in college - duh, she's picked up on things. Heck, I don't even TRY to teach her anything, but when the munchkin wants someone to read to her, and the sibling picks up whatever book they are reading for school, well, she picks stuff up.

They put Charlotte back to 10th grade, which is where she should be, but was going to be in 11th because she was out of what was offered. She's ok with it, seems to fit in better with the 10th graders we've met, likes the classes, shouldn't have problems with them, it gets her more time to do things, so she likes it.

Other than that, 29th ain't here soon enough.

Pictures? You mean I still have to get a camera?

That;s where we were with erik, his birthday is early april, usually the cut-off date is april 15th, but they moved it back that year to March 31st, so he was 8 days too young. At that poing he'd burned thru all of the kinder and preschool work, so I enrolled him in the program as an independant student that first year, and paid cash to do so. He worked thru summer, got another grade ahead (his brother had summer school that year, for reading enrichment), so he walked in the first "official" day of K already worked thru the k &1st grade OF THE SAME PROGRAM. Crazy bat wanted me to have him start the K books over again, because that's what the charts said.

 

[Orchid]

Algae, did your foster kid move to DC with you?

 

[MSDeb]

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Thanks Orchy. Not eligible for unemployment. I receive a retirement check from the military. Actually, I would love to be fully unemployed. Dh is the one that keeps after me to do something. So, working only a couple of days a week will be fine. Heck, if things get tight we could start selling off dh's hoarded treasures.

Patiently waiting for some new scents to come in so I can make some more soap.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I HAD a camera. Somehow or another, when some adult went ice fishing, said camera took a swim in ice water and despite waterproof claims, it did not survive. I have not bothered to buy another camera because I'm a slacker like that. Also something to do with the fact that I do NOT ice fish and had nothing to do with camera swimming lessons. So I am not going to buy the camera. DH will get around to it sometime between never and never. Because I am a slacker, I just really don't care.

I have a camera in my cell phone, I just can't figure out how to get the pictures OFF the cell phone, nor do I really much care.

 

[Orchid]

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I HAD a camera. Somehow or another, when some adult went ice fishing, said camera took a swim in ice water and despite waterproof claims, it did not survive. I have not bothered to buy another camera because I'm a slacker like that. Also something to do with the fact that I do NOT ice fish and had nothing to do with camera swimming lessons. So I am not going to buy the camera. DH will get around to it sometime between never and never. Because I am a slacker, I just really don't care.

I have a camera in my cell phone, I just can't figure out how to get the pictures OFF the cell phone, nor do I really much care.

You text mail the pictures to an email address. Easy!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Yeah, the school called and said we can sign Annika up now for school, she's young by 3 months, but she's at the level of 1st or 2nd grade in most of the areas. They realized yeah, we've got 7 other kids in school with them, 1 in college - duh, she's picked up on things. Heck, I don't even TRY to teach her anything, but when the munchkin wants someone to read to her, and the sibling picks up whatever book they are reading for school, well, she picks stuff up.

They put Charlotte back to 10th grade, which is where she should be, but was going to be in 11th because she was out of what was offered. She's ok with it, seems to fit in better with the 10th graders we've met, likes the classes, shouldn't have problems with them, it gets her more time to do things, so she likes it.

Other than that, 29th ain't here soon enough.

Pictures? You mean I still have to get a camera?

That;s where we were with erik, his birthday is early april, usually the cut-off date is april 15th, but they moved it back that year to March 31st, so he was 8 days too young. At that poing he'd burned thru all of the kinder and preschool work, so I enrolled him in the program as an independant student that first year, and paid cash to do so. He worked thru summer, got another grade ahead (his brother had summer school that year, for reading enrichment), so he walked in the first "official" day of K already worked thru the k &1st grade OF THE SAME PROGRAM. Crazy bat wanted me to have him start the K books over again, because that's what the charts said.

Cut off for the school is Sept 1st, like I said, part of me wants Minotauro and Minotoro here by then so I'm not stuck at home with them for an extra year. But since hey, the school is willing to lax the rules slightly for one, I think they'll be ok with the twins who would be a month young. Or they might not be ready by then. Whatever, I've got 4 years and a month to figure that out.

Annika will be in the PK program, but will have special sessions with the areas she needs. Or something like that. Blah. All I got was woohoo, she gets to go to school, so I will not have a bored 3 y/o on my hands with newborns. I don't care what classes/programs they stick her in, she's off my hands.

Orchy - yup, his parents didn't show up to court so the state said, sure, if you want him, go ahead. So we moved him along with us.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I HAD a camera. Somehow or another, when some adult went ice fishing, said camera took a swim in ice water and despite waterproof claims, it did not survive. I have not bothered to buy another camera because I'm a slacker like that. Also something to do with the fact that I do NOT ice fish and had nothing to do with camera swimming lessons. So I am not going to buy the camera. DH will get around to it sometime between never and never. Because I am a slacker, I just really don't care.

I have a camera in my cell phone, I just can't figure out how to get the pictures OFF the cell phone, nor do I really much care.

You text mail the pictures to an email address. Easy!

Can't send a text to an e-mail address.

 

[saddina]

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That;s where we were with erik, his birthday is early april, usually the cut-off date is april 15th, but they moved it back that year to March 31st, so he was 8 days too young. At that poing he'd burned thru all of the kinder and preschool work, so I enrolled him in the program as an independant student that first year, and paid cash to do so. He worked thru summer, got another grade ahead (his brother had summer school that year, for reading enrichment), so he walked in the first "official" day of K already worked thru the k &1st grade OF THE SAME PROGRAM. Crazy bat wanted me to have him start the K books over again, because that's what the charts said.

Cut off for the school is Sept 1st, like I said, part of me wants Minotauro and Minotoro here by then so I'm not stuck at home with them for an extra year. But since hey, the school is willing to lax the rules slightly for one, I think they'll be ok with the twins who would be a month young. Or they might not be ready by then. Whatever, I've got 4 years and a month to figure that out.

Annika will be in the PK program, but will have special sessions with the areas she needs. Or something like that. Blah. All I got was woohoo, she gets to go to school, so I will not have a bored 3 y/o on my hands with newborns. I don't care what classes/programs they stick her in, she's off my hands.

Orchy - yup, his parents didn't show up to court so the state said, sure, if you want him, go ahead. So we moved him along with us.

Off topic, but I totally love you for doing this.