Friday is here!

[CoachTsWife]

360blessings , I thought I remembered that you have an Odyssey as well as the same Britax car seats we have. Can the front seats go pretty far back with the car seats rear facing?

wells2010 , I'm considering SUVs, too, as I used to have one and heart-eye-emoji-loved it. In your Pilot is there lots of space for rear facing car seats with the front seats back pretty far?

DH is tall and this creates big problems for car seats in our current cars.

[360blessings]

Mar 10, 2017 12:56:58 GMT -5 CoachTsWife said:

360blessings , I thought I remembered that you have an Odyssey as well as the same Britax car seats we have. Can the front seats go pretty far back with the car seats rear facing?

wells2010 , I'm considering SUVs, too, as I used to have one and heart-eye-emoji-loved it. In your Pilot is there lots of space for rear facing car seats with the front seats back pretty far?

DH is tall and this creates big problems for car seats in our current cars.

Neither my 6'1 husband, or my 5'9 self, have had any problems with not enough leg room in the front seat while having rear facing car seats in the middle row. Noah will probably rear face until he's 10 since he's so little, but he's behind the driver's seat in a Britax Boulevard. DS2 (5yo) is FF in a Britax Frontier behind the passenger seat, and DS1 (7yo) is in a Frontier in the 3rd row. If only one kid is RFing, you could always put them behind the passenger for a smidge more driver's room, but our seats are pretty far back.

[lovemyirishtwins]

We have an odyssey! I love it! Ours is not even a new model and is great. There is so much room. It is the best for traveling.

[ashiscute]

Mar 10, 2017 7:59:23 GMT -5 elenetxu said:

You all MUST see this:

I died...

I have now seen 2 different feminist takes on why this video isn't funny but just an example of the patriarchy and I want to throw myself in a river.

[jessijean]

DS is with grandma and DH just went back to work. FREEDOM! I really need this alone time. I've been ridiculously snippy the past 24 hours and about broke down crying out of nowhere. Don't worry guys, no POAS for me, we had ST for the first time in 6 weeks a couple nights ago.

I've graded about 160 assignments this week and have about 25 more 8-10 page papers to go. Is it wrong to drink a bottle of wine while grading? Seriously considering some day drinking.

[elenetxu]

Mar 10, 2017 14:39:31 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

Mar 10, 2017 7:59:23 GMT -5 elenetxu said:

You all MUST see this:

I died...

I have now seen 2 different feminist takes on why this video isn't funny but just an example of the patriarchy and I want to throw myself in a river.

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I laughed because I identify with her.

[360blessings]

elenetxu - I thought she was great! Ninja skills.

[mrsbeachcat]

I feel like I went terribly wrong somewhere with Bill's food. He has become increasingly picky and last night he refused to even try the mulligatawny soup I made (which was SO good). I'm trying not to get frustrated and to keep offering him healthy options but part of me is like, "fine! Eat raisins and crackers for every meal. Just don't blame me when you grow up to be pale, dim, and short!" Also, I have anxiety about food waste and this picky "phase" is making me want to pull my hair out.

In other news, we are at a play space right now and I heard a mom call out "Chloe, Josh, River!" And I assumed she was calling after three kids. Nope. Two kids. Chloe. And "Josh River".

[elenetxu]

mrsbeachcat

At least it wasn't "Tree".

[vvvvvfee]

mrsbeachcat, don't sweat it- these phases come and go. offer healthy stuff and LO gets to decide what to eat and how much. toddler diets are generally balanced if you look at them over the course of a week-- whereas each day might be kind of lopsided by itself.

DS2's favorite foods are butter, dried cranberries, and chocolate, and right now i can't get him to successfully eat a vegetable.

also if you're still nursing i'd be even less concerned about his intake (with the exception of iron-- you could consider iron drops if he won't eat many iron-rich foods).

[swarley]

Mar 10, 2017 15:06:31 GMT -5 mrsbeachcat said:

I feel like I went terribly wrong somewhere with Bill's food. He has become increasingly picky and last night he refused to even try the mulligatawny soup I made (which was SO good). I'm trying not to get frustrated and to keep offering him healthy options but part of me is like, "fine! Eat raisins and crackers for every meal. Just don't blame me when you grow up to be pale, dim, and short!" Also, I have anxiety about food waste and this picky "phase" is making me want to pull my hair out.

In other news, we are at a play space right now and I heard a mom call out "Chloe, Josh, River!" And I assumed she was calling after three kids. Nope. Two kids. Chloe. And "Josh River".

I need a gif'ing for dummies tutorial
insert soup nazi no soup for you gif please

But really, A's diet consists of sunbutter sandwiches, mac and cheese, goldfish, and pancakes.  I offer healthy options but he refuses. My garbage disposal eats better than him.  My pediatrician has 3 young boys and she swears they grow out of it.

[CoachTsWife]

swarley

[laurie12820]

swarley, yes, snow day. We have at least 6 inches. The roads have been pretty clear because the ground is warm. I am mourning the 3 summer vacation days that we have lost so far. We are also getting another storm Tuesday!

[imavera]

CoachTsWife, I LOVE our Odyssey. No regrets on the minivan at.all. I love that I can keep everything we need in the car with zero space issues- stroller, baseball gear and even a pull cart of books (lol). We don't have captain seats but keep the middle folded down in the 2nd row so that my oldest can get in and out from the side doors. I'm 5'9" and DH is 6'4", and he still has plenty of space between the driver seat and Kara, who is still RF.

