Finals this week! I'll be praying for ds and will pray for yours, too! CC

[Chris in VA]

Anyone want to join me in prayer for kids who are taking finals? I was thinking of setting aside a few minutes every morning this week to lift up my son, and was wondering if anyone would like to pray with me (in spirit! lol) for the college kids on the Boards.

[Brenda in MA]

Chris,

I'd be happy to join you! My son's finals are next week, though. I'll pray that these kids can approach their exams with peace and clarity of mind.

Brenda

[Basketmaker Amy]

What a wonderful idea! My ds would appreciate the prayers, too! (He has 3 tests, a lab final, and a presentation this week and then 3 finals next week....he is very uptight!)

I will lift all the kids up as they prepare this week and next week. May God bless their efforts.

[CynthiaOK]

Thank you! My ds can sure use the prayers. He has his Spanish final this morning - this is definitely not a favorite subject, and his computer class final on Wednesday. Between the two, he has a test on The Prince (Machiavelli) in my co-op class. Busy boy!

DS#1 has finals next week.

I'm praying for all ya'lls kiddos, too.

[hsmamainva]

:iagree:

My daughter's at the community college. She has a group presentation and two finals on Wednesday, and her last final on Monday.

She's studied all weekend long. She'll be very glad when it's all over!

[Nan in Mass]

I will join you. I have two students worried about some classes, so I am already doing this. I'll just add in everyone else, too :).

[Jane in NC]

I will join you. I have two students worried about some classes, so I am already doing this. I'll just add in everyone else, too :).

My son has his General Chem II final tomorrow--and he is being slammed by an incoming head cold! Summoning all good thoughts for him, please. And I'll join with everyone else as well.

Jane

[Margaret in CO]

Thanks--my Mid dd doesn't have finals until next week--this week is Army week--Go Navy, Beat Army! But my oldest has final projects due--she's in her Master's program so not many classes any more. And my middler has her music final next week.

[Paz]

Praying here for all the requests. My ds has an accounting test tomorrow and a bible and micro test on Friday morning.

[Quiver0f10]

I'd love to join in. My 3 oldest are college students and have finals starting Thursday. My 19 yo has a statics final Monday that he is especially stressing over and I know he would appreciate the prayers.

[Leanna]

Praying here....

DD has her first two of four finals today. Thankfully the next two are on Thurs. and Fri. so she'll have time to study. She has one class that she was sure she was going to get a "B". Then she got a paper back on Friday and got 100%, which now makes it possible for her to get an A-. She's now more nervous about that final than she was when she was sure of a B.

Leanna

[Kareni]

My college student's finals begin Saturday and last throughout next week. Sending positive thoughts for all of our children for exams, good health, and travels home and elsewhere!

Regards,
Kareni

[LynnG in Hawaii]

I love this idea! :)

I pray for all our WTM college kids, that they may:


Stay healthy;
Get a reasonable amount of rest;
Be able to focus and study efficiently; and
Feel God's comfort and peace while taking their finals


Prayers for our daughter (a freshman) would be most appreciated. She has her oral and written Spanish exams this Wednesday and Friday, respectively. She has college algebra (really more like an intense, rigorous pre-calculus) on Monday (Dec. 14th); chemistry on Tuesday; psychology on Thursday. Somewhere in there she also has a take home essay exam in English.

Of all these exams, she is most nervous about chemistry. She is on the border between an A and a B right now and really covets an A to remain competitive for nursing school admission. It's an extremely difficult class; this teacher gives only 10% of his students an A. :001_huh: So specific prayers for her chemistry exam would be perfect!

[Martha in NM]

Ds has two finals tomorrow and three next week. He commutes and the weather/road conditions today are horrible with more storms on the way. :ohmy:

He's especially stressed about Chem lecture and English because he's teetering between and A and B in both classes with the possibility of A's if he does well on the finals.

Martha

[LynnG in Hawaii]

He's especially stressed about Chem lecture and English because he's teetering between and A and B in both classes with the possibility of A's if he does well on the finals.

