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I was watching something not kid friendly when my 9 year old daughter walked in so I switched it over to this and my daughter was into it. I ended up watching the first two episodes even after my daughter left the room. I don’t usually watch these type of shows but it held my attention and there is a certain beauty about Megan that makes me want to watch her if that makes sense.

As a Dolly Fan that lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains my heart is with her. She has done so much for our children with her free book program and is always the first the donate money to our communities when disaster strikes. My heart goes out to her. Our large family goes to Dollywood at least once a year. I missed the last trip because my Aunt passed away but my husband took the kids with their cousins and Aunts and Uncles while I was away. Grandma insisted everyone go on her dime. On the way she passed away suddenly (coming up on the year anniversary) and my husband had to break the news to our kids while I was out of town. Dolly loves Butterflies so that has now become our symbol of Grandma being present.

Our school does a big celebration for the 100th day but really only K-1st grade. Like others mentioned it’s just a way to count to 100 repeatedly and do different 100 counting activities. We do have a very enthusiastic male teacher in 1st grade who dresses up as “Zero the Hero” I.e. Superman and surprises every K-1 classroom throughout the day. They used to do the dress as an 100 year old but did away with that before I started working there.

As a Kindergarten Assistant I know for a fact that we don’t screen for skipping. I feel like when my oldest (15) was doing his screening they did but not anymore and it never mattered really in the grand scheme of things. It’s just to give a base idea of what level your kid is entering school at. Speaking of my 15 soon to be 16 year old- we went through the whole food debacle with him. Food in his room, eating all the snacks, etc… I even went so far as to put locks on the plastic storage containers that held the snacks which he promptly ripped off and stole all the snacks. Yes, he got in trouble, yes, there were consequences. I hide all my special snacks in a different spot every week so he won’t take them although I really don’t snack so that’s not an issue. My son goes through waves of thinking he’s fat and trying to starve himself to gorging himself on everything he sees. He is in therapy just so he has an outlet other than me and dad to talk to. I just don’t get that mad anymore about the food. If I get upset that certain snacks are gone (I have 2 other kids that want to eat too) I just stop buying them for a while. He’s a teenager and his eating is going to be all over the place. Yes, I expect him not to steal food but it’s just food. There are many worse things he could be taking from me (my alcohol for example, dad smokes so he could be doing that, etc). He keeps his room top notch clean, does his own laundry, etc. it’s a pick your battle type situation.

I’m in the states but what Bastet said above is pretty much what my dr said. I know my daughter obviously and she would not tolerate a med like that anyway. We both suffer from weak stomachs and she’s better off fighting the flu than taking the meds and dealing with side effects. My husband is now sick too so I’m going to take off work to be home with her. Neither of us get paid if we miss work. Me because I’m a part time employee and my husband while he is full time hasn’t accrued anytime off yet. He lost his job due to Hurricane Helene and had to start over in November with a new job. ETA: my son’s Blood Pressure was good and his heart sounded great. Because he’s on the tail end of dealing with the flu they gave him the go ahead to go back tomorrow.

My 12 year old seems better today and temp is down to 99.8 but I already made him an appointment at Urgent Care. My 8 year old woke up with a fever of 107 (!!!!) so I’m bringing her with me to his appointment. She is miserable and that temp is way too high! I will update when we are done at the Dr. ETA: Flu A and just alternate Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Did not recommend TamiFlu.

I work as a Kindergarten assistant at my kids school and the amount of illness this winter has been insane. I missed two days with a fever a few weeks ago. My 12 year old has missed 5 days with a fever of 103 everyday. Sunday will be day seven with a fever and I’m tempted to bring him in to the doctor but I know it’s either flu or covid and they are just going to tell me to alternate Tylenol and Ibuprofen which I’m already doing. But seven days is a long time with a fever. This morning my 8 year old woke up with a 105 fever!! School expects doctors notes but I really don’t want to take them in just to get a doctors note. I’ve heard tamiflu is worse than the flu. My oldest (15) is allergic to Z pack and my 12 year old has a heart condition (which is the main reason I will bring him in on Monday of the fever persists) but I’ve been monitoring all of his vitals at home. I’m just ready for this season of illness to be over. It’s like you are always just waiting to get sick and afraid to make plans.

