Thank you.

I have tried to encourage just one friend and maybe it happens once every few months. I was told by her Ped when she was a toddler "This one will be different. She won't care about social things and won't even notice." I hate to sound weird, but my little girl is.... a genius. (My Ped has a daughter who is a genius, got accepted to MIT and just finished Med School about 4 years ahead of when most people do it, she recognized this in my baby when she was 2 or 3 and she was right. I KNEW the kid was smart, (started talking at 7 months, could do math at 16 months, was reading before her 3rd birthday etc.) No, I mean it. Her I.Q. is so high the school tests can't measure it (and they top out at 138) I have a fairly high IQ, as do my husband and my other daughters, who are all "Gifted" but I KNOW hers is higher than any of ours. She has beaten her father at Chess at the age by 8 or 9. He's an Engineer and really good at Chess. She breezes through Advanced Placement classes with no effort and her test scores say she is doing "12+" work, which means above a Senior in High School work, since she was in 4th or 5th grade.

I love that she's so smart. She came in the other day and was unusually talkative and said "Explain to me how the Executive Branch of the government works and how it differs from the others. And WHY don't our votes count and WHO is on the Electoral College? How do they pick those people, and how do I get on that panel?" Most girls her age are worried about Justin Bieber, and make up and fashion and normal little Tween girl stuff. This kid is worried about the way our government runs and is learning into to Calculus. *sigh* I can't do the kind of Algebra that is required to learn Calculus, but luckily her father can.

She's like a little Sheldon. Y'know from Big Bang Theory? She's the original "That does not compute!" kid.

I'm not bragging, really. It's just that she's a difficult child to raise. The mind of an adult but the EMOTIONS and hormonal issues of a nearly 13 year old.

She's just so different than most other kids. I've raised 2 girls before. They are damn smart, but NOTHING like this.

Thank you for caring. We had support for Profoundly Gifted kids in the Grammar School, but there isn't much support (aside from the AP classes) in the Middle School. I get so stressed I cry myself to sleep over this child. I just LOVE her so much and I want her to be HAPPY!!!!

Thank you all again for being so supportive. I can get snippy when I'm in a lot of pain, and I apologize for that and I DO appreciate everybody being so kind. less

Aw. I just hate when that happens! Sometimes I get like that, mostly when I'm going through long shifts or if I'm just fatigued. It's so annoying because I actually look forward to my mini thrill of getting on here each night. Yes, it's like that for me. Sad, I know!

Hope you get it back soon though. I just hate when my excitement is sort of blah. I even get like that with reviews. Sometimes I'll just burn myself out and it'll take me weeks or months to get back! I once went through a very long spell and didn't do much reviewing besides my assignments for bout 4-5 months. I thought I'd never get it back.

You'll get back to normal soon. There's always excitement here, so it'll be back my friend. less

I think we are in the same boat.

I remember her getting very upset about having to "show your work" in math. "I KNOW how to do this, I never get any wrong. WHY do I have to do the silly busy work?"

Is GSP a Gifted Program? In our schools the kids aren't supposed to talk about being in the Gifted Program and they call it something else. The parents in the Grammar School begged to let the "LEAP Kids" be in the yearbook, as their own group (like the soccer team, and the softball team, and the cheerleaders etc) and it never happened.

I think the whole "Gifted" thing is better than I was a kid (I spent many a day sitting in the hall, just reading whatever I wanted, because I was so far ahead, and then "tutoring" the little kids, because they didn't know what to do with the 4 or 5 of us who were that far ahead. NO Gifted Program at all when I was in school.) But, there isn't enough for the kids and they don't get the EMOTIONAL support or recognition from the school that they should. It makes no sense. The athletes get to wear a special outfit on Game Days, as do the Cheerleaders, but the Mathletes and kids who are reading at a grade 12 + level aren't supposed to talk about their achievements.

It's so frustrating, isn't it?

I hope things get better for your son. One good thing about our schools they have recently instituted a "Zero Tolerance" policy for bullying and teasing, so it's easier for the smart kids. (Halla better than when I was 12. And better than when her older sisters were 12.) But, they could be doing more. less

I have a lot on my mind

I'm stressed the Hell out because I have to get another renal ultrasound on the day before my birthday. I can't ever have a stress-free birthday without worrying about test results or the possibility of getting a surgery. Last year I got surgery on the day after my birthday and had to undergo terrible prep on the day of my birthday.

I wish my stomach was hurting so much right now so I could get some damn sleep.

I am behind on my reviews and it is adding to my stress level which makes me hurt more.