Martha

Sounds like a very similar situation to my daughter! Especially in chemistry, she is so exactly on the borderline between an A and a B that everything will end up coming down to the final. :eek:

Oh, and her university does not give any weight to minuses or pluses on grades. So she'll either get a 3.0 factored into her pre-nursing GPA or a 4.0 in that class - nothing in between. I'm praying for the latter. ;)

[Martha in NM]

Sounds like a very similar situation to my daughter! Especially in chemistry, she is so exactly on the borderline between an A and a B that everything will end up coming down to the final. :eek:

Oh, and her university does not give any weight to minuses or pluses on grades. So she'll either get a 3.0 factored into her pre-nursing GPA or a 4.0 in that class - nothing in between. I'm praying for the latter. ;)

Now, that's stress! Ds' final will be a national exam which makes him a bit nervous since this will be his first try at an ACS exam and he already knows it going to be tough. I looked at the study guide; he's got a busy week ahead. :D

[Mary in GA]

Great idea. Joining belatedly. Praying too!

If ds falls below a 3.0 after I don't remember how many hours he stands to lose his HOPE scholarship and his co-op job. No pressure!! Thanks!

Mary

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Great idea. Joining belatedly. Praying too!

If ds falls below a 3.0 after I don't remember how many hours he stands to lose his HOPE scholarship and his co-op job. No pressure!! Thanks!

Mary

Yes . . . my daughter loses her merit scholarship if her GPA falls below 3.0 as well. :( I don't think that's a possibility this semester . . . I sure hope not! ;)

[newbie]

My dd has Phil and Anth finals next Sat. I am already stressed. This will be her first big time , not at home tests.

Praying for Gods help and guidance for all our children in the next couple wks.

Good luck to all.

[Nan in Mass]

My sons take them next week, too. I just thought it might be more useful to pray for them during their last minute studying time GRIN.

[Piano&ViolinMom]

Anyone want to join me in prayer for kids who are taking finals?
Yes, I will join, too.
From Piano&ViolinMom, formerly homeschoolwhy?

[Liza Q]

Oh, praying for all your children!

My oldest is taking a final right now and has a few more coming up. We spent an hour or so reviewing for the (history) test before she left this morning and I think that she was very prepared.

She also has to keep her grades up at 3.0 for her partial scholarship and a 3.5 to stay in the honors program, but she is aiming for a 4.0! There is a chance that, if she keeps a 4.0 for the first two semesters, they will increase her scholarship, which would be sweet! I wish that she was not pressuring herself like that but I do like to see her working so hard. Wish that she had worked this hard while she was homeschooling!!!

[hsmamainva]

Woo hoo!!!

My oldest has earned A's on all of her finals so far!!!!!!!!!

:party:

She has one more to go on Monday, but it's her easiest class.

She's extremely relieved!!!

Keeping everyone else's college students in my thoughts and send updates everyone!!

[ereks mom]

He already had his finals in his music classes (last week & this week). His voice jury was yesterday (and he was hoarse since he's battling a respiratory infection). Next week, he has a Psychology final on Monday and an English final on Thursday.

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Still lifting our WTM college students up in prayer. :grouphug:

Yesterday I told my daughter that people all across the country were praying for her, and she was quite touched and appreciative. I think she is more in need of prayers than ever . . . turns out that she is on the razor's edge between an A and a B in several classes now. :ack2:

For instance, she has a 91 in her extremely difficult Spanish class going into the final, but her professor has decided they need a 92 in the class to get an A. :glare: And remember that this university gives no plusses or minuses. It is astounding to me that she could get a 91 in a class and have it factored into her GPA as a 3.0! :confused:

[Martha in NM]

Still lifting our WTM college students up in prayer. :grouphug:

Yesterday I told my daughter that people all across the country were praying for her, and she was quite touched and appreciative. I think she is more in need of prayers than ever . . . turns out that she is on the razor's edge between an A and a B in several classes now. :ack2:

For instance, she has a 91 in her extremely difficult Spanish class going into the final, but her professor has decided they need a 92 in the class to get an A. :glare: And remember that this university gives no plusses or minuses. It is astounding to me that she could get a 91 in a class and have it factored into her GPA as a 3.0! :confused:

Umm...IMO, that sort of thing needs to be stated clearly at the beginning of the semester. Is this kind of discretion consistent with department policy? That would be grounds for an appeal at our CC. FWIW, Ds is in a similar position with regard to figuring the g.p.a.