I don’t mind dogs in stores that aren’t selling food. I would never bring my dog into any store just because he’s better off at home. I’m not a bring your dog everywhere person. I was at Aldi not too long ago and some guy had his dog in there and the dog was sniffing all the meat, paws up in the cooler, etc. no vest on the dog. Really turned me off. After my Aldi visit I went to the local chain grocery store and the same guy and dog was in there and the dog was all over the produce sniffing, etc. One of my students has Down Syndrome and her family recently got a therapy dog for her and despite the “no dogs on school property” rule her moms bring the dog at pick up and drop off. I assume the dog is allowed since it is a legit therapy dog. He’s a German Sheppard and so well behaved. Stays by moms side, lets me pet him, my Kindergarten student can walk him to the car, etc

I’ve been married 20 years and we’ve never celebrated Valentine’s Day. I expect my husband to show he loves me everyday by picking up after himself, helping with the kids, dishes, laundry etc.. I work K-12 and in my area President’s Day is not a school holiday. I wish they’d play the Super Bowl on Saturday. At the end of the day though I was in bed by 10:30 on a school night after watching the game and that’s about normal for me.

As someone who had kids relatively young I can’t imagine being close to 50 and wanting to go through that again. I guess I forgot Boz already had a kid so I was surprised to see her on the show (I admit to not paying much attention to this show while I watch). She’s closer to being a grandma than a mom again and she should embrace that. It’s the same tired trope of HW’s being beyond child bearing years and pretending they want to be pregnant again. I don’t believe for a second that Boz actually wants to go through that- even if it is to keep a man. I turned 40 four months ago and have three kids- my youngest will be 9 soon. My SIL had her one and only at 41 and I’m so past that infant mentality I couldn’t imagine doing it again.

I’m from North Carolina and haven’t watched the episode yet but I will say when me and my husband were first dating and broke as hell we would eat what he called “hobo sandwiches” for dinner often. Just like this except we added breakfast sausage. He is a yankee for the record so I don’t know its origins.

I love Asparagus too-most of my kids also love it so that’s a plus. 400 degrees in the oven for like 15-20 minutes on a baking sheet (cut the stems off), drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and viola! ETA: fresh artichoke is another family favorite in our house. Make an aioli dip and steam the artichoke for 30 minutes.

I love Brussels Sprouts. My go to way to make them is to steam them in a pan with a little bit of water, brown up some shallot and bacon in a separate pan then add to the sprouts with some butter and red wine vinegar.

I am on my own high blood pressure journey and it really doesn’t take much Web MD investigation to know that manual blood pressure readings are way more accurate than the electronic cuffs. If my doctor asked me to come in I am going to come in. I’d rather them lay eyes on me in person than adjust anything without taking vitals, etc. I also am not a morning person but my job requires me to be at work by 7:30. I had today off so I slept until noon. I get it. Also having blood pressure out of whack means you can be extra tired. I’d much rather take the first appointment of the day than another time because it means the Dr hasn’t gotten off schedule yet and you aren’t waiting for hours in the waiting room. In and out. With the health care system being the way it is today you are at their mercy. It’s just the way it is. Today is also National Wear Red Day for heart disease/defect. My son was born with a heart defect we discovered at age 10 (2 years ago). His condition, while dire to me, has taught me that what I consider an emergency is not considered an emergency by his cardiologist and I have to put my trust in those that know more than I do. Despite what the internet wants me to believe.

I just turned 40 and have high blood pressure now. It’s my bottom number that is high though. I’m now on two BP meds as well as lexapro. The past four years of my life has been pretty traumatic so I get it but I hate taking meds. I took myself off the BP meds last month to see if I could lower it on my own but no such luck so I just renewed all my prescriptions. I have a mammogram scheduled soon. It will be my first and I already know I have dense breasts. My mom was adopted and my Aunt on my dad’s side had breast cancer and opted for a full hysterectomy, breast removal. Not looking forward to this.