My wife got one and never uses it. It sucks compared to the Yeti cups.
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My wife got one and never uses it. It sucks compared to the Yeti cups.
I played this for my son this morning!
Moved my oldest into Drake two days ago for his freshman year. I am a mess of worry. Is he meeting people? Is he having fun and not just holed up in his room? I don't remember being this way before. At this stage I am more worried about the social aspect than his academics.
Every fall this time reminds me of my freshman year at ISU, and how my parents coped. I'm oldest of 4 kids and all of us and my stuff was packed in a station wagon for the trip to Ames. We ate lunch at Shakey's Pizza out west on Lincoln Way as I remember. Don't recall much of the lugging my belongings up two flights of stairs in Friley, do recall wondering whether I would be able to do everything I should. Didn't think much about mom and dad, and was happy to be away from the siblings, kind of. Very poignant because my dad died very unexpectedly in mid-June, and I never thought to ask him what it was like for them.
2nd, K and 3yo PS for us, big change for the younger two but they don't start til after labor day.
I mentioned to my wife that she didn’t need as big of a car for her next one because we’ll have one less at home. That wasn’t the right thing to say apparently.
That and those big tumblers are pretty stupid.
I guess cups and thermoses don't do the same thing?
It's ALL stupid. I miss the days of *cover your ears kids*... drinking from a water fountain. And I didn't even DIE!!!!
I was this generation too but I get having a waterbottle too. 1 2 3 that's enough for me 3 or 4 times a day isn't enough water for a human.
Me too. My wife was giving me the stink eye the whole time.
If it gets my kids to drink water instead of soda or some sugary punch, I’ll gladly pay for a Stanley or Yeti.
What a throwback post. My god, this post makes me feel old now.
Owala is the must have water bottle now. Kids get laughed at if they show to school with a Yeti.
At work I use an old mason jar my mom once used to can tomatoes. A lot of people laugh at me when they see it, and I just say "it was free and how much did you pay for your bottle." No response.
Do you work with Texas A&M alumni? Cause there may be a different reason they’re laughing than you think.
Both my boys start school Monday. Waterloo has staggered start days, if it's your first year in a new building (K,1st, 6th, 9th) you went today and everyone else starts the day after, it's a remnant of the social distancing during Covid. I have a Senior and a Sophomore, it's the first year we're off the hook for being transportation before or after school.