[Martha in NM]

Update:

My son managed to travel safely on Monday and Wednesday in spite of some ugly weather, but there's another storm in the forecast for Monday. :glare:

He's finished with Chem lab; the final exam went well, but he needed the entire two hours to finish! He finally got home after 9 p.m. It was a long day!

English is finished; it was a 12 week course. He still has a chance for an A since he did well on his research paper (95). The final was a revision of an essay written earlier in the semester with an in-class written analysis of the rhetorical intent of the original along with an explanation of how his revisions improve the original.

So, he's got three more finals next week; Chemistry (ACS exam) and Economics on Monday, with History of Architecture on Wednesday at (gasp) 7:30 a.m.

Still praying here for academics and safe travel home after finals for everyone!

Martha

[CynthiaOK]

Ds#2 has finished with his 2 concurrent university classes. We know he has an A in his computer class, but the Spanish class - well, we're in the wait and see mode. The professor is rather haphazard, Ds was probably borderline A/B, if the professor thinks you participated well in class, attended all classes, communicated with him outside of class, he will give the bump you need. Well, ds#2 is extremely quiet and oftentimes has a very lost look on his face (I've actually been asked if he is autistic - he's very bright, but just quiet with funny facial expressions). Since I didn't attend class with him (not that I would if I could LOL) I have no idea how he came across to the professor. Said professor thought my oldest son was "one of the top ten students I have ever taught". So ds#2 had a tough act to follow :-(

[Chris in VA]

Our Update:

Ds had 3 exams so far. He did really well in math, but his math class was very odd--his teacher had had a stroke in the middle of the term, so they got some joker in to finish the class, and ds told me that no matter how he did on the exam, he'd still end up with an A. Not sure about that!

He feels he blew his art history exam--probably getting a C in that class, which is the first in his Art History major, so not so good. Pray for grace, I guess.

He thinks he'll end with a high B or an A in his World Cinema class--he's hoping for an A, but thinks he didn't do extremely well on the exam, and it was worth about 35%.

He has one more, a History of Cinema class on Saturday (or maybe it's World Cinema and he's already done HOC--It's a blur to me...). Wants to do well enough to maintain his A.

Apparently he's getting an A in his pseudo-English class--VCU has a weird class they all have to take--it's "sort-of" English. Anyway, so far so good in that one.

Thanks for the prayers; still holding 'em up for you and yours!

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Update:

My son managed to travel safely on Monday and Wednesday in spite of some ugly weather, but there's another storm in the forecast for Monday. :glare:

He's finished with Chem lab; the final exam went well, but he needed the entire two hours to finish! He finally got home after 9 p.m. It was a long day!

English is finished; it was a 12 week course. He still has a chance for an A since he did well on his research paper (95). The final was a revision of an essay written earlier in the semester with an in-class written analysis of the rhetorical intent of the original along with an explanation of how his revisions improve the original.

So, he's got three more finals next week; Chemistry (ACS exam) and Economics on Monday, with History of Architecture on Wednesday at (gasp) 7:30 a.m.

Still praying here for academics and safe travel home after finals for everyone!

Martha

Sounds good, Martha!

I bolded the part above because that's nearly identical to my daughter's Freshman English final. :)

[Jane in NC]

My son is finished with his CC finals. He has taken three history classes from the same instructor, so he could anticipate much of the final. He felt good about it but was exhausted afterward nonetheless.

On Tuesday, he had his Chem II final. His prof gives them a chance to improve their scores on previous tests if they perform better on relevant sections of the comprehensive final. My son was in need of improving one score--which he did. He learned today that things were not as cut and dry as they first appeared. The professor rewards those who return to their ChemSkillBuilder assignments and attempt to improve scores--something that my son has been doing. He knew that this would improve his average; he did not realize that she gives extra credit to those students who are clearly going the extra mile to improve over the course the semester. I was happy to hear diligence and persistence are being rewarded, these being traits of successful students, at least in my opinion. (As a math person, I have grown weary of those stories of people who don't study and get A's, people who were supposedly born with "the gift". I have found that people who get high grades in math are usually those who are more diligent and persistent.)

