Wow

So we have been having a few issues with the nephew lately. All of which stem from what we have diagnosed as "Stupid Teenage Boy Syndrome". I seriously think that this is a valid diagnosis, and results in me saying, more often than I would like, "You really need to get your head out of your ass".

Take this morning. The Nephew is going on a trip with his school band. Under our protest because his grades and fund raising efforts have been dismal. Though by the time we told the band director he wasn't going, we still owed over $500 because it was so late in the game, that we decided to just let him go and ban him him from all future trips. The only consolation is that he is gone for four days.

So last night he tells me that he has to be at school at 6:30 this morning. I decide that I am going to get us ahead of the game and get him up at 5:00 and get him there for 6:15. oooh, won't we be fantastically early. So this morning I am puttering around on the computer while he gets stuff together when at 6:10, the phone rings. Its the chorus director wondering where Joe is because he was supposed to be there at 5:30, they are LEAVING at 6:30. Oh are you kidding? I asked the band director to leave him in Baltimore please.

Is it just that he really didn't want to go on this trip. Is it that he is a complete idiot? Or is he so distracted by his ADD that his head isn't screwed on tight enough? This is just one very small incident. There are many many, more that happen on a daily basis. I am amazed by the constant state of frustration that I live in. He is a good boy, but for pete's sake, this is so aggravating. Any other people dealing with 15 year olds with STB syndrome? Because we could use a support group.

Just for fun

If my life were a tv show...this would be the song at the beginning of the show. I especially enjoy the subtitles.

A Little Perspective Please

As I sat and debated whether or not to post a blog about the latest shenanigans in our PTA, I looked through today's paper, and saw that a friend of mine from a few years ago was in the paper. She had moved to PA and we lost touch but I have thought of her often because when I knew her, I really liked her. She was just a really nice person and so are her husband and three girls.

I saw in today's paper that Becky Machinski and her husband Mike will be on Oprah's Big Give tomorrow night. She had thyroid cancer and is fine now, but her husband has very serious cancer, if I am reading the story right. So I thought I would just direct you to her business page, Hope Creations, so that you can find out about her and her amazing family, and maybe make a purchase to help support a family that really deserves nothing but the best. Here is another blog that also mentions their situation.

There are better things to care about than what I was going to post about. Please look at all of the sites.