Posted by Kathie on May 31, 2000, at 0:23:28
Hey gang,
I had a most interesting few days. First of all my 2nd daughter graduated high school on the weekend and it was busy...Friday night was the dinner/dance for the grads, it was formal..tuxedos and ball gowns all around...lovely decorations, many limo's etc. My daughter and her friends had a wonderful time and came home near to 3am.
Saturday was grad ceremonies followed by a reception, which was very pleasant...the only negative on the day was my ex-husband, my daughter's father was there because his step daughter also graduated and he did not so much as acknowledge his child's existence...his mother did, thank goodness, but he pointedly ignored my daughter.
Sunday night I get a call from my eldest daughter's boyfriend's mother...apparently her son had some sort of breakdown and my daughter, who lived with them got kicked out of their house. Blah blah blah...to make a long story shorter, both of them have been using Crystal meth for the past year (duh, mom, she has lost 40 pounds over the past year, she is a little dynamo when she visits and cleans my house like a white tornado - hindsight, what a wonderful thing).
Monday I get a call from the mother again saying my child needs help...so I went a picked her up...thats a 1.5 hour drive there and 1.5 hours home..I take her to see a doctor, who refers her to a mental health worker immediately....with my help she manages to convince the psyc doc she needs help badly and they arrange to get her into detox....but I have to drive her to a city 3 hours away...and 3 hours back.....*sigh*.....I got home at midnight last night.
I am feeling physically and emotionally drained as it is...and today I find out my 14 year old daughter has been temporarily suspended from school for skipping (that has always struck me as a really stupid punishment, the kid cuts classes so the powers that belet her stay home and sleep in, watch TV and do what it is she wanted to be doing in the first place!!!!). I swear to you having kids can be the toughest, hardest part of life there is!!
I don't even know why I am writing this post really, this doesn't seem really related to the board's topic, but I guess it just helps me deal with it all to be able to write it all down...vent a little if you will....any insights, be sure and write them down!!!!
Thanks for listening.
Kathie
PS> Now you know why BoBB doesn't get to me, I can't see past my own little corner of the universe at the moment...no time to dwell on the human condition.
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