grognard schnurpfing for TOTP!!!
You have a cold? The sniffles?
damn not to harp on a subject but I just read he has not even had sentencing yet. HD may get another 9 months. He has already been in for 4.
Damn. I really miss that guy and our political arguments.
Today was a total loss. Spent the whole day dealing with IEP crap. They sent us a seventeen page document relevant to this afternoon's meeting at midnight last night, so spent this morning reading through it and then calming down before the meeting so I didn't do physical harm to anyone. Yes, let's blame the autistic seven year old for making bad choices and being oppositional after we put him in a stressful environment and keep changing his routine until he snaps. F@&%ing bastards. We were able to get a working IEP in place again, but have to sort out the mess over classification within the next week. (They are bending over backwards not to change his classification to ASD from OHI.) And I so love reading laws. They're so clear and straightforward. :/
I'm sorry Lynora. I do wish I could do something more to help. What do the changes from ASD to OHI entail?
Cool, freaky, and scary
WOOT!!!!!!
So, who's going to PaizoCon?
Welcome back BT. HoustonDerek had some sort of parole violation. I just sent him a letter today in fact. His jail address is on his FB pageUh oh; what happened?Just received a response letter from HoustonDerek He says to say hello to everyone. More later.please tell him I said hey. I do miss him and hope he gets our soon.
BT, welcome back man!! It was getting too liberal around here without you!!!!
Link to the FB page? I want to write him and send him my regards.
Today was a total loss. Spent the whole day dealing with IEP crap. They sent us a seventeen page document relevant to this afternoon's meeting at midnight last night, so spent this morning reading through it and then calming down before the meeting so I didn't do physical harm to anyone. Yes, let's blame the autistic seven year old for making bad choices and being oppositional after we put him in a stressful environment and keep changing his routine until he snaps. F+&@ing bastards. We were able to get a working IEP in place again, but have to sort out the mess over classification within the next week. (They are bending over backwards not to change his classification to ASD from OHI.) And I so love reading laws. They're so clear and straightforward. :/Why change him from ASD to OHI?
Kellen is listed as OHI. Not sure of the differences though. Sorry things are rough for you guys right now. (((hugs)))No, we're trying to get it changed from OHI to ASD. Mostly because the school refuses to deal with the autism aspect of his behavior challenges and the change of classification means being able to get the autism consultant into the classroom without having to spend the entire year proving 'need'. :/
They swear that there's no difference between classifications but then why make such a fuss about changing it? Sigh. I hate bureaucracy.Thanks for the hugs. And I'm glad that Kellen is doing so much better. :)
That's awful that you need to constantly prove your son needs help. Here's hoping you are able to get the info you need to have the diagnosis changed. I am struggling with that myself currently with someone on my caseload.
Person on FHDM's caseload: Wha? Is that even possible?
FHDM:
~sighs~ My friends were right. I don't have any kids.
I'm sorry man.
Exhausting, but the project went pretty well. 20,000+ man hours with zero recordables. I got to expand my IH skill set a bit. I picked up a little extra work on a short project here in the Springs at Drake. Also zero recordables.Shazam! How was Pueblo?Howdy, I'm back. What did I miss?
EDIT: only 8845 posts?
It really is good to have you back.
Welcome back BT. HoustonDerek had some sort of parole violation. I just sent him a letter today in fact. His jail address is on his FB pageUh oh; what happened?Just received a response letter from HoustonDerek He says to say hello to everyone. More later.please tell him I said hey. I do miss him and hope he gets our soon.BT, welcome back man!! It was getting too liberal around here without you!!!!
Link to the FB page? I want to write him and send him my regards.
I tried the page just now. Looks like it's either friends-only, or you have to have a Facebook account to access it or something. Yeah, I don't know much about Facebook.
It's on the interwebs, right?
~sighs~ My friends were right. I don't have any kids.I'm sorry Dragon
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Sometimes you just can't help someone. I know how much that hurts. I'm sorry, Patrick.
