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What does your son want to study? A lot of the CCs have agreements with other state 4 year schools for transfers after 2 years. Its a cheaper way to get your 4 year degree as the degree comes from the 4 year school with no mention of the CC. |
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Engineering of some form. Since his rejection is not permanent , at this point he wants to study and then try again in a year or two. I'd like to see him get his AA/AS first, but that'll be his choice.
So far stage 3 is what is happening. The specialist said mom is in stage 3 renal failure due to diabetes. Which means she has one more doctor to see regularly to go along with the other two, but fortunately that seems to be it so far.
Not sure what to think of the doctor, he seems like a great doc, but he reminds me too much of Curtis Armstrong to take him seriously.
My uncle's cancer is also at stage 3. They need to do a biopsy still, but believe it can be treated with chemo and radiation. I'll be going down to see him sometime this weekend.
DH goes back to work tomorrow, he is climbing the walks (a good sign), but he's not sure if he can handle a full day yet.
Thank you all for your thoughts. It is nice to have this somewhat anonymous place to rant and vent, without feeling like someone will get bent out of shape for what was said. My cousin posted on Facebook, which probably wasn't the best move she could have made, and her brother and sister got upset. He wasn't going to tell his kids, which I might understand if they were little, but the baby is 25!
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17-04-2015 06:29
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Yeah, he's got the plan but he's hedging on colleges.
Speaking of having a place to get things off your chest, for lack of a better place to put this, I'll just add it my issues.
This one doesn't affect me, but it does make my heart ache.
I just learned that an acquaintance committed suicide yesterday. What hurts is he has three daughters, the eldest a senior in my son's class, the middle a sophomore in my daughter's class, and the youngest, several years younger, I don't know her. The older are beautiful girls, smart, athletic, and active in the community. I know what it is like to lose a parent, but I can't imagine what these girls are going through. I keep thinking of the oldest, a month away from prom and graduation a few weeks after that, and her father couldn't hold on long enough to see her through those. I think of my daughter's friend and teammate, a straight A student, and can only hope this doesn't set her grades spiraling.
I know many consider suicide a sin, but it know this man was disabled and left in a lot of pain. I've watched him push through it for more than ten years. Recently, he was injured again. I can only wonder at how much worse he must of been, how depressed he must have become to feel that he could not hold for his family, that they would be better off without his burden.
Thank you for letting me put this here. Being from such a small community, I don't want to put this on FB, it is not my place.
My kids are in a bit of shock and so am I. My son is taking it out through video games, my daughter is out walking through vineyards or down to the river, and I'm posting here as I process this.
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18-04-2015 02:53
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I've always thought of suicide as selfish, as the person doesn't take into consideration how they are going to scar their entire family and friends for the rest of their lives, but I can't speak to a situation where the individual is in so much pain they can't take it anymore.
I hope the girls have strong friends who will stick by them.
My best friend in high school tried to OD on drugs. She had physically and mentally abusive alcoholic parents. I tried to help her as much as possible. She even lived with us every once in a while, but I had no idea she was going to try to kill herself. I felt so stupid and I was sooooo angry with her at first. I know she had it bad but she had me and my family. My parents had stepped in on her behalf several times and even offered to foster her, but instead she'd tried to OD.
My family has several members in the police force. Once I got over my shock, my anger turned towards the source. I found out who at school had sold her the drugs and informed my father and brother, who arranged a bust. They weren't there for it so there would be no tie to me for safety reasons. The bitch (sorry but I still think of her in that way as she had been selling to a lot of other kids at the school), was caught with all kinds of stuff on her.
Getting her behind bars made me feel a lot better.
Linda survived, got better, got declared independent at 17, graduated HS and got a degree in pediatric nursing. We still exchange Christmas cards.
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19-04-2015 00:48
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I'm so sorry.