One day of driving a minivan in the rain will sell you. Open that sliding door and everyone runs in, and you get to buckle everyone while staying dry! Amazing.

As for our real estate woes, we got an offer 20K below asking. We've sent a counter-offer and are going to wait to respond until after the weekend. We had a showing earlier today and another scheduled for tomorrow, along with an Open House on Sunday. No matter what happens, I'm pretty sure we're ending this nightmare in a few days. Then we can start actually looking for a house!

[imavera]

Amusingly, we JUST got an offer from the showing today, but it's even lower than the first (and not cash, like it is). WTF?! We're already listed at the bottom of our area, so it's not like we're majorly overpriced.

[jessijean]

OMG guys...
The student plagiarized 2.5 pages of a 6 page paper just told me I'm her only on campus course and she works before/after class so she can't meet with me and could we talk on the phone because she would appreciate my help.

Uh no, kiddo... this isn't a phone call type conversation. I honestly feel she knows exactly what she did and is upset that she got caught so doesn't want to deal with it. I think I'm going to play hard ball and send her a screen shot of the plagiarism detector and say, we really need to meet if you'd like the opportunity to explain and revise, otherwise your grade will be a zero.

Wine me.

Tagging yl to give you a good laugh.

[kristhegirl]

jessijean yeah she totally knows she's in hot water. Good job, kid.

[wells2010]

Mar 10, 2017 12:56:58 GMT -5 CoachTsWife said:

360blessings , I thought I remembered that you have an Odyssey as well as the same Britax car seats we have. Can the front seats go pretty far back with the car seats rear facing?

wells2010 , I'm considering SUVs, too, as I used to have one and heart-eye-emoji-loved it. In your Pilot is there lots of space for rear facing car seats with the front seats back pretty far?

DH is tall and this creates big problems for car seats in our current cars.

Mine is tall too, so I have Hailey behind the passenger seat. This messes things up because I have P in the middle, but can't access the third row because it's a 2/3 split on the wrong side. This is worse with her Britax convertible. We had more room to go back with our infant seat.

[jessijean]

I've cooled down a bit but my response is going to be a professional version of..

this is a serious matter, make time to meet with me to discuss options or you will receive a zero

[360blessings]

Mar 10, 2017 17:13:47 GMT -5 jessijean said:

I've cooled down a bit but my response is going to be a professional version of..

this is a serious matter, make time to meet with me to discuss options or you will receive a zero

I think you are being more than fair. I'd be more of the persuasion, "You ARE getting a zero for the assignment, and if you don't meet to discuss this you will automatically fail the course." Zero tolerance. I don't know about your university but even when I was doing my undergrad eleventy bajilion years ago, we still had to sign and acknowledge a plagiarism policy.

[mrsbeachcat]

Mar 10, 2017 17:25:24 GMT -5 360blessings said:

Mar 10, 2017 17:13:47 GMT -5 jessijean said:

I've cooled down a bit but my response is going to be a professional version of..

this is a serious matter, make time to meet with me to discuss options or you will receive a zero

I think you are being more than fair. I'd be more of the persuasion, "You ARE getting a zero for the assignment, and if you don't meet to discuss this you will automatically fail the course." Zero tolerance. I don't know about your university but even when I was doing my undergrad eleventy bajilion years ago, we still had to sign and acknowledge a plagiarism policy.

+1

[jessijean]

360blessings I don't think she realizes the seriousness of the issue. I'm pretty sure I should be turning this over to the university because it definitely violates our academic integrity policy but after visiting with a full time faculty member she likes to use first offenses as a teachable moment. This is more than not citing a quote correctly, it's copy/pasting 2.5 pages with no citations.
Although I really think your response is likely the way I should be going.

Also, if she gets a zero on this it is extremely hard to pass the class.

[Deleted]

I'm getting sick-again.
I submitted a grant today. It was supposed to be the inclusion "team", somehow it turned into Ceci's responsibility. It wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't feel like crap. Of course I forgot hubs had plans tonight, so it's me and the energizer bunny.

[EmMilAlly]

XP

Nooooooo. Henry has a 102 fever and is super lethargic. I'm putting him to bed now, taking a shower, and then going back to baby duty. We're sanitizing what we can, but what else can we do to prevent L from catching this? Or has he likely already been exposed to the germs? I'm freaking out.

[jessijean]

Drinking wine is acceptable while grading papers, right?? I hope so, I'm on my second glass.

[Deleted]

What's the max number of Sesame Street episodes a child should watch in a row? Thank the Lord for Elmo!

[jessijean]

Decided to stop grading papers... I'm getting too close to drunk and too many typos are happening. Plus since my MIL doesn't drink I'm not sure if I should go with to go get Kolby.... I'll let DH judge how gone I am.

[kristhegirl]

EmMilAlly oh no! The NICU told us in general basically wash your hands all the time. Get hand sanitizer. Hands transfer all the germs.

I've also been taking a sanitizing wipe to the common shared surfaces when I think about it - remotes, door handles, light switches, etc.

I hope the rest of you avoid it, but especially the tiny!

[jessijean]

Thank you cornpop311 for the margarita idea. I've officially had too much to drink tonight and am off to converse with my anti-drinking MIL.

[wells2010]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and L @emmillally! FWIW we all had a bad stomach bug when Hailey was about 3-4 months old and she was the only one who was spared in our house. I echo what others said about disinfecting shares surfaces and frequent hand washing!