Thor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?
Finally home! Long busy night at work, and the new chick I hired quit after one day >:\
So I was by myself. Grrr! But! I did have a 759.00 sale! I so rock!
What did you sell? Sounds like it could be anything from a sybian(I think they came down in price) to just a whooooooole lot of toys.
Marvel Studios did not make Daredevil, or Elektra, or the Original Hulk... 20th Century Fox did. :PThor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?
Oops.
I am one of the few people who enjoyed the first Hulk. The only other people I know who did all have degrees in psychology, like myself.
The new Star Trek movie was awesome!
You're just seeing it now?
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Welcome back BT. HoustonDerek had some sort of parole violation. I just sent him a letter today in fact. His jail address is on his FB pageUh oh; what happened?Just received a response letter from HoustonDerek He says to say hello to everyone. More later.please tell him I said hey. I do miss him and hope he gets our soon.BT, welcome back man!! It was getting too liberal around here without you!!!!
Link to the FB page? I want to write him and send him my regards.
I tried the page just now. Looks like it's either friends-only, or you have to have a Facebook account to access it or something. Yeah, I don't know much about Facebook.
It's on the interwebs, right?
Geo Val Verde Correctional Facility
253 FM 2523 Hamilton Ln
Del Rio, TX 78840
So you can, if you wish send a post card or something. It takes him over a week to get it so do not expect a rapid reply.
Just finished watching ARN: The Knight Templar.say what?
Say above.
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Marvel Studios did not make Daredevil, or Elektra, or the Original Hulk... 20th Century Fox did. :PThor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?Oops.
I am one of the few people who enjoyed the first Hulk. The only other people I know who did all have degrees in psychology, like myself.
Someone enjoyed that movie?? I admit there are parts of it I liked but damn, it just did not live up to the hype.
I am wondering what the "next" Hulk will be like since Ed Norton was supposedly so hard to work with they did not want him back and cancelled the sequel. Or so the internet rumors say, and we all know the internet never lies.
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Say above.Just finished watching ARN: The Knight Templar.say what?
OK now I feel stupid, I have the soundtrack for that movie.
OK now I feel stupid, I have the soundtrack for that movie.Say above.Just finished watching ARN: The Knight Templar.say what?
I hated to do that to ya, man, ya just left me no way around it. Other than feigning sudden heart attack, but I was afraid it would be too obvious.
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I hated to do that to ya, man, ya just left me know way around it. Other than feigning sudden heart attack, but I was afraid it would be too obvious.OK now I feel stupid, I have the soundtrack for that movie.Say above.Just finished watching ARN: The Knight Templar.say what?
Sad thing is I have as of yet to see the movie.
So, who's going to PaizoCon?
Going!
If you want to go to PaizoCon but need a 3-day pass, let the puffin or me know and we'll sell you ours.
It really is good to have you back.Exhausting, but the project went pretty well. 20,000+ man hours with zero recordables. I got to expand my IH skill set a bit. I picked up a little extra work on a short project here in the Springs at Drake. Also zero recordables.Shazam! How was Pueblo?Howdy, I'm back. What did I miss?
EDIT: only 8845 posts?
:) Thanks!
So, Bitter Thorn...what's the story?
Marvel Studios did not make Daredevil, or Elektra, or the Original Hulk... 20th Century Fox did. :PThor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?Oops.
I am one of the few people who enjoyed the first Hulk. The only other people I know who did all have degrees in psychology, like myself.
Someone enjoyed that movie?? I admit there are parts of it I liked but damn, it just did not live up to the hype.
I am wondering what the "next" Hulk will be like since Ed Norton was supposedly so hard to work with they did not want him back and cancelled the sequel. Or so the internet rumors say, and we all know the internet never lies.
I liked both of the Hulk movies, but my degree isn't psychology.
So, Bitter Thorn...what's the story?
