Today was long.....

Last night, first off...... was nuts.  Older kids = crazy drama.  The oldest two fight like crazy. (Not talking Cal and Alana either, it's the adopted one and his Cinderella) ....  Seems like every other day they are fighting like a couple of seagulls over a fish.  Have you ever seen that? They can be viscous.

Last night someone rolls in at 11pm, without a courtesy call on if and when they would be home and it pissed me off.  On top of that we were getting phone calls,  no way to get ahold of said person and we were worried.  Not to mention of the same situation were reversed.....ape shit would have happened.

D,R,A,M.A.  and I always get dragged into it..... 

This morning I woke up and felt like crap.  The spots actually seem to be healing.  4 days of steroids, 18th day of the spots!  Oye! I just think my body is having a hard time.  CFS, with Fibro now, all my allergies, bad lungs, with the last long list...... I don't know.

Regardless....thought we were going to have a laid back day.  Not going to happen.

About noon DB comes into the room and he says his chest feels funny.  Do you want to go in?  I don't know.  But then he practically detereated infront of me.  Short of breath, nausea, pain in the arm.... and yeah.  I threw on some clothes and drove him in even though my one eye is blurry from the conjunctivitis. 

Got to the ER and they get him back, taking blood, getting an IV, vitals, immediate EKG. Questions, answers, explanations.  It's hard.  Luckily no heart attack. Thank the Stars! But he does have bronchitis. They aren't sure why he reacted that way.  I think maybe there was some anxiety mixed in. But I am thrilled that he is home sleeping next to me.   I was a little freaked out!

Teenage Priceless-ness ....

Tomorrow morning I get to drag the Moody Teen to his Highschool ...

It's KNIGHT Information Night ...

We get to ...

• Pick up Class Schedule
• Purchase ASB Card and/or Yearbook
• Take School Pictures
• Check-out Textbooks (Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors)
• Access School Lockers

Doesn't that sound like fun????

I got to print off the Yearbook form and the Pictures form....   and I'm going through them....  and I'm thinking...

$25 for eating during Last Summer Hurrah with his friend Alex ....
$35 for Student ID (allowing him into all school games free & discount at school functions)
$41 for Student Photos
$68 for Pre-Order of Yearbook
Teenager, Attitude and ALL ....... PRICELESS ....

::: Looks around ::::

Yeah......... maybe......

I had this conversation with the teen ....

"CALAHAN!?!?!"

"WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAT!?!?!"

Looking at the list... "What is an ASB Card?"

"I don't know"

"COME HERE!"

comes grudgingly into my room  "What?"

"What is an ASB Card?"

"I don't know!"

"GAWD," so I go back on the highschool website and open up the PDF file of the Parent/Student Handbook.....  and I read it off....

ASB CARDS

All students must have a current BHS ID or ASB card. ID cards are issued free to every student. BHS students need a current ID card to ride the bus and purchase tickets to be admitted to school dances. An ASB sticker may be purchased for $35, which entitles students to reduced prices for school activities and free admission to home athletic events. Participants in music, sports, drill team, cheer, and Knowledge Bowl are required to purchase ASB cards. Students are encouraged to support their Knights by purchasing an ASB sticker. A $3 fee will be charged to students for replacement ID/ASB cards.

"Oh" he says....

"Well?"

"Well what??"

It's like pulling teeth.  "If you aren't interested in attending any school functions or getting into games for free, then I'm not going to get it."

He's laying on my bed with his arm over his eyes....  "Games?"

"Football games, Soccer games, Baseball games," I start listing stuff off....

"Football games," he says matter-of-factually  ....

"Well if you aren't going to go, then I'm not going to pay for it because it'll be a waste of money."  He is totally interested in getting into sports but his grades aren't good enough right now.  So if he ever WERE going to get into sports, then he would need it ...

"I'll go," he said smiling.

"Are you sure?"  I asked.  "Maybe Alex would be interested in going?"

"Maybe," he goes.

"Cheerleaders," I whispered ...

"MOM!" he yells, his face is all red....

I just want him to enjoy highschool, and since he's at a school he loves, has friends now ... it's a huge thing... I'm hoping this year he'll pull his grades up and just maybe he can try out for some sports teams!

In the mean time, I'm going to tell him to join some clubs...  I told Dennis, I loved it, it was fun...

Dennis said "For you maybe, not for him....."

I retorted: "Maybe there is a W.O.W. team .... or he could start one!" and then we both laughed....

Dennis said "Yeah, just a bunch of boys hanging out talking about World of Warcraft....

Realized today ....  he's ...

Accident Prone?

Are we accident prone?

I wonder cuz, first there is a car accident with most the family, and then Cal - who wasn't in the car accident - has a pretty good accident on his bike!

Tuesday (the 15th) he decided to ride his bike in the rain - after being told several times NOT to by both Dennis and I .... and he kept saying "I'll be fine" ... "don't worry" ... etc and so on.  He's 15...

HE KNOWS IT ALL!!!

