Emotional Highs and Lows...

Or, the Perils of Living with a Teen-age Girl

Wow, yesterday was nerve-wracking and draining. Of course, we closed on the new house (http://www.geocities.com/eldrwyrm/Front.jpg). Not nearly as long as everybody says it is. We were done in an hour, even with a first and second mortgage and FHA paperwork to sign. All total, I signed my name about 30 times, not counting initializing multi-page documents. Still not bad.
Julie (our realator) is so sweet, she gave us a giftcard for Bed, Bath and Beyond. Very cool. Donna, the incompetent, shifty realator for the sellers made her clients a basket with pumpkin decorations and a nice candle. Nice, but now they have to move it.
More good news on that front, they are moving out on the 14th, so we get possession 30 hours earlier than what was outlined in the contract. Amy actually gets to go over on her lunch hour next Tuesday. :-( On the upside, we get to start moving stuff in a day early.

So that was high point of the day; now on the perils of living with teen-age girls.

Last night, Heather was driving us absolutely bonkers. We went out for dinner, she was contrary about what to have for dinner. After dinner we went mattress shopping for her; everytime we thought we found one, she wanted the next one up the line. The whole time, she is whining she wants to go to Wal-Mart and look for bandanas. I tell her no, she whines and asks again 5 minutes later. Answer is still no. So, the cap to this wonderful evening comes when we get home. Heather is in a snit, and starts stomping up the stairs. This pops Amy's last nerve.
Needless to say, an argument breaks out (I was not stomping) and everything just goes to hell in a hand-basket. This morning, she was all fine and dandy. Grr.
I'll be so glad when her hormones settle back down. Then I'll only have to deal with this once a month instead of once every two days.

Neil