It's been a week

I guess there are a couple of ways this could be read.  It could be that it's been a week since I've written, which is true, or it could be that "it's been a heck of a week", which in many ways is also true!  It's Friday though, and that is nearly always a good thing.

Last Friday I enjoyed attending Robert's track meet, and that was the end of the decent weather.  It rained all weekend, and then we had snow flurries again all day Monday.  Tuesday was cold, Wednesday wasn't much warmer, but it did begin to warm a little yesterday.  Today is better still, and it should be a decent weekend.

I worked Monday, yesterday, today.  Robert had a track meet Tuesday evening while Andrew taught his weekly class.  Wednesday we took Robert and his girlfriend to dinner, and last evening Andrew and I attended the school musical.  Tonight Robert has an away track meet, but tomorrow is mostly free.  Sunday we will be at my mom's house for her birthday lunch.  I am especially excited about being able to sleep in tomorrow.

We have also been dealing with drama in our house, but as the parents of three teens that is nothing new.  Thomas is struggling with his responsibilities, and I am struggling to know how to help him.  I am seeing so many similarities between his behavior and they way Robert behaved at this age, and I just can't go through all of that again.  I hope and pray for guidance, and that Andrew and I are the parents each needs us to be.

We've also learned that Robert has purchased a "promise ring" for his girlfriend.  He claims it isn't an engagement ring, but to be honest, it cost twice what my engagement ring did.  He claims the jewelry store told him it was a promise ring, but let's be honest...they will tell him anything they can to sell him something and take his money.  Of course Robert didn't tell us anything about it upfront...I found out when the jeweler called to tell us the ring was ready.  Honestly, I'm so tired of him cutting us out of his life that I can't even put it into words.  It was the reason we wanted to have dinner with them on Wednesday evening.  We had never really had a conversation with her.  She is a lovely young lady and I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know her.  However, they have only been dating four months, and my son is an 18-years-old who often makes extremely poor choices and is leaving for the Navy in just over 90 days.  It seems unlikely to last, but he is 18 and can make his own choices.

After today,  Robert has 20 days of school, and the others have 22 days of school remaining.  This school year has absolutely flown by!