I worked a couple of power plant maintenance outages back to back. They are short term projects, but I put in 80 to 90 hours a week during most outages, so I basically do nothing but a work, shower, eat and sleep cycle until the outage is done. This one was close to home, but it was made even harder because of stress I had to deal with at home dealing with my SO's addict daughter on top of raising said daughters kids. It's been mentally and physically exhausting, but things are looking up, and I get some recovery time now that I'm laid off. Hopefully my savings aren't drained by legal fees.
It's nice to be back here. I'm looking forward to gaming again soon, and I have tickets for Apocalyptica here in the Springs for Thursday night!
I'm pissed to hear about Derrick though.
I hope you and yours have been well.
Dayyum. 1. Glad you survived and 2. Glad you're back. Addicts can make life hell for their loved ones. Got a nephew packed off to a lock-up school right now myself.
Yeah, I'm kind of pissed about HD as well, but I don't know the whole story, or even a quarter of it.
It's been stressful, but we're making it. I've got to put a plan together this summer. Crossing my fingers for a positive change. Thanks for asking.
So...you guys heard the Cars are back together?
Pat: Thanks for the help. I don't know, maybe I should come up with a name based on sound and then use "City of Merchants and Thieves" as kind of a catch phrase or tagline. I'm going to ask some folks for Farsi help and see how that strikes me.
Anybody have much experience moving long distances?
Not for quite a while, but I like the idea of the PODS or something similar.
Are you guys heading for the west coast?
What did you sell? Sounds like it could be anything from a sybian(I think they came down in price) to just a whooooooole lot of toys.Finally home! Long busy night at work, and the new chick I hired quit after one day >:\
So I was by myself. Grrr! But! I did have a 759.00 sale! I so rock!
It was a bunch of clothes and toys.
The new Star Trek movie was awesome!You're just seeing it now?
Yeap, we Netflixed it.
Marvel Studios did not make Daredevil, or Elektra, or the Original Hulk... 20th Century Fox did. :PThor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?Oops.
I am one of the few people who enjoyed the first Hulk. The only other people I know who did all have degrees in psychology, like myself.
lol! 20th Century Fox also did the Original 3 X-men and the original Spidey movies, so not all was bad.
Marvel Studios did not make Daredevil, or Elektra, or the Original Hulk... 20th Century Fox did. :PThor continues the grand tradition of great Marvel Studios movies.Grand tradition? Like Daredevil?Oops.
I am one of the few people who enjoyed the first Hulk. The only other people I know who did all have degrees in psychology, like myself.
Someone enjoyed that movie?? I admit there are parts of it I liked but damn, it just did not live up to the hype.
I am wondering what the "next" Hulk will be like since Ed Norton was supposedly so hard to work with they did not want him back and cancelled the sequel. Or so the internet rumors say, and we all know the internet never lies.
Story line in that first movie was fine, even enjoyable. For me the suck was the graphics, and how in one frame he would be 7ft tall and in another like 12 ft tall. :P
Hubby is grilling out steaks, I am teaching him how to make homemade mac and cheese and we will have steamed cauliflower with cheese with it! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Anybody have much experience moving long distances?Not for quite a while, but I like the idea of the PODS or something similar.
Are you guys heading for the west coast?
Yeah. We're trying, anyway. Job hunting long distance is tough; a lot of companies don't want to talk to you unless you are already local. We might have to move without that. PODS is a must, I think.
Ever tried to move a car? We're trying to figure out how to get one of our cars cross country without driving it.
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Hubby is grilling out steaks, I am teaching him how to make homemade mac and cheese and we will have steamed cauliflower with cheese with it! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmm. Mac and cheese is one of my top guilty pleasures.
I also have to figure out what I'm going to do with the cauliflower I got at the public market yesterday. It just looked good at the time, but now I have to figure out how I want to cook it. Maybe oven-roasted...
