It’s a good thing I stalk my children via their Facebook and MySpace pages. It is sometimes the only way I know things.
Last week I learned that DS1 is planning a road-trip during spring break to see the Hold Steady in Iowa City.
Tonight, I learned that he and the GF have broken up.
Being the good, [...]
Yesterday, I wasn’t at all disappointed when I got a voice mail telling me that the weather was too wild and wintery and our evening meeting was going to be canceled/rescheduled. Hey! That means I get dinner!
Of course, I have a pile of stuff to accomplish in my found time, the first of which is [...]
Look. I know I owe you vacation stories and pics. But I’m a bit of a perfectionist (gasp!) and it’s taking me a bit to get this together.
In the meantime…
DS1 is all excited about the Batman movie coming out tomorrow. So excited in fact that he asked me if he could skip school to watch [...]
Last night was the soccer banquet. DS1 lettered on the varsity, of course.
But the real pride in parenting moment came at the team voted awards portion of the evening.
DS2 received the Junior Varsity Sportsman of the Year award. The coach said that he’d set it up for the boys as not just the person [...]
Last Monday, DS1 passed his driving test. He is not like me at all regarding driving. I turned 16 on a Saturday and couldn’t believe that I couldn’t take the test that very day. The injustice of having to wait all the way to the next week was almost unbearable! But DS1 turned 17 this [...]
This afternoon marks the end of DS2’s 15th trip around this old sun of ours. 15 times I’ve watched the seasons change with him.
He’s at that gangley goofy puppy-man stage where he and his friends’ voices are changed or changing but they still talk and giggle all night at fart jokes (and probably sex [...]
The varsity soccer team is all sick. At least one of them (possibly two) have Mono.
DS1 has been dragging and complaining of "feeling like crap" for a couple of days. I thought it was a cold or the crud that’s been going around. Until I heard about the mono yesterday at the JV game.
I’ve [...]
The boys start school. DS1 begins his senior year. DS2 begins 9th grade. Both at the high school.
I feel like I’ve wasted the summer.
DS1 said they have soccer at 5:30. Of course, he didn’t tell me until after 9:00 last night. So they have to find their own ride. With the day I have, I [...]
"Geez" is a swear word when you say it under your breath in that tone of voice and attitude. And don’t you swear at me.
And also, for the record: Me raising my voice at you is a "conversation". The same way you sleeping until 2 p.m. and spending the day playing X-Box and Wii [...]
I’m sorry that I lost my shit last night when I came home.
I’m sorry you only get to sleep until 11 or 12 everyday and that I interrupt your Wii and X-Box fun with chores like "empty the dishwasher" or "trim the bushes around the air conditioner condenser so it doesn’t freeze up and [...]
