After 13 miserable days of exercise all day long for a PE summer school course - tomorrow is the last day for both the teenagers. They had perfect attendance and no tardies so they can skip the day 15 exam.
Thus ends my chauffeur duties and begins my dedication to Amy's driving school. Colt is planning to do 'something' with his friends this summer. Heaven only knows what that will be.
The two kiddos will have daily chores and instrument practice. Amy also has to begin the college search in earnest. Both Amy and Colt need to be reading before school starts back up in August. I know all I will hear is "I'm bored". I shall be immune - I shall not let is annoy me, or irritate me. I know better than bored, I have chores for boredom!!
We are spending my staycation through July 5th, close to home but I really mourn not getting to go to the Irvin reunion this weekend. I hope everyone has a great time in Michigan, bring some rain back when you all come home.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
I Miss Them
How sad am I that I am on vacation and I miss having the teenagers here?
It is great on the one hand that my time is my time and I can do what I want around the schedule of driving then to and from summer school. But on the other hand I really like my kids, yes, even when they fight. They are two amazing and articulate (sometimes to articulate) people.
I will get to spend my time next week harping on them to get up out of bed and do something. Both will hear about playing their instruments and cleaning the house, and filling in their timecards. Yes, they have timecards. It is a way to get them to take responsibility for their chores and get paid for it. But my two have lost many funds due to their lack of monetary ambition and failure to fill out their timecards.
Maybe we will go swimming on my off days. And we want to go to San Antonio to see the God-parents and Fr. Dolan. Got to get planning on that one.
I like the quiet - I need to focus on the quiet because when the teenagers are here is is NOT quiet.
I still miss them.
It is great on the one hand that my time is my time and I can do what I want around the schedule of driving then to and from summer school. But on the other hand I really like my kids, yes, even when they fight. They are two amazing and articulate (sometimes to articulate) people.
I will get to spend my time next week harping on them to get up out of bed and do something. Both will hear about playing their instruments and cleaning the house, and filling in their timecards. Yes, they have timecards. It is a way to get them to take responsibility for their chores and get paid for it. But my two have lost many funds due to their lack of monetary ambition and failure to fill out their timecards.
Maybe we will go swimming on my off days. And we want to go to San Antonio to see the God-parents and Fr. Dolan. Got to get planning on that one.
I like the quiet - I need to focus on the quiet because when the teenagers are here is is NOT quiet.
I still miss them.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
SCHOOL!!
Summer school started Monday. YEP, in the heat, my two teens are taking PE. They want to get it out of the way so that they can free up time in the regular school year for other academic electives.
First day could have been a killer, literally. They took the kids out in the heat - Severe HEAT - and made them play softball. Amy and Colt got nauseous and lightheaded because they weren't allowed time to go get their water. Now they are prepared and look like water vendors with their iced up water bottles and juice.
Sunscreen was missing the first day too. Amy is loosing her pale. She got sunburned over the weekend at Schlitterbahn and added to that burned her face Monday.
Yesterday was bowling. Amy got the highest score for the first game and then the lowest for the second game. AND she had the audacity to rib Colt about how he throws a bowling ball. For those of you who have never seen Amy throw a bowling ball let me share: Amy picks of the ball and then approaches the lane waving her right arm like she has a piece pf poop stuck to her fingers and is trying to fling it off, her arm ends up high in the air and the bowling ball is air bound for a moment of two while gravity pulls the ball to the lane moving forward. I still do not understand how she manages not to throw her arm out of the socket.
I wonder what is happening today.
First day could have been a killer, literally. They took the kids out in the heat - Severe HEAT - and made them play softball. Amy and Colt got nauseous and lightheaded because they weren't allowed time to go get their water. Now they are prepared and look like water vendors with their iced up water bottles and juice.
Sunscreen was missing the first day too. Amy is loosing her pale. She got sunburned over the weekend at Schlitterbahn and added to that burned her face Monday.
Yesterday was bowling. Amy got the highest score for the first game and then the lowest for the second game. AND she had the audacity to rib Colt about how he throws a bowling ball. For those of you who have never seen Amy throw a bowling ball let me share: Amy picks of the ball and then approaches the lane waving her right arm like she has a piece pf poop stuck to her fingers and is trying to fling it off, her arm ends up high in the air and the bowling ball is air bound for a moment of two while gravity pulls the ball to the lane moving forward. I still do not understand how she manages not to throw her arm out of the socket.
I wonder what is happening today.
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