Now...back to that last college application, those scholarship essays, Government, Calculus, and modern literature. Funny, Latin is never neglected.

And then there is this thing called Christmas. What a whirlwind!

Thank you to all for your prayers and good thoughts. I'll keep sending out not only good vibes for exams, but for safe travel. Boy, this eastern storm has thrown a monkeywrench into a lot of travel plans!

Jane

[Chris in VA]

Oh--good news!
The dreaded expected C in Art History turned out to be a B!!!

Thanks for praying...:D

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Oh--good news!
The dreaded expected C in Art History turned out to be a B!!!

Thanks for praying...:D

Huge thumbs up! Yay!

[Leanna]

DD is home!!
No news on grades yet, but we're just going to enjoy Christmas.
We're still praying for all of dd's friends to travel home safely today.
I hope everyone was pleased with the results of finals week.

:party:

Blessings,
Leanna

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Leanna, congrats on getting your daughter back home! :)

My daughter just called with her first official college grade. The dreaded Spanish class, the one that requires a 92% for an "A" (which I found out is department policy, by the way) . . . the one that is a 4 credit class . . . my daughter pulled out a 92.11%!! :hurray: An "A" it is. Phew. ;)

[Tokyomarie]

My younger daughter, who transferred to a school in CO this year, has finals this week. It appears she has done well this semester, but I haven't been given the same level of detail as I used to get. Pray for a strong finish to the semester.

I was in CO for the birth of my grandson two weeks ago. We will be going back out for Christmas. Please pray for some good family bonding time- especially with my younger dd who won't have the distraction of school as an excuse to avoid relating with us.

[Mary in GA]

Have a blessed Christmas and enjoy the time with your dc!

And if any of your dc are like my ds on pins and needles waiting for final grades to come in, they are still in my prayers!

Mary

[Gwen in VA]

My kids are still in the middle of finals....each has one down and three to go.....

So good to hear that so many kids are already home for the holidays!

[Martha in NM]

Ds has the luxury of a whole day to prepare with nothing else needing his attention. And then, we'll wait impatiently for grades. The weather seems to be clearing, too. :D

Ds was surprised (and pleased) when I told him that WTM'ers from all over are praying for our students.

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Still lifting our WTM college students up in prayer. :grouphug:

DD has three down, two to go. She has chemistry, probably her hardest class, this afternoon at 2 pm MST.

[Nan in Mass]

Mine are still taking finals. And I hope everyone's children get safely home and have a safe holiday. And I hope everyone has a chance to be close to their children in all the holiday rush, something to sustain them during the next semester's absences.

[Quiver0f10]

My 19 and 18 yo are finished. 21 yo DD has her last one tomorrow. Kids are so glad to be done and looking forward to a break.

[LynnG in Hawaii]

I hope everyone's children get safely home and have a safe holiday. And I hope everyone has a chance to be close to their children in all the holiday rush, something to sustain them during the next semester's absences.

:iagree: Amen!

[Nan in Mass]

My father's comment on the finals: "Boy your kids are lucky. I didn't have my college finals until after Christmas. I don't think your mother did, either." (She didn't. My sister went to the same college and she didn't, either. I remember her feeling guilty every minute she wasn't studying all Christmas break.)
-Nan

[Liza Q]

My daughters last final was this morning so she is DONE - woohoo!

We are all so relieved - she can participate in all the rest of our family Christmas activities without stress or guilt! Hope that it won't be long before everyone here can say the same thing!!

[Martha in NM]

He is relieved and feels reasonably confident about his performance. The biggest question mark is his Chemistry lecture grade; the final was as difficult as he expected. He used every bit of the time allowed and had to guess on a few questions about material that had been introduced but not been covered in depth.

