Oh my gosh Journey, the September schedule so far has been living Hell. We didn't get the payment for the bus for the two older ones (they go to a Catholic HS 15 miles from here), so they didn't get on the bus. Fortunately, the next door neighbor's kid also didn't get on, so at least we have a carpool going where they drive in the morning and we pick up in the afternoon. That shoots a good hour right there. There's also been at least one thing every night for the last 3 weeks that at least one of us had to be at...freshman parents orientation, senior parents orientation, open house for 4th grade, open house for 5th grade, cub scout recruitment nights, cub scout meetings, boy scout meetings, welcome mass for the freshmen (mandatory), etc. Arrgh, and we were looking forward to the kids getting back into school???? S17 is still pushing the boundaries. His latest is he feels we are being unreasonable not letting him go out on school nights, oh and making him go to church with us. From what I am gathering, this is normal rebellion. The odd thing is everytime I stand up to him regarding the limits, he seems to be in a much more civil mood the following day even though there is royal battle over the limit the night before. MrsGGB has gotten better about not undermining my limits, instead she's telling him he needs to talk to me...9 times out of 10 he never comes to me after she tells him to. I guess he's figured out that my limits are very firm.
