.:Monday, August 18, 2008:.
Sad
| Tonight I had to do something that I hoped I would never have to do. Brittany and Zoe have been best friends since the 1st grade and for a lot of years, she lived with us as much...if not more sometimes....than she did with her own parents. I love that girl as if she were my own. Unfortunately, we have very different parenting styles than her parents. We agree that doesn't make them bad parents in our eyes, just different. So, a little over a year ago, we started limiting how much time Zoe was allowed to spend in their home. Again, not because they are bad parents, but because Brittany was allowed to do a lot of things that we didn't want Zoe doing. That changed a few weeks ago when we learned of a poor decision that Brittany made. I'll admit that I was disappointed to hear of what had happened but told her that would never stop me from allowing her to come over anytime she wished and that I would always care about her. However, after a lengthy discussion, Jeff and I decided that it was time to not allow Zoe to spend time at her house due to some of the decisions that Brittany's parents had made after the situation. It was a sound and solid decision. Today, Zoe asked me if she could spend the night with Whitney. Or so I thought. Apparently she said Brittany. So, I had to tell her tonight that she could in fact not stay there but that she was welcome to come here. That wasn't an option at all due to some technicalities. I explained why her dad and I had come to the decision that we did and she walked away crying. Next thing I know, I'm getting a phone call from Brittany wanting an explanation. I told her that she was still welcome here and that our decision was not something that needed to be discussed with her but that I was more than willing to discuss it with her parents. See, they were yelling and screaming at the top of their lungs at me from the background. They ended up hanging up on me and Zoe is sitting in her bedroom crying her eyes out. Brittany has already removed herself as Zoe's friend on MySpace and refuses to speak to her. I really don't know what to say or do for Zoe. Sometimes, being a parent just plain sucks. I know we made the right decision and we can't back down from it. Not that I needed it, but tonights drama only backed that up further. I just wish that I could wave a magic wand and cure everyone's broken heart. It's pouring down rain here. We're suppose to get 6" or more of rain and are under a severe flood warning. And it would seem there is a leak in our roof. The rain we have been getting lately is insane for this time of year. I just can't believe it honestly. I called the landlord and he said that he would be here tomorrow morning to get someone to fix it. I just love our landlord. He's super. Kolby's already tired (it's just barely 9:30) and telling me that he wants to go to bed. I really don't see him making it anywhere near all night. It's going to be a long, long night. I'm having him drink a lot of caffeine right now. He can't have anything to eat or drink after midnight, so I'm hoping that this will keep him up and active for awhile. Thankfully, I was able to sleep today for about 4 hours, waking up around 7:30 and immediately made my coffee. Hopefully that will help me too. Anywho, I better go for now. Love to everyone. |
Kolby
| After watching a tampax commercial, Kolby looked over at me asking, "mom, why does mother nature like to give people presents?" Muwahahaha. What else could I say other than, "she's just nice like that." Which only made him ask, "I wonder what mother nature gives us!" All is well here. Not a lot going on really. Tomorrow, Kolby has to be at the hospital at 6:30am for his EEG. I'll update here as soon as we know anything else from that. |