[DanceDiva]

Originally Posted by stingo

Nice to see you back and back at it. Would you be able to fill in you push-up set with push-ups done from knees?

Congrats on your daughter's graduation - she looks a lovely young woman.

Thanks for the congrats -- she is lovely.

You know, I must have really got with the program because it didn't even cross my mind to go to my knees. I guess I could have tried an angled push-up, but that didn't cross my mind either.

Originally Posted by dillytl

Congrats to your daughter - she is GORGEOUS!!!!

Thank you kindly. No smilie?

Originally Posted by LWilson212

Congratulations Tracey! I haven't had time to check out the pic at home but hopefully tonight.

I'm excited for you starting stage 6. It looks fun.

Thank you too. I loved that workout. When I completed the negative chins, I was cheering. I didn't know that I would be able to do all 3.

Originally Posted by nutbar

Glad to have you back! Your daughter is beautiful! I think it's great she's taking a break before med school. (Is it just a break or is she reconsidering med school altogether?)

My kids lived through my going back to school (necessity after D-I-V-O-R-C-E [like my Tammy Wynette?]), so I discussed with her that going back later may make it harder due to other obligations. She then told me that she has a backup plan -- if she meets a guy she wants to marry, she'll go to nursing school, get her degree, maybe work a while, have her babies, raise her babies, then go to work. We then had a discussion about life not being linear and about adaptability.

That is so cool. I see so many people that seem to not actually like or enjoy their children and it makes me sad. I just don't understand it.

DITTO.

Originally Posted by Willie

I was just thinking the other day, that I absolutely love hanging out with my Dad. And I was laughing, because I used to dread it ("oh God, what will we talk about?!?"), and now, we can't shut up, and don't have nearly enough time together.

Your daughter seems lucky to have a great role model

I would have loved to have had time with my dad as an adult. He died when I was 16 and he 36. At that time, I hadn't gotten to the point of realizing my parents were people I could talk to. I think that has a lot to do with how I interact with my children. I've got my flaws; however, I always let them know that even in my mistakes, I always tried to act in their best interest.

Originally Posted by chickdiver

Congrats to your daughter. Is she thinking of Duke for Med school as well? A very good friend of mine runs the Human Simulation Lab at Duke Med.

Welcome, chickdiver. Thanks for the congrats too. My daughter was thinking of attending Duke for med school. All the schools she applied to have medical schools, and her intention (when she was considering colleges) was to complete all her studies in one place.