So he leaves for school and off he goes.... soon after he leaves, I hear it POURING RAIN ... nice...  and right before he left, I said "Take some extra clothes with you incase you get wet on the way to school"

To which I got the reply.....

(let's say it together)

"Don't worry Mom! I'll be fine!"

Yeah.... whatever, you are the one who gets to walk around in wet clothes then.

So ..... we go through the day, comes time for him to come home and ... he comes in soaking wet (cuz it's still raining) .... and he doesn't look so good, and right away he goes ...

"I had an accident"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT?!!?!?

Yep, on the way to school - probably the same time I heard it start down pouring, his bike hydroplaned and went out from under him!  He got a gash out of his hand, road rash on his elbow... and this HUGE sore road rash on his hip/thigh ...

I actually had to take him into Urgent Care because his hip looked really bad, looked infected, but I was told that I was doing everything right and it looked really good by the DR.  So ...  guess I'm just paranoid.  LOL...

Things are back to normal....er... sorta .... *NoBloPoMo 28*

So ..... yesterday morning, two teenagers in this house butted heads.  There was a pretty serious accusation made.  But we don't know who's telling the truth.   So because of all this, Calahan left the house for the night, and we were all crying and trying to figure stuff out because we all love both these kids and all four of us (both sets of parents) felt stuck in the middle between both of them.  I love Kenzie to death, and I love Calahan to death.  I saw both of them telling their truth and neither story remotely matched.  I felt both of their pains, from not being absolutely believed.  Ya know, as a parent, how you can tell your kids are telling the truth.  Usualaly when they lie they have one way of acting, and when they are being truthful, the have a way of acting.  Well, Calahan will get angry if he's done something wrong and is caught, he will get pissed if you accuse him of something that he did, or he'll smile because he knows he's been caught red handed.  Not last night, he was calm, flat faced and didn't get pissed.  Kenzie apparently (according to her parents) cries when she's telling the truth.  Well, basically ....... Kenzie and Calahan are suppose to pretend the other doesn't exist.  They aren't to look at each other, or talk to each other. They suppose to stay out of each others spaces...Kenzie's brother said to me tonight.... "Kenzie lies about stuff like this all the time, I don't think he did it" ... but at this point, who know.  Seriously - no one was there but him and Kenzie. 

Yeah, the situation isn't fun for anyone.  But at least we have a resolve .....  for now.  Obviously, the truth is somewhere in the middle.  And Cal is going to be going back into therapy.  I'm tired of dealing with his anger issues.  They got better, then worse, then better, then worse... and have continued to stay this way since we were moved to WA prettys much.  I honestly wonder if maybe a military school would be good for him.  He is a good kid, don't get me wrong.  But when he's not in a situation he wants to be in, then he's quick to jump on the angry carpet ride.  IE: If he doesn't have his own room, if it's not just our family - if there are any outsiders in the same house.... he's just not accepting.  His anger is quick to flare and when he's not on his meds, (in the early morning or late at night).

All I can say, is ... they are both a couple of dumb teenagers right now. 

Tomorrow, we're going to carry on with "HAPPINESS" cuz I can't take this crap anymore.  We're going to finish moving out of the uber house with the spectacular view and put a ton of stuff into storage, again.  And we're going to carry on with our getting stuff paid off, building up our credit and living in the dungeon .... until we can save up to move again.  Hopefully, by then, Dennis will be in the shipyard.  Sadly, I think this is going to have to be sooner then later too. 

Maybe we should just move to Forks, and go knock on the Cullen's door.  Ask them to take care of him.... hell, ask if we can all move in.  Or better yet, go live with Jacob.  At least he'll keep us warm when it's cold outside :D

Don't really feel like talking ... *NoBloPoMo 27*

This is what happened in our household tonight........

as much as I want to talk about it, I don't.......

Camp Middle School 2007

Calahan spent the last 3 days doing "Camp Middle School" ... I would share the rest of the pictures I have... however... they are currently too large and take way too long to load and I'm not very patient at the moment. Maybe I'll share them later...

So... what does he say about it? ... not much... he thinking having a locker is cool. He hasn't really made any friends, but this one girl he met at the drive-in earlier this summer was there, and they get along pretty well.

Other then that - he's totally cryptic... "Okay" ... "No" .. I asked him if he met all his teachers "Not all of them" ... aaaaaarrrrrghhhh... Moody Teenagers are horrible...

In other news... I spent 3 hours at the Dr's office yesterday ... with all three kids... all getting their physicals (& Nathan's 4 mo check up) ... 7 shots, and one oral dose of meds, later.... and I have SUCH a happy clan. NOT... 24 hours after that... and Nathan would rather cry and moan then smile... Calahan is complianing to no end about his right leg hurting.... and Noah, well, he could care less - he's been through much worse though. LOL..

So tonight we're going out to eat... our weekly tradition.. LOL... No idea where we are going tonight. Then we have to go grocery shopping and diaper getting..

J O Y