Apparently, it seems like it is becoming mandatory to have pictures in your reviews in order to get higher EU votes etc. I got told by someone via a PM that my reviews would be better if I had pictures in them, which made me sad because I am one of the very few people who do not actually own a digital camera...

I was told that I was going to get a camera for my birthday, so I want to get that first so I can add pictures to my reviews. Perhaps, I should stop trying to please everyone and just do my own thing with reviews less

Eh today was well one of those BLAH days!!!


I wouldn't feel as if that is the only way you will get EU votes I add pictures because sometimes colors aren't the same as the product pictures or I can show detail in lingerie better. Like my Rainbow Heart review the pics I took showed the texture and beauty of the toy. You don't have to follow everyone else in order to get EU votes. If you have a webcam on your computer you can use that or cell phone just email the pics to your email and download them I use my phone for most of my pics since it takes better pictures then my digital camera. less

I am sitting here super sick with strep throat. I've been on antibiotics for 48 hours now, and all the doctors I've spoken to keep saying I should be feeling better. Now, they're calling in a stronger antibiotic, and I can barely speak at all -- my throat is so swollen! I can't bring myself to relax though, because I know my boss is angry at me. I don't know if she doesn't believe I'm ill or what, but when I tell her how I feel she just says, "fine, whatever, take a day off if you must..." and I kind of find myself wondering if I'm going to still have a job there when I'm feeling better. I ended up having to take three days off this week, and right before I got sick, I put a request in for 2 weeks off in January so I could go see my boyfriend. My request for time off got approved, but now I think my boss is going to give me a hard time about it -- if she doesn't fire me over this.

I really just want a little sympathy. less

I've been having so many bleh days lately that it is not even funny! I hope your days improve very soon hun! Just keep your head up and hopefully, you'll get through it all soon.

Yeah, my reviews do quite well on their own so far. I just let that one PM get to me when I shouldn't have. You know, I do have a webcam and a smartphone/camera! The only problem is that the quality of the pictures they take both suck ass lol. I could probably work on them more and add tons of lighting if I really wanted to, but I'll try and hold off for a while. Like I mentioned to SneakersandPearls, I would still have reviews without pictures even if I had a functional camera; only certain reviews I would add pictures to them if I can't explain something properly.

I thank you so much for your wonderful suggestions and commenting on my post; I really appreciate it! less

I am sitting here super sick with strep throat. I've been on antibiotics for 48 hours now, and all the doctors I've spoken to keep saying I should be feeling better. Now, they're calling in a stronger antibiotic, and I can barely speak at all -- my throat is so swollen! I can't bring myself to relax though, because I know my boss is angry at me. I don't know if she doesn't believe I'm ill or what, but when I tell her how I feel she just says, "fine, whatever, take a day off if you must..." and I kind of find myself wondering if I'm going to still have a job there when I'm feeling better. I ended up having to take three days off this week, and right before I got sick, I put a request in for 2 weeks off in January so I could go see my boyfriend. My request for time off got approved, but now I think my boss is going to give me a hard time about it -- if she doesn't fire me over this.

I really just want a little sympathy. less

I have a lot on my mind

I'm stressed the Hell out because I have to get another renal ultrasound on the day before my birthday. I can't ever have a stress-free birthday without worrying about test results or the possibility of getting a surgery. Last year I got surgery on the day after my birthday and had to undergo terrible prep on the day of my birthday.

I wish my stomach was hurting so much right now so I could get some damn sleep.

I am behind on my reviews and it is adding to my stress level which makes me hurt more.

Apparently, it seems like it is becoming mandatory to have pictures in your reviews in order to get higher EU votes etc. I got told by someone via a PM that my reviews would be better if I had pictures in them, which made me sad because I am one of the very few people who do not actually own a digital camera...

I was told that I was going to get a camera for my birthday, so I want to get that first so I can add pictures to my reviews. Perhaps, I should stop trying to please everyone and just do my own thing with reviews less

I am sitting here super sick with strep throat. I've been on antibiotics for 48 hours now, and all the doctors I've spoken to keep saying I should be feeling better. Now, they're calling in a stronger antibiotic, and I can barely speak at all -- my throat is so swollen! I can't bring myself to relax though, because I know my boss is angry at me. I don't know if she doesn't believe I'm ill or what, but when I tell her how I feel she just says, "fine, whatever, take a day off if you must..." and I kind of find myself wondering if I'm going to still have a job there when I'm feeling better. I ended up having to take three days off this week, and right before I got sick, I put a request in for 2 weeks off in January so I could go see my boyfriend. My request for time off got approved, but now I think my boss is going to give me a hard time about it -- if she doesn't fire me over this.

I really just want a little sympathy. less