Tyler turned 20 years old yesterday - I'm literally old enough to not have any infants, toddlers, tweens, or teenagers anymore. The good I take from that is that I don't FEEL old ( Read more... )

Yesterday there was a stabbing (actually, apparently more of a slashing, but still) at Kelsey's college. I saw something about it come across on Facebook first, then Kelsey texted me and forwarded the email from the school, and then Twitter started to heat up about it. I wasn't too worried until I saw the tweet from Salem State saying that the guy ( Read more... )

Ty came home for the weekend, and he and I hung out for most of it. He seems to be doing really well at school - because of the classes in high school, he's already WAAAAY ahead in terms of the programming stuff - he tested out of the class last year, and this year he's flying through C++ because of his background in Java - apparently the teacher ( Read more... )

Just applied, and was approved, for Kelsey's loan for this year - $9509. Seriously felt like I was going to faint before hitting submit, and then felt like I was going to throw up after seeing the application was successful. SO. MUCH. MONEY ( Read more... )

Freshman year done for Tyler, Sophomore year for Kelsey - she texted me after her last final, which was one she was scared to death she would fail, in Zoology - she struggled with this class all semester long, and was convinced she'd fail and that she would not get off academic warning - but apparently she did way better in many of the labs and ( Read more... )

Finally the 6th. MRI in a few hours. Took the day off ( Read more... )

I find myself turning off the news - I don't want to learn more about the bombers, I don't care what message they thought they were going to make us all see. I guess it's that the news went from all the positive - the people helping, the outpouring of love and kindness - to the nasty. All I needed to hear was that this wasn't part of some larger ( Read more... )

Kelsey went to get him yesterday for us, because he's sick - apparently there's some kind of "super flu" going around, the daughter of one of the guys that works for Glenn goes there and was sent home for a week to try to stop spreading it, 103+ fever - and one of Ty's closest friends TJ is currently quarantined in his room, his roommate has to ( Read more... )

Kelsey got a second interview at the New England Aquarium for her internship - this would be for her first choice position in the big tank. There would be little to no scuba diving, as they are rebuilding the big tank, but she'd be helping get it ready for the fish/animals, and then helping transport them back in. Including sharks. ick ( Read more... )

Been a long week, despite it flying by - every single person on my team at work is having serious personal issues, including one whose family is currently in danger in the attacks in Israel, and it breaks my heart to see them have to deal with this crap - but also makes me feel good to know they trust me enough to come to me with it, and that ( Read more... )