Bad Mom, Good Mom

So the kid's report card came yesterday. I had my standard knee jerk reaction and decided to think about it for a while. Thought about it.....Slept on it.....knit on my afghan square and thought about it....watched a couple of movies, made and ate dinner and decided that "yep, I had the approach.

Kid is now only to drive on Mon and Wed. And only those days because he has to get to college before I can get off work. Anything else and I will take and/or pick up. Let's just say it was met with the standard response of "I was going to start doing the work but now I'm not". To which I laid out the plan of proove to me that you are doing the work and we will re-instate car on a trial basis, but the minute the grades fall again - car is again lost. He's upstairs sulking.

I admit I am far more driven than he is - but honestly if he would just do is homework he would get passing grades. And since we are now in a position that he may have to go to summer school or not graduate on time (yes, he failed chemistry) - I'm done with agreements and working with him to a "reasonable" solution. You don't keep your end - I don't need to keep mine. The kid is smart - smarter than I am probably - there's no reason for this.

It's hard to beleive....

I have a blog site. Yes, me. The "I work in information technology and avoid it at all other times" girl. Is that really wrong? Well, probably. I should read up, I should check on things, I should remain current with the rest of the world. Yeah. Did I mention I fell into my career? Topic for another day.....

I started knitting about 18 months ago. It is my newest OCD focus. I do love it. Actually a friend and I decided to take a beginning knitting class and I stuck with it - she, well, not so much. I've met wonderful women who have taught me things about myself and also the aging process. Lets leave it at my role models for aging aren't all that great - I needed some good ones.

Single mom - always challenging. The Kid is 17. Trying. Very, very trying. Love him. He's a great kid - but wow.

So my hopes for this include showcasing my accomplishments - assuming I can locate some time to knit (always a challenge), things I learn and perhaps the therapy that professionals tell me come with a journal. We'll see how it all works out.

Hopefully photos to come soon!