Surgery a success...

For those of you that don't know I had surgery on Monday morning to repair a hernia. Sorry I haven't blogged in a while but I have been busy working and getting ready to be out of commission for a couple of weeks.

Yesterday was pretty rough but thanks to my friend Vicodin and a nice comfy bed I survived. Today I feel like I have been beaten with a baseball bat all up and down my right side but the pain on the inside seems to be less. Here's a recap of the past few weeks.

Ashley: Still driving and getting actually pretty good at it. Her choir attended festival yesterday and got a second place rating. She predicted this as she has been saying all year that over half the girls don't take it seriously. This is very disconcerting to my rule following daughter. She is having a party next Wednesday since we are homebound for Spring break for the first time EVER!!! I think she is just taking advantage of the fact that I can't make it up and down the basement stairs as quickly as usual. That's ok because the next door neighbors have this cool video baby monitor if I need it.

Michael: Just returned from the Big Ten tournament with his peeps, Dad, Bob, Sandy and Frank. Had a great time and as always got a cool tshirt. His is busy preparing his NCAA brackets and I hope not making any bets with his allowance. The love of his life is still Rachel. They are the cutest couple and I dread the day when one of them "breaks up" with the other. I will be crushed.
Not much else going on....please excuse any grammar errors due to the narcotics..

Miss Daisy and Hoke

Stay tuned for the adventures of Miss Daisy and Hoke. I am now a permanent passenger and Ashley is my driver. I think my right leg is still spasming from the imaginery brake and my arm is tired from holding. She got mad at me for grabbing the dash a few times and I told her that I could not control my self preservation responses so get over it. Michael wore his baseball batting helmet during the entire ride because he said you just can't be too careful. I 'll keep you posted.

It's official..I am the meanest mom in the world

For all you moms out there that think you are the meanest mom in the world you can step aside. According to Ashley I am now the title holder. There was no fanfare, no banner or crown, just a scowling look and an announcement made thru gritted teeth. I become the winner on Friday. I mentioned she would be completing her drivers ed course. She wanted to go to the Secretary of State immediately. However, we ( when I say we I really mean she) didn't have the documents we needed , we had to stop at home and then drive like crazy to try to get there by five o'clock. We missed it by two minutes and let's just say I was not in the best of moods. I took the opportunity to ask her if she had completed the make-up assignments for the classes she missed during our early departure for winter break. The answer of course was no. I informed her that she would not be getting her permit until all homework was completed. " You and dad just couldn't wait until I got something you could take away and torture me with...." I informed her that we were not taking it away that weren't even allowing her to GET IT!!!! It was not a pleasant ride I can assure you.

Why does this parenting thing have to be so hard!!??? Does everything have to be a constant struggle? Can't we all just get along? The answer is NO, we can't. I think this is God's way of preparing us to let go. When they were all cuddly and little could we ever have imagined that we could let them go off on their own? Of course not. But now that they are becoming people with attitudes and opinions we are out shopping for luggage for their departure and deciding what we can do with their rooms when they are gone. I love Ashley more than I ever imagined I could but I take a evil delight in thinking about her experiencing the riggers of the real world. Maybe I just want her to once again to believe I am right and all knowing. That time will come, when she has her first apartment or first baby and looks back. I just hope I can keep from killing her until then.