Ha! Look at that subject line! There are so many things popping in to my mind with which to make fun of it, myself, and of course, teens. Not the least of which is it should probably read ONE of the problems . . .
But my latest challenge is that my son gets riled and also how-could-you hurt, if I tell him to do stuff. Like, “MO-OM! Why are you always lecturing me? I KNOW! I’ll do it! You don’t have to tell me all the time! You don’t even have to tell me!”
I respect that he wants to be in control more and that he’s growing up, blah-blah-blah. But if I DON’T tell him . . . Can you guess?
HE DOESN’T DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT NEEDS DOING. So then I really nag and lecture.
It’s a vicious, hopeless circle.
(and I promise I’ll have more substantive posts one day. Say . . . around August 25th. Not that I’m counting the days until the next school year ALREADY.)
That sounds familiar.
Oh, man. I was embarrassed a while ago to come across a “poem” I’d written at about 16, titled Lines After a Family Dispute. The basic message of it was: I’m a responsible person, but if you tell me to do stuff, it makes me not do it, so stop bossing me around and then you’ll see that I’ll do what needs to be done anyway. Looking back, I wonder how I ever could have believed that! When I went off to college & didn’t have my parents telling me what to do every day…surprise, it did not make me suddenly want to do all those things on my own! I’m still not very good at it now.
August 14 is the big AMEN day around here.
How do you solve a problem like a teenager? (everybody sing…)
How do you catch a space cadet and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Teenager?
A scatterbrain! A pain-in-the-ass! A sloth!
We be experiencing the same things here, Dot. Oy.
Dot!
Are you not journaling? Why o why?
I miss your voice.
Hurry back!
Z
Hi Z!
We’ve been on vacation in Florida where we had lots of baking sunshine, and gorgeous turquoise water, but no internet access.
And now that we’re back and unpacked, etc. . . . maybe that should be ET-FRIGGING-CETERA, because there is so much to do before, during and after travelling with children . . . I’m having trouble getting back online.
The break was so good for me and now I feel like my daily life fills up my whole day . . . I’m still not sure how to work this crazy internets thing.
A word from Dot! I’ve been awaiting and awaiting…good to see you back. Sorta.
“and now I feel like my daily life fills up my whole day . . . ”
Oh yes, this is exactly how it should be—the 3D life being the Really Big Thing, and the life of the ether being well—rather ethereal.
Are you writing? I know I am!
Z
Yoohoo…Dot…where are you?
We’re missing you.
Hope all is well in your corner of the universe.
awww, thanks, Lorraine.
I’m well. I had another distressing/disappointing thing happen in my writing life, and frankly my writing life is so often a source of frustration and other difficult-to-process feelings that I’m torn about how to fit it in to the rest of my life, which is overall a happy one.
I like blogging, but it’s so tied to the getting-published world which has repeatedly brought me down. I’ve been thinking about coming back to it and wanting to, especially lately (I miss you too!) but I’m leery.
And Z! if you’re still checking this three-quarters-dead blog, I see I didn’t reply to a question of yours. I’m still writing. Not much this summer, I’ve been researching agents and preparing a lot of queries, which is SO time-consuming. But I think I’ll keep writing fiction for a while.
My sister sent her kids back to school this week and she’s…a little giddy. It’s cute! I hope the last few days go smoothly for you and that you come back here with your funny self soon.
Hi akamarykate! That is, if you’re still looking in to see if I replied. Holy smokes, I can’t believe you commented on Aug. 20. the TWENTIETH?! A week ago?
This doesn’t bode well for me coming back to blogging, heh. But I do want to.
The longer I was offline this summer, the more clearly I saw how frequently I wasted time on these here tubes. So I decided not to come back regularly until I started writing more. Which I’ve only just begun to do. So if I get in a good solid habit of writing most days, maybe I can be trusted to play with teh internets again soon.
Dot!
I’m just barely smart enough to think to check the comments (I kept looking for a blog entry)
” I had another distressing/disappointing thing happen in my writing life, and frankly my writing life is so often a source of frustration and other difficult-to-process feelings that I’m torn about how to fit it in to the rest of my life, which is overall a happy one….”
Hey, me too! I’ve had distressing/disappointing thingamabobs happen like *crazy* this summer. And my feelings are difficult to process, too!
It must be the difficult/disappointing/hard-to-process summer. O yeah.
But, like you, I’m writing, writing, reading and writing. Have you seen the movie MAN ON WIRE?
Go see…
Z
Hi Z!
Ugh, I’m so sorry to read you’ve had yicky things to deal with over the summer, writing-wise. Or I guess I should say publishing-wise. It’s typical for the biz, but that doesn’t really make it easier.
I’m glad you’re writing a lot, though! I’m still struggling with motivation. I hate “making” myself write–it’s so much better when I can’t wait to write.
I haven’t seen that movie– shall look into it.