Phew....I finally get to take a breather The past couple of weeks have been nuts.

Graduation, car shopping, school ending, getting ready for vacation, blah, blah, blah.

Graduation was good. They kept it under two hours this time which was fine with me. The speakers kept repeating the same thing over and over and it got nerve racking. We all got a history lesson from the main speaker that left us all scratching our heads wondering what the hell John Smith had to do with this class graduating He carried his history lesson a little far in my opinion but it's done. She's officially a graduate and for that I am thankful.

Now, if I could only talk her into going to college ....but that doesn't seem to be on her list of things to do right now She said she MIGHT start taking some classes in the spring. I will not hold my breath but I will push. Right now we still need to find her something to drive, then she can get a job

The cut-off date for playing taxi cab for my oldest daughter has come and gone. I'm officially off duty She still doesn't have her license and made no real attempts to get it. She has one week left at her current job then she's changing jobs and supposedly has the whole ride thing worked out with a friend. I can't see THAT working out too long but maybe I'm wrong. Kids like to drive more than I do I suppose.

I'm not crazy about the new job she's taking but what do ya do. At least she IS working. She has taken a waitressing job that will put her home some nights around 2am and possibly a little later. That's just not gonna work with our house rules. Her strolling in around 2 or 3am isn't gonna cut it. She says that she's not going to work nights but I'm betting that's BS. That's where the money is. NIGHTS and weekends. I think this job is going to be the breaking point of her living at home. As much as I hate to say it or think it, I really do. She wants to move out but she knows she can't afford it but yet she still thinks she can come and go as she pleases and do whatever it is that Kasey wants to do. The straw is becoming more and more bent. It can only take so much stress before it breaks

My son......my son....what to say about him. He's as he always is. A sweet pain in my ass He struggled through this school year. Not because he doesn't get it but because he didn't DO it. Oh he did enough to pass the grade (except for history) but he didn't put much effort into it at all. That has been an ongoing battle for most of the year with him. He doesn't even really need to try too hard which I don't understand at all. If you get it and you do the work....what's the problem????? Oh yeah....he didn't do some of the work or waited until the last possible turn in date (with points taken off) to do so And this is one of my kids that WANTS to go to college

I complain about my kids.........I prefer to call it venting but overall, I have good kids. They are kids/young adults. They are learning and have to learn from their mistakes...but damn.....it's so hard to sit back and LET them make those mistakes just so they will learn from them. Being a parent is never easy but I'll take the younger years over these years anyday

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There's a meeting next week for softball. I'm going to the meeting but haven't really decided if I'm going to play or not this year. I had fun last year and the people are great. I just don't know about the whole church thing. Something was said about mandatory attendance at church if you play. Don't force me to go to church. That's a sure way to NOT get me there. Then again, maybe I NEED to go. It damn sure couldn't hurt. I'll play it by ear and whatever happens, happens.

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We leave in 10 days for the beach . I can't wait. We've been trying to pick up things here and there so we don't get smacked in the face with the grocery bill.

I've got my chair, my towel, my hat, a book and my glass waiting for a drink. I'm ready to dig my toes in some sand

I think we all need this vacation. It's been a crazy year so far with lots going on. It'll be good for us to kick back and relax for a change. The only problem with that is that if I relax too much, I won't want to come back