We can't even begin to tell all of you how much we appreciated the prayers and good thoughts! I'm praying for those still taking finals and then for safe travel.

Martha

[Nan in Mass]

One son finished. The other and our two guests finishing today. Unlike some of you : ), we are just hoping everybody passes everything. Younger one's calculus is dubious. (No surprise - we've been predicting it would take him two tries to pass calc for years. He says the fundamentals of engineering probably went ok, though. This is our non-engineer, so he was surprised at how stupid some of his classmates were about the concepts. Concepts are one thing, though, and passing tests in them is another. Sigh.) I'm washing sheets and making up four beds. Yeah!!!!!

[LynnG in Hawaii]

He is relieved and feels reasonably confident about his performance. The biggest question mark is his Chemistry lecture grade; the final was as difficult as he expected. He used every bit of the time allowed and had to guess on a few questions about material that had been introduced but not been covered in depth.

We can't even begin to tell all of you how much we appreciated the prayers and good thoughts! I'm praying for those still taking finals and then for safe travel.

Martha

Martha, glad your son is finished! :) My daugher is anxiously awaiting her chemistry grade as well. It could definitely go either way. :001_unsure: A hard class, that's for sure. Sounds like there are several of our WTM kids fighting the chemistry fight this semester.

[LynnG in Hawaii]

One son finished. The other and our two guests finishing today. Unlike some of you : ), we are just hoping everybody passes everything. Younger one's calculus is dubious. (No surprise - we've been predicting it would take him two tries to pass calc for years. He says the fundamentals of engineering probably went ok, though. This is our non-engineer, so he was surprised at how stupid some of his classmates were about the concepts. Concepts are one thing, though, and passing tests in them is another. Sigh.) I'm washing sheets and making up four beds. Yeah!!!!!

Nan, so glad your son is done! I smiled at you making up four beds. ;) You're going to have a houseful very soon, aren't you? I have to hurry up and do the same thing for my daughter. She comes home on Saturday. (Last final is this afternoon.)

[Tokyomarie]

Wow! Four fresh beds- you'll definitely have a houseful. Hope you have a wonderful holiday!

We on the other hand have done no decorating or prepping the house for Christmas and our own bedroom is unusable because we are in the midst of a master bath remodel. We will be spending our first Christmas ever in a hotel. Since our girls aren't coming home, we're going to them! One is overjoyed and very much looking forward to our visit (the new mama). The other one- well, it's hard to know. On the outside, she'll probably be looking like she'll just tolerate us. On the inside, she'll probably be glad we're there. Whether she wants to see us or not, I'll be very glad to see her now that the semester is over and she has more time to visit. I did see her when I was there to help her sister with the baby, but it was getting toward the end of the semester & she was busy.

[Nan in Mass]

Mine fought it last year, at CC. We had him take Intro Chem, rather than general chem, thinking it would be easier, since he hadn't had any chemistry previously. Ummmm.... We were very wrong there. All that happened was that they crammed more in because they started back a little, and the second semester, instead of being more regular chemistry, was all organic chemistry, requiring tons of memorizing. My husband and I, who took engineering chemistry, were no help whatsoever. I can't believe he managed to pull off a C. He spent half his school hours on chemistry. Fortunately, the prof was one of those dynamite sort of profs and made the whole thing interesting. My son enjoyed it, or I would very much regret telling him he had to take it. (I was thinking that he needed a year of chemistry. I should have just counted half a year of CC science as a year of high school science and let him stop after the first semester. But as I said, he enjoyed it, so we don't regret it.)
-Nan

[newbie]

We are ramping up for tomorrow. Six hrs. of proctored finals. Yuk.

I am shaking. She, on the other hand is calm. So far.

Extra prayers appreciated.

I cant wait til Christmas and New Year is over and we come thru w/o a scratch.:tongue_smilie:

[Martha in NM]

Chemistry was definitely the most challenging for ds this semester. That was true of high school too; he thought it was both the most interesting and the most difficult of all his science courses.


