Thanks Sad for the sweet comment. We are really having to lean on God just now. (This I trust is a time to learn that there are many things, in fact, nearly everthing that is truly important, is not within our control). Our teenager is pushing us from every direction. I read about parenting a rebellious child and it is so fascinating the corrrelations to addictive behaviour. When he gets going, I see the anology that Velvet uses on F&f forum about the beast. I still see remnents in myself of that beast. Our son is like that, he wants control so bad, he nearly slavers with spouting mean things at us. He is still doing well in school, he is still saying mature things at times. He gets so angry when we tell him no ( most recently, he wanted to go to a party in a very BAD neighborhood to “hang out” with some kids we don’t know). He was so adamant that he was going anyway, my hb, his Dad, told him he would call the police and report him as a runaway. That got his attention for a day or two least. It is really almost funny, he is in Student Gov’t at school. He is on the prom committee, they used his picture on the prom announcements! This is a kid who scbores so high on his ACT and SAT that he could go to Harvard. How do you keep them alive long enough for a little common sense to kick in?
Today we picked up my parents at the cruise terminal, they cruised for port fees only, otherwise free from my Mom’s gambling. My Mom leaned over and whispered to me that Dad had lost a fortune on craps while on the cruise. I know he likes to gamble too, but he is usually so against Mom going that he never goes with her. I got addictions running on both sides of parents. Alcoholism is huge, thank God Mom doesn’t have that too!
We took the family to a lower cost Japanese steakhouse today; we went to Disney Quest last weekend with them. We got in free because our daughter got passes as a Christmas bonus. We are trying to keep our family activities as a regular thing. We lost a lot of ground because of gambling. I had some urges to gamble today and instead we spent $60 on lunch for four.
My car is still in the shop, they broke the steering rack, while trying to fix the suspension!!! They tell me I will have a practically new car to drive when it finally gets out. I have been carpooling with my hb and I think we may continue this most days even when the car is fixed. It is probably saving us money. I like that it forces me to be 15 mins. Early to work too.
I made turkey and dumplings for dinner so I am excited to see how they turn out. I used leftover turkey that I had frozen and leftover flour tortillas instead of bisquits or flour. We shall see. I got the recipe off the the internet.
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