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Post by drlj on Sept 24, 2014 10:44:36 GMT -5
I always respond as honestly as possible to things like that in the hopes it will lead to improvements.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Sept 24, 2014 10:57:06 GMT -5
Good morning all...or what's left of it. Feeling more than a little heart-tug guilty today.  My SIL's schedule changed and the grand-darling for whom we care needed 4 days of care a week instead of 3. I max out at 3 so the little one has started day care once a week. She (and Mommy) are really struggling. Daughter texted me this morning to say she left her at the daycare breakfast table and the little one had her head down on her hands on the table and was crying. I really need/cherish my days "off"...but I may cave in.
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
My late mother-in-law taught Kindergarten for many years and had a lot of interesting things to say about what pre-school and kindergarten teaches you that you just don't learn very often at home.
Things like: How to wait. How to wait in line. How to take turns. How to share (everything from a table and chair and crayons to a bathroom). How you don't always get what you want. How to work with someone else. How to make friends. How to treat other people's belongings. How to deal with jerks. How to interact with other people your own age. How to learn in a classroom. What a teacher is. etc.
For some kids the transition to daycare is traumatic. Cameron was in daycare from when he was an infant so to him it was just normal. We saw the other kids when kindergarten age arrived and they tossed themselves on the ground and pitched a fit because they had never learned any of the above. All the daycare kids looked at them and thought, "What the hey?"
It may be a painful transition but in the long run (read that a few weeks), the child will discover that those days at daycare are fun. They are also helpful.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 24, 2014 11:24:11 GMT -5
Just got this from the Modern. Not sure how to respond.  The Modern is the Modern. Its rooms will always be tiny and a little rundown. There will be flies. I reported to the owner as I was checking out that the fridge made loud and very odd noises each time the compressor kicked in, and I also handed her a large screw that fell out of the bottom of the roller chair. I don't spose there is much that can be done about the incredibly noisy dumpster pickup at 5:30 a.m. on Monday. But the TV worked fine and I got the $5 a night military vet discount and when I got home and realized I had left my phone charger behind, I called and they offered to mail it to me. That was a week ago, and I still haven't gotten it, but I remain hopeful. (Although I bought a new one in the interim.) |
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Post by fauxmaha on Sept 24, 2014 14:14:17 GMT -5
I ended up leaving what I considered to be a very positive review. My take on the Modern is that more than anything else, it is honest. Look at it from the outside, and you pretty much know what to expect on the inside. I'm actually developing an affinity for those old-school (used that term in my review, also), roadside motels. They tend to be family owned, cheap to stay in, and I like being able to park at the door (particularly when parking my bike). The aristocracy can stay in the five-star Cobblestone. I'm a Modern Man!  |
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Post by Resolve on Sept 24, 2014 14:25:40 GMT -5
I ended up leaving what I considered to be a very positive review. My take on the Modern is that more than anything else, it is honest. Look at it from the outside, and you pretty much know what to expect on the inside. I'm actually developing an affinity for those old-school (used that term in my review, also), roadside motels. They tend to be family owned, cheap to stay in, and I like being able to park at the door (particularly when parking my bike). The aristocracy can stay in the five-star Cobblestone. I'm a Modern Man! I'm a High-maintenance Woman. I have an affinity for comfort. And heat.  |
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Post by billhammond on Sept 24, 2014 14:27:01 GMT -5
I ended up leaving what I considered to be a very positive review. My take on the Modern is that more than anything else, it is honest. Look at it from the outside, and you pretty much know what to expect on the inside. I'm actually developing an affinity for those old-school (used that term in my review, also), roadside motels. They tend to be family owned, cheap to stay in, and I like being able to park at the door (particularly when parking my bike). The aristocracy can stay in the five-star Cobblestone. I'm a Modern Man! I'm a High-maintenance Woman. I have an affinity for comfort. And heat. Heat, shmeet! That's why God gave us scratchy wool blankets! |
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Post by fauxmaha on Sept 24, 2014 14:28:29 GMT -5
You can also kill the flies and use them as fuel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 15:42:00 GMT -5
The Modern has a Storm Shelter, getting to it is a adventure but it is there if needed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 17:27:23 GMT -5
I'm pretty much OK with less than five star motels as long as they are clean and odor free. I've used the turret of a tank as a mobile home for weeks on end, so anything beyond that is upscale. Heck, the infantry sleep in holes in the ground, bloody svages. I'd think they'd think they'd died and gone to heaven in the Modern. Of course, they'd probably tear the fixtures out and take them with them. |
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Post by Doug on Sept 24, 2014 18:07:54 GMT -5
I'm pretty much OK with less than five star motels as long as they are clean and odor free. I've used the turret of a tank as a mobile home for weeks on end, so anything beyond that is upscale. Heck, the infantry sleep in holes in the ground, bloody svages. I'd think they'd think they'd died and gone to heaven in the Modern. Of course, they'd probably tear the fixtures out and take them with them. I went to war and slept in an AC hooch with refrigerator and house girl. Army guys just don't know what rough is.  BTW in those days house girl was $2 a week and what she could steal with out us getting to mad. |
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 24, 2014 18:27:37 GMT -5
I remember hearing that German tourists insist on a very clean room but will accept crummy food, while French tourists will accept a crappy room as long as the food is good. Such broad generalizations are dubious, of course, but in this regard I'm with the French. As long as nothing is biting me, I'm okay in almost any quarters, but I care about the quality of the food.
