We’ve got a lot of lemons going on in our house right now. We
have three people equally stressed with work and school and extra commitments,
while none of us feeling particularly healthy. Something has had to give in the
last week, and for me, that has been blogging. Even this will be short, but probably
not so sweet.
DD2 has succumbed to the pressure of both an academic load
and an extracurricular schedule that is leaving her physically and mentally
drained. She also has had a couple friend issues of late. A couple friends have
quite salty personalities, and when they supposedly are joking, can be more
than just sarcastic, bordering on rude or mean. DD2 has had enough. One of them
also routinely takes advantage of the fact that DD2 drives and has taken it for
granted that she’ll get a ride whenever one is wanted. DD2 pulled the plug last
night when once ready to go, said friend went flitting off to be social
butterfly. There was a perfectly fine way for friend to get home, so DD2 left
her behind. She later told her she didn’t appreciate being used as a taxi
service and has too much on her plate to stand around waiting. I was proud of
her for speaking up, but now DD2 feels bad. This drama will pass, but it's tough seeing your sweet kid feel so hurt.
DH has had people out at work, so he ended up at work on his day
off last Thursday. It looks like this week will be no different. He’s also
starting his own junior year stress about college tuition, so feels like he
needs to put in the hours and extra opportunities for more income. This means
he’s not getting the down time for his own well being. My sick day last week
coupled with other people’s sick day has created a calendar frenzy for
reschedules. Being unwell while still fulfilling multiple volunteer efforts
have left me drained. Didn’t I say I was looking forward to January being done?
Who was that woman? Today though, I’ll concentrate on work organization and get
back on track. We will eat simple meals, and I’ll not worry about anything more
than basic organization at home. I don’t see the opportunity for any lemonade
out of these lemons. However, for us too, this time will pass.
Well like my daughter (the attorney always says, "It's February".) I am sorry you are all in a dither there, tell your daughter to remember that if, Hitler had populated his armies with teenage girls we would all be speaking German. Here are my hugs being sent your way.
ReplyDeleteI worked last night at the Mardi Gras carnival. I don;t know if it was this group of kids or kids in general, but they had the even set up after school, it ran until 8:00, and were almost completely cleaned up by 8:30. I bet over 500 people attended. yes, I'll take dedicated teens to get things done any day!
DeleteOh, how I envy you your junior year stress about college tuition! My junior has little interest in higher education, despite both DH and I regaling him with how much fun we had in college. At this rate, I will be happy with part time at the local two-year college. (Which, by the way, in this area are superb institutions.)
ReplyDeleteAre you near Carleton? That was one of my sibling's alma mater. I headed to the Buckeye state for my education.
Well, I don't believe a four year college is the best fit for everyone right out of high school, maybe at all, for each kid, so starting part time at a local community college is pretty smart. My son majored in fun his first year at college-very expensive major!Carleton is not to far from me, just 30 minutes from St Paul. She hasn't formally looked at Carleton, but we wandered the campus of what she called mid-west Harvard.
DeleteWell, I despair of this kid even finishing a two-year program. He truly loathes school.
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