Teenagers, ugh.

I'm writing this on a chilly Saturday morning. Was tempted to stay in bed, but then the bedframe broke as I rolled over to give Brian a kiss. So much for sleeping in. Actually, I had been awake for awhile, engrossed in a book that my daughter loaned to me, "Twilight". I think her grandmother bought the series of books for her on her trip to Colorado to visit her aunt and cousins. I also finally acquired the Chronicles of Narnia series back that her aunt bought for the kids awhile ago. I'll have plenty of reading material for winter.

Brian, who is known for sleeping in on Saturday, because in his excuse 'I'm a third shift worker', ended up having to get up to fix the bedframe. While he did that, I made my usual Saturday morning breakfast pizza. It turned out good, as usual, even though I cooked the second one a little long. We were engrossed in one of the movies that we rented last night. We/I only made it through 2 of the 3. His girls went upstairs and he fell asleep during the 2nd movie, "Iron Man". That is what they are watching at this time. Ty went off to work with his dad this morning and KJ is sleeping off her short night. She went to a Luther League lock-in at UNI last night and she said she didn't get to sleep until 6/6:30 this morning. Then, they left to come home around 8. She fell asleep almost immediately when she got home. Right now, she is in the middle of the living room floor as the others watch the movie. Hal is coloring quietly by herself. Which, if you listen closely you would wonder if she is actually by herself, because she is usually talking to herself.

Heather is watching the movie, but I think she is secretly seething due to her current exile into grounding. Early yesterday morning, around 3:30 am, her mother left a voice mail on her father's phone stating that someone had left an anonymous message on her home phone. The message said that Heather and another girl or girls had been out drinking at her last sleepover and was getting drunk. She stated that we shouldn't let her spend the night with a friend that she was planning to stay with on Friday night and that we didn't need to have a daughter that was getting drunk and getting hurt or raped or whatever. Kind of ironic, considering the older 2 have already done all of these things, with maybe the exception of getting raped. Or at least, I don't know if they have ever been raped, I do know, however, that they have been sexually active for quite some time. Heather, is only 14, and I was just telling Brian the night before that I felt that we were making progress with her and that she was so far, making some good choices in her life. Well, anyway, her mother also took away the new phone that she had bought her last weekend. As we were watching the movie last night, I noticed that she was holding her old phone, which I didn't think probably worked. I pointed it out to Brian. Soon after, she retired upstairs to her room and her sister followed. Then Hal came back and I asked what Heather was doing. She said she was talking on her phone. I said where and she pointed upstairs. I had Brian, go up to take it away from her and come to find out, she had taken his phone since hers did not work and was talking to her boyfriend on that!! Can you believe that? What nerve. In checking, she had been on there about 10 minutes before he took it away from her.

I seriously, do not like being the mother of teenagers. I don't think my nerves can take it. I don't even want to think what Ty has done when he is out. I don't think he has been drinking, but I most likely may be wrong. He has had plenty of opportunity, but I pray that he has made the right choices and has abstained for now. He basically has a pretty good class that is not prone to partying and drinking, but we all know that can change. And, he does have it in his genes. I have preached to both children how I feel that if it is a choice they choose to make, that they at least wait until they are adults and are able to deal with the consequences that can arise from making bad choices. This also applies to sex. And, he is a teenage boy and I do know that the opposite sex is on his mind quite often lately. Heaven help me. For some reason people keep bringing it up that I should be cautious that he may get himself into trouble in that way too. Once again, I hope he waits until he is an adult and can deal with the consequences that can arise from that subject too.

Well, it is after 12:00 and I still have not taken a shower. I have lots of stuff I want to get done this weekend, to prepare for winter around the house, and since I have seen this movie already, I should get going on some of it. Luckily, I am off on Monday, so that gives me an extra day to do things. I did spend some time on Thursday night doing some vacuuming and scrubbing of floors, so that helped some. But, I'm sure I'll take another break when the next movie starts. I'll probably be done showering by then.

Love to all.