Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

[rass]

Good vibes?

[The Sybian]

They both gave me the finger at the same tonight. Got a pic.

What prompted the birds?

Just Rass being Rass.

[sancarlos]

My daughter just completed her first week of her new job in Washington DC as a data scientist for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and we just got off the phone with her. She is really stoked about her new job and about living out there. It will be quite an adventure for her, moving from one Washington to the other.

She still has her apartment in Seattle until the end of August and her boss is letting her work remotely until then (they only require two days physically in the office per week, anyway), but she wanted to spend her first week on site, to meet people and get oriented. So, she and her boyfriend got an air bnb for this past week.

[The Sybian]

My daughter just completed her first week of her new job in Washington DC as a data scientist for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and we just got off the phone with her. She is really stoked about her new job and about living out there. It will be quite an adventure for her, moving from one Washington to the other.

She still has her apartment in Seattle until the end of August and her boss is letting her work remotely until then (they only require two days physically in the office per week, anyway), but she wanted to spend her first week on site, to meet people and get oriented. So, she and her boyfriend got an air bnb for this past week.

Nice, a go-getter! She won't stay in government work for long.

[rass]

My burgeoning little software shop hired their first FT data scientist this year. Seems like a sweet gig especially since everyone want KPIs but they don’t know what they mean. Plus anything that doesn’t look right he can just blame on the devs for providing shitty data.

[sancarlos]

My burgeoning little software shop hired their first FT data scientist this year. Seems like a sweet gig especially since everyone want KPIs but they don’t know what they mean. Plus anything that doesn’t look right he can just blame on the devs for providing shitty data.

Damn. I should’ve had her apply with you. Then I could get drunk with the boss.

[rass]

Ok, not mine. I just work here.

[govmentchedda]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

[Giff]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

Meanwhile my 8-year-old admitted she has a crush on Shrek. Need a new thread…

[sancarlos]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

Meanwhile my 8-year-old admitted she has a crush on Shrek. Need a new thread…

On an unrelated note. It’s a normal stage of growing up for a girl to have a crush on her father.

[rass]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

Meanwhile my 8-year-old admitted she has a crush on Shrek. Need a new thread…

Really leaning into the Shrek look over on FB, huh?

[The Sybian]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

Meanwhile my 8-year-old admitted she has a crush on Shrek. Need a new thread…

On an unrelated note. It’s a normal stage of growing up for a girl to have a crush on her father.

And mine is in the polar opposite phase. Everything I do or say is the most embarrassing thing in history.

[rass]

Pretty sure the nine year old was kissed by a ten year old this week. He'd never admit it to us but the 10 year old's mom heard about it.

Meanwhile my 8-year-old admitted she has a crush on Shrek. Need a new thread…

On an unrelated note. It’s a normal stage of growing up for a girl to have a crush on her father.

And mine is in the polar opposite phase. Everything I do or say is the most embarrassing thing in history.

Maybe she’s just negging you?

[degenerasian]

Updates:

[+] spoiler

The playpen is for me, not for the kids.



Sophia (in grey) has learned how to block out. You can see here she's got body position at the window and leaves no room for Shannon. However, Shannon is faster and can sit down and get away. Sophia struggles to sit down from a standing position so she's slow.

[Giff]

Holy crap that is too adorable.

[sancarlos]

So cute!

[Pruitt IV]

You're outnumbered 3-1. Going to have to get used to the time outs!

[MaxWebster]

honestly that playpen looks quite cozy for an adult, quality nap spot.

love this - thanks for sharing degen; i'm a sucker for this stuff - awesome

Updates:

[The Sybian]

I love how Shannon outsmarted Sophia by moving to the bigger window, waiting for her to come over, then stealing the prime spot at the smaller window.

[rass]

Glad they’re doing well degen

[govmentchedda]

So cute

[degenerasian]

honestly that playpen looks quite cozy for an adult, quality nap spot.

love this - thanks for sharing degen; i'm a sucker for this stuff - awesome

It's not bad, 5 feet by 5 feet so you can curl up in it. But the kids will never let me lie down in peace without crawling all over me.

[The Sybian]

honestly that playpen looks quite cozy for an adult, quality nap spot.

love this - thanks for sharing degen; i'm a sucker for this stuff - awesome

It's not bad, 5 feet by 5 feet so you can curl up in it. But the kids will never let me lie down in peace without crawling all over me.

Enjoy it now. I'm at the stage where they don't want to be anywhere near us.

[The Sybian]

The girl made the varsity soccer team last week as a Freshman. First preseason game today (against Cerrano's school), and she started and played all but 5 minutes, coach just took her off and threw her right back in to play a different position. When she was playing in the 10, she was marked by a senior who committed to a D1 school (not sure which school) and really held her own. She was overmatched physically a couple of times, but she knocked the girl off balance once with a shoulder charge and stole the ball and beat her on the dribble a few times. 4-0 loss, so she played a lot more in her own box than I ever want to see. On the negative side, she was carried off with about 2 minutes left. She jumped to head a corner and felt a pop in her Achilles when she landed. Hoping it's nothing. I was thinking she was just exhausted and frustrated, but she is still limping.

