17 year old fun times...

sometimes the logic of a 17 year old gal just evades me. my lovely niece decided yesterday that she was going to "test her boundaries" again. why oh why did she choose this week??? i have way to much on my plate to even think about punishing her. what did she do, you ask? just a bunch of little things that added up to a big thing of disobeying me (aka the guardian...) the good thing is that after i berated her for not thinking, she sulked in her room for the rest of the evening, which gave me zero distractions from the projects at hand. at least i got 1 paper finished and turned in. anyways, i was a little worried that i wasn't doing the right thing in the way i was punishing her (she must make sure the house is clean before she even thinks about hanging out with her friends... and believe me, that's a tough job!) so i called a few people. the first person i called is my lovely lovely friend whom i have know since high school. she was very supportive, which always helps when dealing with a teenager. then today, i called another friend and she gave me what had to be one of the best compliments (even though a little misplaced, i think.) she said, "youre doing great as a 'mom'... i dont even know why you are questioning yourself." awwwwwwwwwwww. she is so full of shit :) so my daily advice for raising a teenager? make 'em clean... they hate it! and call all your friends (even though they might not have kids) and listen to them when they say you are ok!

so i have 100000000000000000000000000 things do for school in the upcoming days/next week. ok, maybe not quite THAT many, but a lot. i still have 2 more research papers to finish (1 down!), asl6 final, terp 2 final, logic test and final (crap, i forgot about those, and just remembered!), deaf events videotapes, daily homework, transliterating final, interpreted song (much harder than it sounds...), intro to profession final, and ummm.... i think thats it. i should probably gett my ass off the blog and onto the word processing, etc.