Oh, this is great! Someone who understands why teens drive us crazy. I had to laugh at your post about the dirty pizza boxes on the kitchen counter. In my case, it was usually shredded cheese all over the kitchen floor, because mine would make nachoes every night and drop half the package of cheese on the floor. It didn't matter if I cleaned up the kitchen before going to bed, there was ALWAYS dirty dishes in the sink in the morning. And empty soft drink cans everywhere, trash cans overflowing, dirty clothes on the floor, well, you get the picture.
What? You don't let your son stay out all night? According to my boys, NONE of the other parents insist their kids come home at a certain time. Ha! Like I'm supposed to believe that these kids' parents just allow them to stay out all night. Does he think I was born yesterday?
And yes, the cell phones are just as much a nuisance as a help. One of my boys is really good about calling and letting us know when he arrives somewhere; the other one never calls and never ANSWERS it when we call him. If we take the phone away from him (as punishment), then he loves it! Then mom and dad can't reach him when he's away. (Kind of like punishes us, not him.) Yikes! He has this figured out, doesn't he?
Yes, it was VERY satisfying lying in bed and listening to their alarms go off at 5:50 a.m. this week. After keeping me up til all hours of the night this summer and then sleeping until noon, now it's payback time!
My oldest son built a video arcade this summer (who said he wasn't a genius?). But he failed to plan one thing---How he would get the huge thing upstairs to the rec room, so it got us far as the formal living room, and there it sits in the corner!!! A beautiful accessory to my newly decorated living room. And when all the kids at the local high school heard about it, they all showed up at our house just about the time I was putting my gown on and going to bed. Do you think I could sleep with an full-fledged video arcade right below my bedroom? I've gotten more sleep since Monday than I did all summer.
Oh well, as my mother keeps reminding me, they will be in college in a few years, so just enjoy them. I'm trying ...... Are you?
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