Keep on trucking
10 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: breakdown, Busy life, daughter, nervous, padded cell, senior, Son, spartan brass, turkey
Fall is here. Well it’s been here, you can say it is almost winter. But we have been lucky so far with some spectacular fall weather, that makes the transition to snow and cold a bit easier.
The last months have been extremely busy for me. Last weekend was the first weekend since August that I actually had a full weekend with nothing to do. How weird it was. But it gave me an opportunity to catch up on my sleep and at my age I need all the sleep I can get.
The holidays are approaching fast. Turkey day is being spend with my Son’s girlfriend family. No need to cook, even though I don’t mind it and actually enjoy it, the break is welcomed this year.
Dealing with a Teenager that has Senioritis very bad. She has now changed her mind 3 times on what college she wants to attend after graduation. She is keeping it very interesting. I think her mission of the remainder of her Senior year is to drive me completely batty and then leave me, on the edge of a nervous breakdown and laugh all the way to College.
Found out that my Son made it on the Spartan Brass Band that plays at the Basketball games, which is a nice accomplishment. Just hopeing he stays on top of his class work, and doesn’t fall behind.
So this is what has been going on with me since the last post. Now that it has calmed down I should be able to post more often. Unless my nervous breakdown comes sooner, and I am confined to a nice soft cell with a high fashion jacket.
I marked the day red on the Calendar
06 Aug 2009 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: bike, campus, cars, daughter, driving, gas, money, parents, Shopping, Son, tank, tjmax
So here I am with 2 driving Teenagers, well my daughter is almost legal to drive, she just has to take her Drivers test and then she is fully licensed. And you always hear the horror stories from other Parents, of how their kids take the car and bring it back home with an empty tank.
So yesterday I let my Son keep the Car, so he could run some errands and take care of a few things that he needs to get done before he returns to Campus in a couple of weeks.
He went shopping for a few new clothes, got his Instrument fixed at the High school, went to a bike store to turn his bike in to get repaired and so on and on.
At 4 pm sharp I walked out of work and there he was waiting for me. Nice! Did not have to call him and ask him if he forgot to pick up his mom at work. And then get this!! ” I put 10 bucks of gas in the Car”. If I wasn’t sitting in the seat when he said that, I think I would have fainted. $10 he put in, of his own money. WOW. I was amazed. So that is when I marked the day red on the Calendar to remind me of it.
But needless to say I spend more on him after, because we went back to T.J Max for a couple more things he wanted and I paid for it. It wasn’t too bad, it was stuff on sale, so he didn’t break me.
But I can say, when a Parent tells me that their kids never put Gas in the car, that my Son did!
Got to do it again.
12 Jan 2009 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: boyfriend, bragging, daughter, girlfriend, kids, Love, lucky, mistakes, proof, Son, worth
Alright, I know you all are just so excited to read about me bragging about my kids. But I have too. The last couple of weeks have just been so great with them, I have to brag. No other way around it.
Number one, both have turned into a Mother hen and Father rooster when it came to taking care of me. They went way out of their way of doing things for me and making sure I was alright then I would have expected them too.
Number two, there was no fighting. The time we spent together was very enjoyable. Yes, there was a little biggering here and there, but none of that constant mud slinging back and forth, that usually makes me leave the house and not come back for an hour. They got along so well and were fun to be around with.
Number three, they love me and I love them. I could not ask for better kids then the two I have. And today I realized that I love the Boyfriend and Girlfriend too. Breakfast today was fun and I realized that they compliment each other. My daughter is the more aggressive one, her boyfriend the more subtle one. My Son the cautious one, his Girlfriend the more taking a chance one.
Just how did I get so lucky? I don’t know. But tonight when I dropped my Son back off at his Dorm, I realized I would not want to change anything, and no matter what bull crap I went through in years past, even when you say I wish I knew back then what I know now so you don’t make the mistake, it was all worth it. My kids are proof.
Conversations with my kids
16 Nov 2008 Leave a Comment
in parenting Tags: college, conversations, daughter, friends, goofy, make-up, perm, Son, tan
Alright for all of you who are not blessed yet with the experience of having a conversation with a teenager or young adult, I would like to present to you two examples. If you have little ones, oh your time is coming.
Conversations with my daughter usually happen when she is bored, waiting for her boyfriend to call or when I am busy doing something or when she has absolutely nobody to torture but me.
Daughter: MOM
Me: Yes
Daughter: You need to come here and see this.
ME: Why and what is it?
Daughter: No come here.
Daughter is sitting on Desktop looking at her Myspace. I go to her to see it, because if I don’t she will continue with MOM really.
Me: Ok what is that I’m looking at?
Daughter: This is Bella*. Look at what she is doing. She is hanging out with Supra* and Nana*.
Me: And what’s the problem?
Daughter: Well look at her. She is using so much make-up and tanning spray she looks orange, just to hang out with them.
On closer examination of the picture I must say it did not look natural.
Me: Oh wow, yea looks aweful. Does not even look healthy. Like they have Agent Orange.
Daughter: I know. Can I have a Perm?
Me: How did this get to the Perm now?
Daughter: Well I want curls, and my hair is straight. So can I have a perm
Me: You would not like it. With your long hair it would be all snarly ( knowing she hates snarly hair, and I frankly do not want to listen to her complain every morning about it, so I’m playing on that card).
Daughter: Well can I get my ears pierced again? I mean I have no Sports till spring, plenty of time before I have to take them out.
Me: So now you want your Ears pierced again. ( This would be the third time)
Daughter: Yea. Can I pick the ones I want?
Me: Sure
Ok, now you see how the conversation with my daughter went. We discussed 3 different things in 5 minutes. Oh and the *fictional names were put there for the real names, to protect the people that clearly using way too much spray on tan and should be fined for that.
Here is a phone call between me and my College son:
Me: Hi, that’s a surprise.
Son: Hey!
Me: How are you?
Son: Good
Pause
Me: What are you up to?
Son: Nothing, hanging out
Me: How are the Classes doing?
Son: Fine
Me: Getting excited about going to a Bowl game?
Son: Yup.
Me: Did any of your friends come and visit you?
Son: Yea.
Pause
Son: Well gotta go. Roomie and I wanna go eat. Love you
Me: Love you too. Bye
This conversation lasted 3 minutes max. Now he is about 2 hrs. away from me, and that is all he has to say. Basically it was a check-in call to let me know he was still alive and kicking. And this time he didn’t ask for anything. Which is actually a good thing, since his sister is asking for plenty as you can see.
So have fun all. I know when they are little you have plenty of conversations with them about the latest action hero and crayola box. This is what you are getting to look forward too..and people wonder why I think I go goofy sometimes.
My Son…Mister hot shot
15 Oct 2008 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Marching Band, MSU, Son
Well as all of you know that has been reading my blog ever so often, my son is a freshman at Michigan State University. He also is a Trombone player in the Marching band.
He is having a ball, needless to say. He is enjoying College life, especially the fact he doesn’t have to spend time or be around his little Sister. He is doing well in his classes, at least that is what he is telling me. But I know he has too, especially since he is in a program that requires him to keep his GPA at 3.5.
So here is a picture of him at one of the Football games at East Lansing. No need to tell you all how proud I am of him.
My Son, the rooster in the middle..lol
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