BIG daughter vent!
OMG, my DD is being a PITA! She's going with a group of people early in the morning (middle of the night, actually) to the beach (stopping at a friend's mom's house 1/2 hour from the beach). She just came and asked me if a half a tank of gas is enough to get there (gas is a lot cheaper there), so I was helping her think through it, and first pointed out that if she needed to get a little en-route she could since it's cheaper once she gets over the Bay Bridge. But then I remembered it would be in the middle of the night, so stations might not be open. She, in her lovely blonde moment, said, "stations aren't always open?" and I told her that they aren't and I have not idea which ones, if any, would be open on her way. Just a normal, conversation and I was trying to be helpful. Then she got totally dismissive (OK, MOM
), told me I wasn't answering her question and she just wanted to know if she had enough gas to get there. How in the hell do I know--she's driven that car back and forth there lots of times (she's driving to where she goes to college).
She can figure it out for herself! Brat!
And she's done nothing to help around the house the last few days, even though she knows that yesterday I had the killer migraine, but complains if there isn't a dinner for her when she's at home (she usually works evenings), so last night I made sure there was something that she likes. But she's found plenty of time to go shopping with one friend, to Starbucks with another, etc, etc. She will be broke for next school year since she's spending most of her money as she makes it. She doesn't learn the easy way!
disneymom3, my DH would like to have the best of all world--he wants me around in the morning to get Jake to school, me around in the afternoon to be here for the kids, wants me to get them to all their activities, wants me to clean the house, and wants me to find something to do to make money during the rest of the hours. Oh, and he wants me to be able to take off whenever he has vacation and I would need to be the one to take off when the kids are sick, have dr appts, etc. Keep in mind, I've been a SAHM for 19 years! Nevermind that I volunteer at Jake's school and am still having fun puttering around here. I'd rather do volunteer work, which can work around my schedule. Right now things are a bit tense because my DH's job is crappy with pay cuts, but this conversation started long before that.
Shug, have you heard anything about Lauri? I hope she's doing better today.
Someone asked about my head. It's better today, but the day after a bad migraine there is still residual pain, especially when I move around a lot. I was just vacuuming and since I hadn't done anything yesterday, I was trying to quickly do it so I could get more done--that was a mistake, though. Once I slowed down my head calmed back down. I just have to plug along and I do better. Rest and work, rest and work...
Chuck, you've showered, right?
Hi redshoes!
Briarmom, no weekend plans, which is good. We've had baseball on weekends for months, so nothing for a couple weekends is good. I shouldn't say nothing--Jake has his last "mini" swim meet (preteam), but that will be over quickly since it's only his swim team. And a Sunday evening BBQ at friends house, but that's fun. Nothing that lasts the whole weekend, so it seems like nothing.
OK, back to the vacuuming.
When my DH tells me to get a job then it will change. 
But here is what I would have put:
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Low crowds and no missing school. I LOVE that. DD has pretty much gotten to the point at 10 that she is pretty self directed in the 3Rs. She does her math and reading and most of spelling on her own. Comes to me when she gets stuck which frees me up to work with DS who just finished K to get him reading, working his math etc. That takes a lot more work and involvement, but thanks to DD I can see the light. Then we have DS4 who I am just not teaching. 