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Post by sekhmet on Sept 24, 2014 18:47:22 GMT -5
I'm an older sort of goddess and require a pristine room with electrical outlets that work and a spanking clean bathroom. Mostly the bathroom has to be top notch. We usually stay in less than stellar rooms and we did put up with a somewhat less than stellar room twice in a row in Cuba, but I'm glad we stayed in the Cobblestone because they are just so damned nice. The upgrade to the bridal suite didn't hurt one bit either. |
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Post by billhammond on Sept 24, 2014 18:53:57 GMT -5
I'm an older sort of goddess and require a pristine room with electrical outlets that work and a spanking clean bathroom. Mostly the bathroom has to be top notch. We usually stay in less than stellar rooms and we did put up with a somewhat less than stellar room twice in a row in Cuba, but I'm glad we stayed in the Cobblestone because they are just so damned nice. The upgrade to the bridal suite didn't hurt one bit either. Yeh, the bathrooms at the Modern really encourage sponge baths at the sink. I took one shower there in three days, and felt dirty afterward. |
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Post by Resolve on Sept 24, 2014 19:21:42 GMT -5
Yeh, the bathrooms at the Modern really encourage sponge baths at the sink. I took one shower there in three days, and felt dirty afterward. Eeeeooowww!  LOL |
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Post by drlj on Sept 24, 2014 19:52:14 GMT -5
It could be worse. The place could be called the Old Fashioned instead of the Modern.
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Post by Doug on Sept 24, 2014 20:12:34 GMT -5
Remodeled for when George Washington slept here. |
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Post by Tamarack on Sept 24, 2014 20:25:32 GMT -5
 Cheap, clean, and comfortable |
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 24, 2014 21:26:21 GMT -5
Good morning all...or what's left of it. Feeling more than a little heart-tug guilty today. My SIL's schedule changed and the grand-darling for whom we care needed 4 days of care a week instead of 3. I max out at 3 so the little one has started day care once a week. She (and Mommy) are really struggling. Daughter texted me this morning to say she left her at the daycare breakfast table and the little one had her head down on her hands on the table and was crying. I really need/cherish my days "off"...but I may cave in. DO NOT CAVE! She's growing up, testing you and mom out. |
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Post by Resolve on Sept 25, 2014 6:34:46 GMT -5
Good morning all...or what's left of it. Feeling more than a little heart-tug guilty today. My SIL's schedule changed and the grand-darling for whom we care needed 4 days of care a week instead of 3. I max out at 3 so the little one has started day care once a week. She (and Mommy) are really struggling. Daughter texted me this morning to say she left her at the daycare breakfast table and the little one had her head down on her hands on the table and was crying. I really need/cherish my days "off"...but I may cave in. DO NOT CAVE! She's growing up, testing you and mom out. I don't think this was a matter of her "testing" us. She's not used to being left somewhere other than with family and was, I'm sure, just overwhelmed. I'm sure it is hard for her, at 2, to understand all this. However, she did manage to rally and have a pretty good day so we all feel better now. |
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Post by Resolve on Sept 25, 2014 6:36:06 GMT -5
It could be worse. The place could be called the Old Fashioned instead of the Modern. Such a funny name for a place. I have a hard time picturing what it looked like when the owners decided that it was "modern". |
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My SIL's schedule changed and the grand-darling for whom we care needed 4 days of care a week instead of 3. I max out at 3 so the little one has started day care once a week. She (and Mommy) are really struggling. Daughter texted me this morning to say she left her at the daycare breakfast table and the little one had her head down on her hands on the table and was crying. I really need/cherish my days "off"...but I may cave in. 
LOL
