Rangerchic
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Thanks Copa! I added it to my Amazon wish list for now since I’m in xmas shopping mode (but may add to my cart since it’s cheap enough) soon!
I can’t believe y’all had to take a written exam to get your DL in Illinois! I think I would fail, epically. Thankfully I didn’t have to take one when moving to Colorado. However, I think most adult drivers in Colorado need to retake the written and driving test as the drivers here are awful….there have already been nearly 50 city fatalities from car accidents this year (in the city I live), which is way up. People just don’t care about other people on the road here. And public transport is awful, so can’t take that.
Yes, you can get a driving permit at 14 in Arkansas after taking the written exam (at least that was still the law 4 years ago-we live in a different state now). And I don’t recall logging hours for my oldest or for my youngest though when we moved I did have to log hours for her here – a number of hours driving in different conditions and different times of day even and you can take the driving test with a company and be 16.
In Arkansas, you have to take the driving test with the sheriffs office – with an actual sheriff in the passenger seat (which is terrifying! – that’s what I had to do!). You can take the actual driving test anytime after 6 months of having your permit. So technically, you can get your license before being 16 though it is still very limited. And that is what my daughter had done except it didn’t work here in Colorado.
Congrats @Ver – that’s exciting! That sounds interesting @Copa. I suppose it makes sense that there are different attachment styles. Can you tell me what book it is again? I’d like my husband to take those quizzes!
@JD – that’s exciting – about his job! My youngest daughter is still at the company where she got her first job – and has actually moved up in the company. She works and goes to school but has managed to find balance between the two.
Don’t be in a hurry about the driving either. My oldest didn’t start learning until 16/17 – which was way better than my youngest (14). Which was my fault. I thought she could handle it but there’s a big difference b/t those ages. Anyway, she did pass her first driving test in Arkansas (for her limited license). Then we moved to another state and she had to take the test again – in which she failed the first time. So some states are way more lax than others, I think.that’s great @Copa! Glad it went well for you. I don’t remember meeting the parents very well (we’ve been married 20 years) but I already knew who the dad was because he was a teacher at the junior high I attended. I think that made it a little easier actually.
I do remember his brother (after we got engaged) telling me the whole “don’t hurt my brother or else”. Geez, like I’m planning on marrying your brother just to divorce him (or cheat or whatever) later. Yeah – sound fun.
Same here! I have two girls and the youngest is 18. I recently had a tubal so I do not have to worry about any slip-ups anymore. I didn’t want to make the choice and now I feel comfortable I won’t have to. No way was I going to start over 18 years after my youngest!
When I was pregnant with my youngest, I was at the doctors office for a check-up. Another pregnant lady and I started chatting and I could tell she was a little on the older side. She mentions that this is her 3rd child – but her current youngest was 18! And after seeing my aunt get pregnant in her late 30’s 14 years after her only child….I knew I didn’t want to do that.
Hahaha JD! Honestly, I don’t remember it was so long ago for me! I don’t recall it ever coming out like that but I think my husband did say he could feel it a little? Maybe it’s placement of the ring. IDK.
That made me LOL – so funny!!
My sister used (or did use) the Mirena IUD for a long while and she loved it too and didn’t have any issues getting hers. I think if I go this route, I’ll likely use the ring or the pill though.
On another note, I’m glad it’s almost Friday. I plan to hopefully complete my holiday shopping this weekend so it can be done.
good to know @CCL – thank you for telling your experience! I actually used the Nuvaring once a long, long time ago (may have been when it first came out). I actually liked it but insurance at the time wouldn’t cover it and I couldn’t afford the $80 a month it would have been. My insurance is better now so I may ask about it next time I go in.
Thanks JD! I did see a GYN recently and was told I could go on the (birth control) pill – which might help – but at my age I don’t want to take the pill. Though if it gets worse I will explore all options! It feels good to vent about it though.
Hope your back gets better soon!
Sorry your going through all that @JD and anyone else with back pain. I threw my back out once several years ago (by simply bending over to pluck weeds out of the garden) and I could hardly walk for a few days because of it. I even went to the ER because I was afraid I’d done something really bad. But nope, X-rays showed nothing. Received muscle relaxers and some pain meds but dang, I can’t imagine having that flare up regularly.
My issues seem to be my hormones. It’s like the older I get the more I FEEL my hormones – I don’t know if that makes since. I’m an emotional roller coaster most of the time. I can hold it together for work but when I get home it’s like sadness or anger or just the need to cry for no reason! It’s draining. I’m almost 43 so maybe it’s perimenopause? IDK. I just want to feel normal more days than not but with my cycle getting closer together, it’s more emotional than normal. Sigh…
Your friends are being jerks! I have two children (both adults now) but my best friend decided to not have children. Mostly, she would come to our house to hang out but plenty of times we got together adults only. I actually didn’t want to go to her place when the girls were young because I didn’t want them to get into things and possible get hurt or break something if I didn’t have a sitter.
I’m sorry – I know having children changes things but I don’t understand if they were such good friends how they could act like that!
It is supposed to snow here on Sunday and be super cold Sunday and Monday – yay, I guess…As long as I get my errands done on Saturday so I don’t have to get out in it anyway. I do like the snow and it tends to not stick around to long so that’s good.
I recently had an ablation (and a tubal) since my periods kept getting closer together and heavier the older I get. So I’ll still have the hormones 🙁 but hopefully a much lighter to nonexistent period – we will see (just had this done last week so don’t know just yet the results in terms of period heaviness). But I’m almost 43 and definitely do not want anymore children so there is that.