[mister d]

Good luck with that. Easily the most horrifying non-life altering injury fear of mine.

[mister d]

(Also assuming you know this but in case not … the test is trying to stand on your toes. If you can it’s mild or the calf, if you can’t, it’s bad.)

[The Sybian]

(Also assuming you know this but in case not … the test is trying to stand on your toes. If you can it’s mild or the calf, if you can’t, it’s bad.)

Thanks, I’ll have her do that when she wakes up. I don’t think it’s bad, I think she was scared feeling it, and said it went numb for a minute which really scared her.

[rass]

Let us know how she is.

[Ryan]

(Also assuming you know this but in case not … the test is trying to stand on your toes. If you can it’s mild or the calf, if you can’t, it’s bad.)

Or her toes hurt?

[The Sybian]

Let us know how she is.

Limping a little this morning, but now that she is dressed for practice she is saying she is fine. She has to get cleared by the school trainer before she can practice. I want her to sit out today, but she is worried they won't let her play tomorrow if she sits today. My guess is tendonitis. She was complaining about it last week, but said it wasn't bad.

[rass]

Ah yeah the HS trainer, and how much trust do you put in them to get it right? Fun ride.

[The Sybian]

Ah yeah the HS trainer, and how much trust do you put in them to get it right? Fun ride.

Well, she passed the Mr. D test of standing on her toes, so I think that covers it!

[rass]

#BeElite

[wlu_lax6]

Son of wlu got into.the Harvard Pre-college program. It is really prestigious and competitive or just a money maker for the Crimson based on my research.

Kid.is very excited for international politics and the courses are taught by Kennedy School profs so should be a good experience.

Evaluation from summer program was sent to him today. Had this as the closing.

"Overall I can say from experience that if son of wlu_lax6 was an undergraduate in Harvard's fall semester introductory comparative politics course, I would expect him to be in the top 10% of the class."

[The Sybian]

Damn, that’s got to raise his confidence going into college! Can you add that as a reference for applications? Nice work, Son of Wlu!

[wlu_lax6]

Damn, that’s got to raise his confidence going into college! Can you add that as a reference for applications? Nice work, Son of Wlu!

Don't know. He is a rising Jr. Don't have to start that until next August.

[sancarlos]

If I can give one bit of advice to you parents of high schoolers - it is for a kid to “show interest” in prospective universities by hitting their websites, signing in for things on their sites, etc.

My daughter had “straight A’s boom” (as a swamper kid once said), and killed the SAT and ACT tests, but got rejected on a few of her college applications. The college counselor we used said that her lack of “showing interest” was a likely reason.

[wlu_lax6]

If I can give one bit of advice to you parents of high schoolers - it is for a kid to “show interest” in prospective universities by hitting their websites, signing in for things on their sites, etc.

My daughter had “straight A’s boom” (as a swamper kid once said), and killed the SAT and ACT tests, but got rejected on a few of her college applications. The college counselor we used said that her lack of “showing interest” was a likely reason.

100% agree. The schools admissions folks are trying to figure out who "really wants to go" versus applying. When I do alumni interviews for my school, the key things they ask us to try and evaluate are 1.) Where does the school fall on the priority list (we are no longer allowed to ask what other schools they are considering 2.) Why the school (to see if they know it) and 3.) What will they contribute to the campus community.

So if a kid has not visited before applying. Huge ding. If the kid does not know the majors, academic schedule (my school has an interesting trimester model), the unique aspects of the honor code, some of the more well known and described traditions (speaking tradition started when Lee was President), it comes out and gets documented.

On the other hand the last several years I have almost exclusively interviewed kids who were early admission recruited athletes or did not have the academic success to get accepted.

[A_B]

If the colleges are tracking if they visit the website that's weird as fuck. I need a vpn.

[The Sybian]

If I can give one bit of advice to you parents of high schoolers - it is for a kid to “show interest” in prospective universities by hitting their websites, signing in for things on their sites, etc.

My daughter had “straight A’s boom” (as a swamper kid once said), and killed the SAT and ACT tests, but got rejected on a few of her college applications. The college counselor we used said that her lack of “showing interest” was a likely reason.

I've been harping on my son about this ever since you (or someobody) mentioned this before. What type of interactions are monitored? I know he (and I) get tons of emails from schools. Is it a matter of opening the emails? How do they track if he went to their website, is it a login? We have registered and visited most of the schools he is thinking about on scheduled guided tours. What else does he need to do? Second visit for open house? A couple schools have had admissions officers reach out saying they are his assigned officer, does he need to email them and ask questions?