Teenagers, Spring Break, and 17 years

I just don't know what to do with my teenagers sometimes. My oldest son lives with my in-laws and is starting to give them the same exact crap that he was giving us. He didn't want to do his chores so he ran away ..... he really has it in his head that this is the answer to everything. After a few hours, with myself and others trying to get him to think about what he was doing, my sis-in-law got him to say where he was so she could pick him up. Two days later we brought him home for Spring Break and a big part of me wishes we hadn't. His attitude made our house a horrible place to be. Just once I want to have him here and actually enjoy the time with him. We had a couple of hours that were nice, but it was overshadowed by the hell he raised. I can't handle having to fight him to do anything/everything ..... it is so overwhelming, I did a lot of emotional eating last week. I love my son, truly I do, I just can't stand to be around his attitude.

Spring Break was rough and I have never been so glad to have the kids back in school. I managed to take my kids to lunch and a movie and my hubby took them miniature golfing one night while I was at a crop. Other than that (and even some during it) it was all fighting and yelling, no matter how hard I tried ..... so much stress.

I wish I could just totally chill today but alas I have a dentist appointment this afternoon that promises to leave me miserable. I have been putting off these cavities for over 7 months because I was pregnant and miserable enough. Thankfully I have a friend who is going to come help me with little princess and make sure I get there and back OK.

As for 17 years ..... my hubby and I celebrated our 17th Anniversary yesterday. I would have loved to have my hubby alone in a hotel with some nice food and fun for many, many hours but once again it was not to be. One of these years I will make it happen but for now I'm happy to report it was still a decent day. I have still been sick (nasty sinus crap) but with meds I'm hanging in there. We had dinner last night with friends (yummy black fin tuna, orange salad, Caesar salad, deviled eggs, potatoes) and we brought dessert (congo bars, chocolate chip bars, and heavenly oreo truffles). Our friends are very good to us and it made our day a bit more special. Hubby got me a knife sharpener for my new knives (yes, I'm happy with this), now I just need to learn how to use it correctly.

Well little princess is calling so I best go. I will try to get caught up on all your blogs asap.