The kid got her results last night and she missed getting into Algebra 1 course by 1 percent. The cutoff was 91%, while she scored 90%. To qualify for Algebra 1 in middle school in Fairfax county, kids need to pass the IAAT math exam with score > 91% and have advanced proficiency in state SOL (which she will!). Considering many of her friends made it, she has been devastated. While we were initially bummed too, I am almost thankful to a bit that she doesn’t have to take on the pressure of a high school course right out of gate in middle school. Could she have taken it on? Probably. But given her future interests about where she wants to be, its not going to impact her college readiness since CS/Math is the last thing she wants to do anyway. But cheering her up yesterday was a challenge. Thankfully by night time she was all prepped up and excited about taking on Math 7 honors class instead!
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First night on a new mattress is always interesting. I had a great sleep but remains to be seen if it will continue. After testing couple of mattresses at stores and doing insane online research we ordered our customized mattress from [Comfort Option](https://www.comfortoption.com/). While I was absolutely in love with Tempurpedic Hybrid ProAdapt series, the thought of balking 4000$ on a mattress was a hard sell. Instead we opted for customized mattress from comfort option less than 1/3rd the price and will work with them to find the best fit. After couple of weeks of adjustment we can switch various components within the mattress to get the best adjustment we want – and that to us is attractive coz mattresses should really be about personal preference!
Or they could just say they want Trump back [Department of Energy assesses with “low confidence” Covid-19 “likely” came from China lab leak](https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/department-of-energy-assesses-with-low-confidence-covid-19-likely-came-from-china-lab-leak-164073541578)
Good I don’t have to spend too much energy then. The show pretty much jumped the shark last season and it’s nice to see they know it too 😂 [The Mandalorian Ending: Jon Favreau Says No Series Finale Planned – Variety](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-mandalorian-ending-jon-favreau-series-finale-planned-1235534624/)
TIL via reddit people pay upwards of 3000$ for a boudoir photoshoot. Like wow!
We are few episodes into Dopesick and it makes me sick how incredibly heartless big pharma are and how easily doctors are manipulated. As someone who takes meds for chronic issues daily I put my faith in my doc that she has my best interest at heart but who is to say she hasn’t been influenced by pharma to keep her cut and money? Whst option do I as a regular guy have other than trusting the doc? Just makes me sick.
Personally I wouldn’t mind it if amazon prime scrapped the new LOTR series completely. It was clear that season 1 was all spectacle no soul and no amount of CGI is going to fix a soulless heart. Now that Warner Brothers are going to make LOTR again, might as well cut losses and reinvest in better series.
Macys is delivering a sofa today. They text me the tracking link which is not even a url but just an ip address, and clicking it shows my location and delivery time. All over a regular NON HTTPS secure website. Wow. This in 2023. Do better Macys!
Frankly I would be happier if USA turned inwards and ensured they are safe first than to defend Europe lol.
I previously used to believe that our kids most definitely will live through a world war. I now think we too along with them will experience a world war