He had only one early morning final yesterday, so we did a ride share to finish out the morning by running errands. One of those errands was to pick up his lab manual for next semester. He'd told me earlier this week that he was planning to take a complete break from all things schoolish after that last exam, but then asked if I'd drive home so he could have a look at the labs they'll be doing next semester :D.

[newbie]

WE ARE Done!!!

Only thing is a six hr. final, she finished in 2.5. Scary, she said she aced the Anthro. but not sure about PHil.

Now to wait for results and pray we didnt catch anything from the testing center.

Good luck to the rest of your kids.

[Leanna]

DD's grades just came in the mail. She got a 3.78 overall. Her two finals that could have affected her grades significantly brought her C up to a B, and her B+ up to an A!!

Thanks for the prayers during finals week!
Have a Merry Christmas with your college kids!

Blessings,
Leanna

[newbie]

DD's grades just came in the mail. She got a 3.78 overall. Her two finals that could have affected her grades significantly brought her C up to a B, and her B+ up to an A!!

Thanks for the prayers during finals week!
Have a Merry Christmas with your college kids!

Blessings,
Leanna


Congrats, nice Christmas gift.

[LynnG in Hawaii]

Congrats to those who are done!!

Congrats to those who have their kids home!!

And congrats to Leanna and others who are getting their grades back! :) (3.78 is really impressive!)

We picked up our daughter today and are so happy to have her home. The house seems . . . busier, noisier . . . in a good way, though. ;) She is waiting on grades now. She has three grades already but is waiting on two more.

Like so many of our WTM students, chemistry was her real nemesis this semester. She had a phenomenal professor, but it was just a really tough class. She will continue on with the second semester of it next semester and also add biology in.

I pray for those who are still travelling, especially in light of the huge snow storm on the East Coast!

[Martha in NM]

We're doing a happy dance tonight! All his grades are in and ds managed an A in General Chemistry with a 4.0 overall. I'm breathing a sigh of relief after wondering for the past four years how mommy grades and a homemade transcript would hold up. Our high school years got off to a rough start, and I'm so thankful that ds has made the transition to college.

We thank all of you for your prayers and kind thoughts.

Congratulations to all our young people for their hard work this semester, and I hope y'all have a wonderful holiday.

Martha

[LynnG in Hawaii]

We're doing a happy dance tonight! All his grades are in and ds managed an A in General Chemistry with a 4.0 overall. I'm breathing a sigh of relief after wondering for the past four years how mommy grades and a homemade transcript would hold up. Our high school years got off to a rough start, and I'm so thankful that ds has made the transition to college.

We thank all of you for your prayers and kind thoughts.

Congratulations to all our young people for their hard work this semester, and I hope y'all have a wonderful holiday.

Martha

Wow, Martha! :D A 4.0? I don't even know what to say. That's fantastic! Congrats to your son!!

[Bev in B'ville]

This was her first semester as a dual enrolled student (she's a junior this year) and she had three finals. She made A's in all 3 classes (Precalculus, Chem I, and Am. History). Yippee!

[Jane in NC]

This was her first semester as a dual enrolled student (she's a junior this year) and she had three finals. She made A's in all 3 classes (Precalculus, Chem I, and Am. History). Yippee!

Congratulations to your daughter, Bev! Job well done!

Jane

[Kathy in Richmond]

Great job, Bev's daughter!! Congratulations!

And congrats to all the other kids in this thread for working so hard and doing so well this term!

~Kathy

[Martha in NM]

Wow, Martha! :D A 4.0? I don't even know what to say. That's fantastic! Congrats to your son!!

Thank you, Lynn! He worked hard, and what I'm even more pleased with, managed to steady himself at mid-term when he was clearly struggling. He also gives a lot of credit to all the prayers and good thoughts from the parents here; they were a great encouragement to him.

[Martha in NM]

Oh--good news!
The dreaded expected C in Art History turned out to be a B!!!

Thanks for praying...:D

That's great news!