Today was a total loss. Spent the whole day dealing with IEP crap. They sent us a seventeen page document relevant to this afternoon's meeting at midnight last night, so spent this morning reading through it and then calming down before the meeting so I didn't do physical harm to anyone. Yes, let's blame the autistic seven year old for making bad choices and being oppositional after we put him in a stressful environment and keep changing his routine until he snaps. F@&%ing bastards. We were able to get a working IEP in place again, but have to sort out the mess over classification within the next week. (They are bending over backwards not to change his classification to ASD from OHI.) And I so love reading laws. They're so clear and straightforward. :/I'm sorry Lynora. I do wish I could do something more to help. What do the changes from ASD to OHI entail?
Agh. You're the second person to reverse it. I've checked it. Yes, I did type it correctly. Get it right people! ;P
It's to ASD from OHI. Basically he has to meet a particular checklist of highly subjective criteria, and they refuse to define them. I start asking questions like what is considered clinically significant and all I get is waffly gobbledygook. And then there's the fact that if he doesn't qualify as ASD, he does qualify under EI, but they still want to keep him as OHI. So now we have to figure out what EI entails and what protections that gives him that OHI doesn't and if that's a good option to fight for or not. Anyway you look at it it's a mess right now and involves a lot of reading of laws and regulations. :(
That's awful that you need to constantly prove your son needs help. Here's hoping you are able to get the info you need to have the diagnosis changed. I am struggling with that myself currently with someone on my caseload.
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OMG. I wish I couldn't believe that level of stupidity existed. Humanity sadly continues to disappoint me by living down to my expectations. :(
Anybody have much experience moving long distances?
It generally sucks. That's been my experience. Oh, and Uhaul is great for local moves. Did it once long distance. Never again. There are times when the moving company's ridiculous rates are worth it.
Also, if you have pets give them children's dramamine before you start driving with them. Well, you might not need to give it to dogs. They kinda like car rides. The cats never did. And motion sick kitties...not pretty. Or quiet.
Anybody have much experience moving long distances?Not for quite a while, but I like the idea of the PODS or something similar.
Are you guys heading for the west coast?
Yeah. We're trying, anyway. Job hunting long distance is tough; a lot of companies don't want to talk to you unless you are already local. We might have to move without that. PODS is a must, I think.
Ever tried to move a car? We're trying to figure out how to get one of our cars cross country without driving it.
A lot of moving companies have an option where they can tow the car behind the truck. I believe Uhaul also has this option. Never had to try it on account of never actually having two working cars at the time of a move. :/
Hubby is grilling out steaks, I am teaching him how to make homemade mac and cheese and we will have steamed cauliflower with cheese with it! MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmm. Mac and cheese is one of my top guilty pleasures.
I also have to figure out what I'm going to do with the cauliflower I got at the public market yesterday. It just looked good at the time, but now I have to figure out how I want to cook it. Maybe oven-roasted...
Mac and cheese....mmmmm....how I miss it. It's one of my most missed foods since I had to give up dairy. Stupid lactose intolerance.
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Anybody have much experience moving long distances?It generally sucks. That's been my experience. Oh, and Uhaul is great for local moves. Did it once long distance. Never again. There are times when the moving company's ridiculous rates are worth it.
Also, if you have pets give them children's dramamine before you start driving with them. Well, you might not need to give it to dogs. They kinda like car rides. The cats never did. And motion sick kitties...not pretty. Or quiet.
Fortunately no pets to move (although we'd like some).
Uhaul is out. Tentatively, we may be driving out there and staying with friends and family while we look for a place. With PODS, we can have them hold our popd until we have an address. That's what we're thinking of doing.
Went to the zoo today. It was fun. Perfect weather for it too. Seventy degrees and sunny with a light breeze. The peacocks were really strutting their stuff this time and Bryce was fascinated. We bought him a peacock feather in the gift shop and when we got home I told him to put his stuff away. I came back to the living room five minutes later to find him with the feather tucked into the back of his shirt strutting around pretending to be a peacock. Priceless. :D