'Twas the day after Christmas

'Twas the day after Christmas 

and all through the house,

the teens were pouting --

a stop, a slam, a grouse.

Ah! The madness continues! Guess that good old Christmas cheer is short lived when the kids aren't  getting exactly what they want.  


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Blue Christmas

This Christmas will be different. Doesn't mean it won't happen. As Mr. Keillor once said: 

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." 

And yet, not quite "together."
One member of our family will not be with us this Christmas. That happens in many families around the holidays. But this is a kid that will be missing for the first time at the holidays. This Christmas is the first that siblings will be apart. So in many ways it will be a blue Christmas this year.

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Welcome to "adulthood."

Any parent out there knows that most teens suffer from E.D. Wait a minute, before you misunderstand, I am referring to "entitlement disorder." They want all the privileges and perks of being in the adult world, such as TV, Internet, cell phone, meals out, a car, driver's license and trips to the mall, etc. -- without having to carry out the responsibilities required to provide those luxuries.
 

Fast forward to today.

I had to work today (a Sunday). That happens for adults sometimes. Teen was like: "aw that's too bad, well OK bye, I'm back to the Internet and a movie." Then the phone rings. It is teen's job. This teen was due in to work in 5 minutes. But this teen "didn't really want to work today," but I went ahead and dropped off the burgeoning "adult" at their job on my way to mine.
Mom wasn't the most popular person in the world. But, welcome to "adulthood."

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