not even 24 hours...

...and I'm already done. The kids haven't been home even 24 hours and Wizard is already starting. TinMan had counseling last night, a good session minus the fact that he didn't read last week. The counselor said that things at home seem good from TinMan's perspective, he says he hasn't had any adjustment problems, he's not violent or cutting himself or anything crazy like that; he's not overly angry, isn't overly disrespectful or getting in trouble with the law.

I tell Wizard all this last night and he's overjoyed with the fact that TinMan is just a teenager...something I've been saying for a year now. My only concern was that the counselor didn't bring up the past, which is what the school psychologist said is most likely the problem but I planned to bring that up with the counselor to see what he thought.

Wizard calls just now of course middle of the work day, what better time to discuss my teenage son's counseling session, right?! He called to tell me that there HAS to be something wrong that lying to a teacher and lying to us and not doing homework or studying for tests can NOT be normal, LMAO....seriously?! I don't know what world her grew up in but honestly I lied to my parents, teachers, friends, etc when I was a teen, i think its part or becoming an individual..in fact I've read on several parenting sites that it IS part of becoming and individual and 'rebelling'; so TinMan's version of rebelling happens to be not studying....THANK YOU, at least he's not having sex (and yes I KNOW my son isn't having sex), doing drugs, cutting himself or others, beating up others, drinking or any of the other nonsense I worried about...no my son is NORMAL...THANK YOU! Basically I spent 10 mins on the phone listening to him complain about the counselor which let me tell you is fucking annoying.

We're AMAZING when it's just us or even just us and TinMan...but we're better when we're alone when the kids get factored in well it becomes a VERY difficult situation for me, I love them all and I give them all my love which means at the end of the day there's NOTHING leftover for Wizard or me and Wizard just doesn't get that; not sure how to help him understand but somehow he's got to!

In other news, not really as dramatic or stupid as not wearing helmets on the street but Witch bought Munchkin new tennis shoes which is GREAT however they're 1. white and 2. have to be tied. Now if you've ever had a 3 yr old you know that it's not easy to get them to sit still to put on shoes that velcro let alone shoes that freaking tie and as many times as I have to be the one to tie them, I wasn't happy. White for a 3 yr old is stupid, especially in spring...c'mon they'll be khaki before the end of April. I'm going to buy him new Cars shoes like the ones he had and was super happy about....and they velcro!