[Nan in Mass]

Well, we are rejoicing because our oldest and our Ukrainian guest passed all their classes. The oldest got a C in physics 2, despite worrying that he was going to have to retake it. And his other grades were higher. Phew. Now we just need to see how our middle one (freshman) did. And we need to hope the oldest excersizes umm... good judgement. He just left with both our hatchets and the ax to go find us a Christmas tree. We live in suburbia...
-Nan
Oh! And (sorry - a little distracted at the moment) congrats to everyone who has done such a good job. And I hope everyone was safe in their travels. Our son's roommate decided to wait until after the storm to drive south, much to our relief. Perhaps they are growing up. Or perhaps not (thinking of the tree - sigh).

[Valerie(TX)]

I've been praying for all our kids along with the rest of you, just haven't posted much as it's been Elective Surgery Week (or two weeks, if you're counting) around here!

Dd got her dual credit grades back. She made a 99% on the Art History bear of a final!!! (She studied her patooskie off and got an 85% on the midterm.) She is breathing a sigh of relief to get an A in that class.

In her Drawing Fundamentals class she got an A as well, with a 97% on her portfolio review. That was what she'd been expecting, but she's thankful nothing went south unexpectedly.

In her 3.5 credit online unit study class (Torrey, Foundations of American Thought) she'll have her end of semester in late January, but with extra work she's hoping to get a good grade for the semester. :) (Those writers are not easy!)

[newbie]

I am super impressed by all the dual enroll kids. Awesome job. It definitely is not easy and keeps you on your toes.

Great job to all and have a relaxing Christmas.

[Nan in Mass]

We've had Christmases where the predominant message from a child was a sort of I'm-trying-to-forget-you-exist-and-Christmas-makes-me-remember-so-I'm-trying-to-ignore-it-too. You just have to take things on faith some years. And then there are years where they are more openly loving. The big thing is not to say anything that makes everyone has to remember and regret in future, better years. At least you have a grandchild to snuggle.
Hugs.
-Nan

[Nan in Mass]

Everyone is done. Everyone is home. Everyone passed everything, and the only class that needs to be retaken is calculus for my middle one, which was no surprise. His grade point average came out ok because he did well in the other courses. He managed an A- in Fundamentals of Engineering!!!!! This child is SO not an engineer. Apparently, being surrounded by engineers makes him not unintelligent about the concepts, though, and he managed to memorize the large amount of material required for it. He is only in the class because they make all the freshman take the same classes so they don't have to decide their major until the beginning of the second year. The oldest got a C in physics 2, the class he was so worried about, so he is happy. All their other grades were As or Bs. Thank you so much everyone for your prayers and good thoughts!
-Nan

[Nan in Mass]

I am, too. Congrats to them all!

[Tokyomarie]

We've had Christmases where the predominant message from a child was a sort of I'm-trying-to-forget-you-exist-and-Christmas-makes-me-remember-so-I'm-trying-to-ignore-it-too. You just have to take things on faith some years. And then there are years where they are more openly loving. The big thing is not to say anything that makes everyone has to remember and regret in future, better years. At least you have a grandchild to snuggle.
Hugs.
-Nan

Thanks for the reminder, Nan, to make every effort to not say something I might regret later. I want to keep as many doors open as possible for our relationship.

We are now here in CO. So far she has been pleasant and cheerful, if rather scarce. We are celebrating Christmas Day in our hotel room. Yay for 2 bedroom suites! Our suite is actually almost the same size as the apartment my girls share and actually has a dining table which the apartment sorely lacks. We can cook our full meal here (though my dh is baking the apple pie over at the apartment) and both girls, my SIL, my younger daughter's boyfriend, and of course the baby will join me, my dh, and my son for the day.

Oh, and good news on the college front: younger dd pulled off her first 4.0 since starting college! She's maintained a good cummulative GPA throughout but this is the first time she's had a semester this good. It seems that coming out to CO has had its good points for her.

[newbie]

Thanks a million for the prayers, they worked.

Dd got 100 percent on both her PHIL and ANTH exams, yeah!!!!!!

[Kareni]

Thanks a million for the prayers, they worked.

Dd got 100 percent on both her PHIL and ANTH exams, yeah!!!!!!

Wow! Impressive results! Congratulations to your daughter.

Happy New Year.

Regards,
Kareni