You can't have everything, where would you put it?

[ClingingToHope]

We made it over to a coworkers' cookout and unbelievably stayed seven hours. For the first couple there wasn't a girl D7's age so it was a bit of a struggle. We took a dog for a walk -- and she had to clean up after him when he went in a neighbor's yard.

She watched TV for a while. She ate. D11 found another 11-year-old there and became instant best friends.

Eventually, some other small kids showed up and D7 and there was a scavenger hunt and I was able to actually play volleyball for a while and visit.

Eventually, D11's new friend wanted to stay the night and since the storm blew over we did another round of night-time swimming.

Hey, one more day of vacation. Church in the morning and another cookout and there will be friends the girls already know their age there.

I hear the advice about letting them rest. Here's a counter thought. If I let them, they would sit around all day playing on the Wii or Facebook games. D11 doesn't need that. She sits around watching TV enough as it is. She needs to get up and get moving and I may have overdone it this week on the physical activity -- but she needed it.

D7 is highly active, but ADHD kids are better doing things than watching TV. Watching TV is like crack cocaine for ADHD kids.

I may be holding on too tight right now. I'll admit that. But time marches on. After tomorrow I go back to being the secondary parent. To me, it's about making memories and the most of moments. For BBJ and Mish, who are my FB friends, I've posted pictures of the week. It's been a good week.

Only STBXW moment was D11 called or STBXW called sometime during the cookout and I heard D11 kind of fill her in on the day. The weather was good enough that her biker bash probably took place.

You know what? I didn't care that much today. I'm trying to be "The Me I Want To Be" and today was a good day. I spent a very rewarding day with my girls and coworkers. She may have been stumbling around drunk in the muck with a bunch of ... whatever. I'll take my life any day of the week.