Well, I guess I am now “editing” my post , because I accidentally hit ‘publish’ after hitting a few random keys! I decided to fiddle with the app, hoping it’d be easier if I could figure out how to use everything better…and that went well…lol. Slowly but surely… At least I got the comments working, I think.

So, I’m very very bla today. Still not feeling great in my tummy – just yuck!! My throat is hurting so so much too. I’m trying to deny it. I just don’t want to be sick, nope nope nope…The problem is, my brain feels super fuzzy and scrambled tonight. I think I’m just tired. So, I think when I say that I’m keeping things short and sweet tonight that I actually will. I just really really don’t want to get sick – Ug Ug Ug. I’m so out of it.

Ever have one of those days where you just can’t keep your train of thought? A day where you feel like you’re only half-functioning, or maybe not even half, probably about an eighth. I accomplished next to nothing all day, yet remain feeling exhausted. Wow, this is super negative tonight! Feeling so out of it! I just can’t shake it.

Short question, then I’m off to bed. My hubby and I are having a discussion about consequences for our oldest daughter (17 year old). Her last day of classes is tomorrow and her departmental (finals) start on Thursday. She has an exam Thursday and then her next isn’t until Monday. She and her friends already have a bunch of plans for Thursday, Friday and Saturday!! (At least someone has a social life…if we let her!) Studying aside, she recently lied about an important (like pass or fail important) school assignment and cut class (which she readily admitted to) and is making us crazy!! (Okay, I know that last one is not a valid reason!! Besides, if she’s making me crazy, getting her out of the house may not be such a bad thing…lol!!!) I won’t go into the details, because she does deserves some privacy. Her defence is that her marks will be “natural consequences” (and yes, she learned that from me!! Lol!!) Anyway, our dilemma is, do we let her hang-out with her friends, ground her, partially ground her (as in allow her to do one of the 3 planned things), take her phone or do nothing? Oh, also, in her defence, she did apologize to me tonight. (We gave her numerous chances to “come clean” and she continued to deny and deny and deny. So saying sorry tonight was important to me.) The lies were obvious to us and that was what was making us crazy, because generally we pretty much talk about everything in our house. So, I couldn’t understand what was making her hold onto this story of hers so tightly, if you know what I mean. And, yes, I remember that it was not easy to admit lying to your parents!! She just had so many opportunities to tell us…
I know, I probably didn’t give enough details for anyone to actually give advice on how to proceed with this. I think it’s more likely that I just needed to write it down because I didn’t know quite what to do with this one…
We’re pretty luck that we have some great kids. And, yes of course, I’m biased, but I know what some 17 year old, grade 12 students are up to and our kiddo and her friends are all pretty great. I love her to bits! And, well, that’s all!! I’m going to go to bed now. My promise to myself is that I’m waking up without a sore throat tomorrow, or a sick tummy, or a head ache, or an electrocuting/ice-pick pain in the face or…
So, until tomorrow!!

Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!