I have one that I feel the same way about. My friend picked it up for $1 at the last consignment sale she went to, and it’s a power lift chair. I don’t need the extra oomph all the time, but when my back is really bad, then it becomes a godsend. And I don’t have to ask anyone to come help get the short lady out of the chair! 
It’s the same with our teachers here too. They have an in-service day. The assistant principals aren’t off until June 2nd. This, of course, is reminding me that I need to put next year’s school calendar into my online calendar so I know what the bleep is happening when.
swampy, I don’t think any of the schools around here have let out yet, but I think, like ours, they’re getting out this week. Then the roads will be so much freer! And I won’t have to be out in it!
Have you been to Florida Southern College? That’s where I went to college and the architecture is amazing. My only problem were the long shallow steps outdoors under the esplanades. They are at just the wrong size for this short-legged fishy!
catglove, hugs. I do the same thing with using conditioner. I probably shouldn’t each time, but I want to make sure my hair stays nicely smoothed.
FCM, yay for the boat! Glad things are coming along nicely with it.
Yes, yes, yes! I’ve been lucky that my kids’ teachers have mostly been that through their whole school career. And the librarian at the middle school was a lifesaver for CtE. She let them be in charge of shelving the graphic novels when they were in 6th grade. She knew it would be exactly what they needed to bring them back out of their shell a bit. And she’s one of CtE’s favorite teachers ever.
hippy, I love that sweet story! I have an engraved link bracelet like that from my first serious love. I’d asked my friends to give me something when I went to NY the summer between 10th and 11th to make sure I’d have reason to come back, and he gave me the bracelet. (We weren’t dating at the time, just really good friends.) Actually, the bracelet became the reason we finally got together (a story probably only of interest to me… just call it young love, stupid hormones and the inability for teenagers to communicate effectively.)
Dopers have always been my people. I do the same thing, sometimes getting myself really twisted up about the “what ifs”.
quietly and metal mouse, I remember Senior Ditch Day back in 92. I’d gotten in trouble with my folks the weekend before so I wasn’t allowed to do any senior week activities. While everyone else was at the beach, I was sitting at school doing nothing.
I’ve kinda petered out reading the second half of the thread. I hope I didn’t miss anything too important (though I did see that nellie is back. Yay!)
Yesterday was incredibly busy, and one of those “all the little things going wrong” kind of days. Just the kind of little annoyances that pile on each other until you want to scream. But there were several good things. Yesterday morning was the award ceremony for BtY. I knew he was getting something but I wasn’t sure what. A/B Honor roll, which was about what I expected. What I didn’t expect was that I was also getting an award. My friend that is the AP at the school told me I needed to sit in the front row of the bleachers, toward the center but wouldn’t tell me why. I was given a special award for “Parent Library Volunteer” for all my help since CtE was in 5th grade. I started tearing up, as did the AP. And I found out that it was all from my friend, the librarian. I’m so glad that, even though I’m not going to have any kids at the school, they still want me around to be part of Project Lit next year.
I spent most of the day doing the urology study that will net me $200. The woman that runs it and I have actually become friends, so we spent much of the time while waiting for me to drink all the Gatorade just BSing with each other, talking about our lives, planning on getting together for lunch in July. I’d been having a bit of an emotional morning (more of the things not going right) and getting to vent to her was incredibly cathartic.
Last night was BtY’s transition ceremony for going from middle school to high school. Being the goof that he is, he kind of speed hopped across the stage when he was getting his certificate. As he put it, “Mom, I had to be me!” The formal was afterward and I was supposed to chaperone. I stayed for a short period of time, but I’d spent a lot of that day either standing or sitting in seats without back support and I was barely able to stand up straight. BtY said they’d come home with me rather than just hang out and have Hubby get him later. He also showed more empathy regarding my bad day than he usually does. It really meant a lot to me.
BtY also showed off their sense of humor. The shirt we got him for the transition ceremony had a pocket and he decided to put a can of soda in his pocket. When CtE asked him about why he had a can in his pocket, his reply was that it was because he really wanted the shirt to pop. My kids definitely have their dad’s sense of humor.
Today is a fairly clear day for me. I was supposed to see MFN, get my gummies and all that, but a crisis happening this morning changed things up a little. I’m going out there tonight to get my gummies with him, where he wants me to leave him at the shop so he can hang out with a girl he’s getting closer with, and then (hopefully) Thursday or Friday, we’ll meet up for other hanging out time. In the meantime, I’m just going to catch up on a few things and maybe get some porch time in. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow at 12:30 though - no more school things for 2 months!
Now I’m off to enjoy some petza for lunch and a bit of relaxing before picking up the kids becomes a requirement. Have a great Wednesday, all!
Or you can look at it the other way and say that over three hours that’s time enough for 36 dogs’n’brews. Consider it a challenge.
Happy almost-birthday to you!! 
You go girl 