Sunday Evening

Well, I know things have been a little sketchy on the blog lately, but I hope Mom and Dad realize that its because there were some things going on that I really didn't want to talk about right away. Tyler seemed to turn into a full-blown teenager overnight and Mike and I had a series of days for about a two weeks where we were constantly dealing with Tyler. It was almost like he wanted to push all of our buttons all at the same time and now Ithink he may be over the whole rebellious teenager thing. It's kind of like going through every tantrum during the terrible twos in the course of two weeks.

Part of the problem was that Tyler found a young lady he really likes and instead of asking for computer time to exchange greetings, he just took the time instead - not thinking that we would let him on for a generous amount of time if he just talked to us.

Then, when he was discovered and shut down, he went behind our backs and reactivated everything on his Grandmother's computer. Of course he got caught and further discussion ensued.

Then, he was given trust of my car for a day to do some very specific things - and decided to go show off to his friend and rear-ended someone instead - causing $5000 worth of damage. He got to hear lots of stories about my, Mike's, Virginia's and his uncle's car accidents so that he could understand that it does happen, but we don't want to happen any more - especially not something the severe. Luckily the airbags didn't deploy! I really don;t want to shop for another car - I LOVE my car. AND none of you really need to go into a blow by blow of my car accidents from when I was a teen!

Tyler did get a job at the zoo - in the gift shop. He is fulltime for now. He gets to pay my insurance deductible, plus for his ticket and for traffic court. That will take his paycheck for a little while. ANd if he doesn't keep his grades up during the school year, then he willhave to quit the job. But he is going to be in great shape - He's been riding his bike up to the zoo every day!

Krista? She's actually been very calm and enjoyable. She is not babysitting every day any more. So she has time to hang out with friends. She is doing some sewing and alot of reading. Its kind of weird to have Tyler be the problem instead of Krista. And kind of nice.

While Mike and the kids were in the California, I was off to Minnesota for my consulting at Lerner and my annual pilgramage to the Mall of America. We went to a couple of great restaurants and watched a vaudeville-like play on a riverboat. Other than that, I have been doing a lot of reading, lots of various things for school just keeping relatively busy. I saw a doctor about carpal tunnel (both wrists) and tennis elbow (both elbows). Being summer, it symptoms have been greatly reduced, so we are going to see how quickly things go bad once school starts.

I ran by school last week and went through my mail. As soon as I step back in that building, I will not have time to breathe for a very long time. There is so much to do and get ready. I really wish I were paid to go in early and ge things set up before the teachers arrived. But there is no way i am going early without pay. That may sound mercernary, but I have dona enough work this summer for school. And I still have more to do.