I have had some difficulties adjusting to a few changes in my life. I am leaving the home before everyone else a couple of days a week, and this change has eliminated my daily prep time — the time I use to straighten things up, get online and blog, and organize my day. It means a couple of days a week, I am not logging online until the afternoon, which is just weird for me.
The other change is having a teenage daughter with a boyfriend. She is always on the phone. If she is not talking to him, she is talking to friends about him. It caused problems on Mother’s Day. I wanted to use the phone, and she was on it. I waited and waited, and I finally forced her to get off the phone, so I could call my mom. By then, it was after 9 p.m. (although I didn’t realize it when I first called).
The second-oldest is going to be 13 in October. I did not realize this, or maybe I just tried to forget it. I actually didn’t believe it when she mentioned it the other day. My mother-in-law thinks my selective memory is funny.
I am trying (with little success) to convince the son the importance of doing things like cleaning his room, washing his face and hands and changing his underwear regularly. He will love that comment, won’t he?
I am still adjusting to Zeus weirding out over Lilly, but I think he may be returning to normal — at least slightly. He has spent most of the last week outside or in the garage, and I think he misses all of us. Right now he is lying quietly at my feet. It is nice to have him back to normal.
The weather is nice today, but it is supposed to be the nicest day we will have for a while. I am ready for warm weather.
I also tried something new in my office. I have a line of corkboard about chair-rail height on one wall in my office. Below it I once had wallpaper. I then tried more cork board, but I didn’t like it. Today, I pried apart some old wooden crates that I have, and I finished off the bottom half of the wall with the wood from the crates. It is a pretty creative look, I think. The crates even had some old text on some of the pieces. Steve told me not to do it in any other room, but I like the way it looks in my office. Steve has only heard about it (I did it today while he was at work), so we’ll see if he adjusts….
Thanks for playing.
