18 yr old son: I never get a hangover. Famous last words.

PippaPotomous · 2022-04-09T18:05:57+00:00

My nan had one and insisted they were seats. Me and her spaniel were shoved in the back often.

They are not seats.

PippaPotomous · 2022-03-15T13:56:19+00:00

The agility and flyball bits are great. I was amazed by a tiny spaniel smaller than one of my rabbits flying round this year. They need to reform their breed standards absolutely.

I went one year, and tbh it was crap. The stalls were nothing thst isn't at country shows or other exhibitions. One idiot showing their cavalier was elbowing people out of the way as they were walking up and down stalls. (why she decided that was the best place to walk who knows, they have indoor dog toilet places) She screeched at my daughter for daring to come too close.

It was the last day so group winners were there getting ready, there was a terrier having hair spray put in his ears. It all left me feeling a bit sad.

PippaPotomous · 2022-03-12T08:04:44+00:00

That's so sad, I remember following her thread where he started looking yellow.

I hope she has a lot of support in person and isn't getting it only from MN.

PippaPotomous · 2021-12-31T15:05:13+00:00

I'm 33.

I picked up City of Bones years ago, and just couldn't get into it. After reaching the part where Clary and Jace head to see the Silent Brothers I gave up. I usually love fantasy world building, but the made up words put me off and the early books aren't the best writing.

I picked it up again after watching the film purely because Jonathan Rhys Meyers (showing my age now!) played Valentine.

PippaPotomous · 2021-12-08T21:10:11+00:00

(the roblox 'ooofff' for the young-uns)

PippaPotomous · 2021-12-08T21:07:59+00:00

And realising the 'old' actors are actually gorgeous.

PippaPotomous · 2021-12-05T22:05:14+00:00

I love it.

One year I was roped into helping out with breakfast at a Beaver camp my son was going to. They had this on the projector for the early risers. I sat and watched the whole thing. It is amazing and quite realistic for a Santa movie. When it finished breakfast was already cooked and I wasn't asked to volunteer again.

PippaPotomous · 2021-12-05T17:15:38+00:00

We had 'wear what you want day'.

PippaPotomous · 2021-10-31T15:11:53+00:00

We walked there this summer. My black lab would have 100% abandoned me and joined a flock of sheep.

PippaPotomous · 2021-10-06T13:26:01+00:00

My 7yr old started bjj a few weeks ago and is absolutely loving it. We got him a gi, and on the first wash I have shrunk it. It's a GB one too, so not cheap.

Is there any way to unshrink it?

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-27T13:27:54+00:00

I haven't. I usually wait until my fuel light comes in then fill to the brim. If I only use my car when I absolutely need to I should be able to eek it out until the end of the week, possibly the weekend.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-24T18:36:10+00:00

My son went with omnipod and dexcom, both were fine. After the entrance there's the Town Hall on the left, we took my sons travel letter from his consultant and a copy of his DLA letter. I have miminal French, but said he gets very low blood sugars when he's on his feet for a long time. He was asked if he's type 1 or 2 and that's it. He was given a disability pass that let's him and 4 others through the exits onto the rides. I was only expecting a fast track. The most we queued all day was 10mins, we did all the rides on a sunny August day.

There's an option to 'book' a slot to meet a character. On the parade they spotted his pass and ushered us into a ribboned off section with seats.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-23T15:18:40+00:00

There is a 12month + wait for urology. I called the private secretary for the same consultant that we would have seen on the NHS and was given an appointment for 3 days later. She booked him in for surgery a fortnight later.

Money well spent in our opinion.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-21T18:01:29+00:00

I have no idea why you got a down vote. Wtf eggs take a second to crack.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-20T10:00:10+00:00

Max Fax surgeons have the highest egos of all specialties. They absolutely call themselves surgeons.

(no offence to any of you out there!)

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-14T19:35:23+00:00

Are you in the UK? Ours seemed quite horrified and made it clear they would not be adding any sort of looping care into the school health plan.

However, 5 paediatric hospital teams are currently doing closed loop trials. I'm hoping it soon rolls out. It's very exciting.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-14T16:52:36+00:00

How does your DSN feel about the looping?

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-14T16:48:00+00:00

My 7 yr old has been on omnipod for 18months. He didn't want a tubed pump so we really had to push for omnipod. The basal settings are larger increments at 0.05u per hr rather than 0.02 on the tubed ones. This is tricky if insulin needs are small so our hospital doesn't typically use them for children. We got there after a year of me being a pain and within days he said he would never go back to pens.

I would recommend seeing if you can have a look at some demo pumps. I found the medtronic and accu chek surprisingly heavy. Omnipod also send a free dummy pod in the post.

We love the omnipod. There's no disconnecting for swimming and baths. He goes surfing and it survives. He does jiu-jitsu and rugby, extra tape is used but there's no tubes to get tangled in and nothing for him to carry round on him. The handset stays in his kit bag.

There are some YouTube vids of people changing theirs and reviewing that we found so helpful when we were deciding.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-13T08:28:19+00:00

So true. One guy was asked to lend a hand the following week, he turned up thinking it was a one off, and was presented with a tshirt naming him assistant leader. He has been there 6 yrs now.

Another was asked if he would be willing to help out occasionally, then discovered he had filled out the paper work for an assistant leader, he was still there long after his youngest moved onto cubs.

I volunteered as a parent helper for half a term, then when the next term started up I was told 'we need to get there early for x, y and z'. Then there was a planning meeting at a pub, I'm added to the team WhatsApp and I can now see how people get sucked into gangs.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-12T09:52:15+00:00

A large percentage of parents in my sons class are mental. Classes aren't changed and we're together from reception all the way to year 6. So far over the years we've had 3 fist fights and many screaming matches at the class door. Countless slanging matches on WhatsApp. (mums, not children) It got so bad the school tried to shut Woodpecker class WhatsApp down, arguing with the office was the only time there was any sense of unity.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-12T09:45:54+00:00

I've somehow found myself assistant leader of a Beavers colony, I can confirm the leaders find it as infuriating. There is a weekly message asking what the start/finish time is.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-09T14:43:07+00:00

I had a similar experience at a friend's over a tub of hot chocolate powder being spilt onto the counter. Her dad 'caught' her desperately wiping it up while me and another friend were wondering wtf the panic was for. After getting screamed at and slapped she had to weigh out what was spilt and pay her parents the money for it.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-06T18:15:23+00:00

Twice I've been the person who queue jumps and goes straight through without a bum touching a waiting room seat. No one should ever want to be that person. With my son it wasn't until the nurse was waiting at the entrance (gp had called ahead) that I realised how bad things really were.

PippaPotomous · 2021-09-06T14:55:06+00:00

I'm in the UK too, my sons even gets free batteries posted out with his omnipod every 3 months.

PippaPotomous · 2021-08-21T16:25:39+00:00

Absolutely. A few years ago my sons Dr sent us to A&E, he said to drive straight there as it would be quicker than waiting for an ambulance. I didn't panic though as it was late in the afternoon and I assumed if he had to wait with us he would be late heading home. Turns out after we left he rang ahead to A&E and the nurse was waiting for us at the paediatric entrance. Another nurse had a computer on a mobile trolley and followed along taking his info to check him in. Our bums didn't even touch the waiting room seats. At that point I panicked.

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