Monday, June 11, 2012

Things that make you say "hmmmmm"

I hate when I get all geared up to journal or blog on a daily basis and then can't think of anything to write about.  It's funny because during the day I will get the best idea about the most profound subject and then at night when I sit down to reflect, those profoud ideas either are gone, or they seem kind of stupid after rethinking.  On the other hand, I do like going back and reading things I have written, no matter how stupid they seem because life changes so quickly and most of the time, I don't even realize that they are changing until I go back and think about how things were this time last year. And without written documentation, all I remember is the outline of what life was like.  I don't remember the details.  For instance, I know that last summer Bibianna didn't have a job and she and her friends didn't have cars or drivers licenses.  I am sure she didn't sit at home all summer but I don't remember her being gone all the time like she has been so far this summer.  I am not exaggerating when I say that she hasn't been home for longer than 30 waking minutes per day for the past week.  This past week she spent three nights in a row at someone elses house.  So on the fourth night when she asked if she could spend the night with another friend, I told her no.  She asked me why not?  (What else would you expect from a 16 year old?) Truth is, I don't really know why not. All I know is that I think she should spend more time at home.  I talked to Joey about it and he agrees with me, although he couldn't really give me a reason why either.  Well, after the no and the why not conversation, I told Bibianna to invite her friend over to spend the night here.  She explained to me that because her curfew is 11:30 and all of her friends have midnight curfews, that her friends don't like spending the night over here.  You know what I did? I asked Joey if it would be OK for Bibianna to stay out until midnight on occasion.  It's only 30 minutes more.  Really doesn't seem like much.  What I don't understand though is that according to Bibianna, all they are ever doing is hanging out at someone's house so why would that 30 minutes extra make that much difference?  I asked my precious that exact question and she told me she didn't want to talk about it.  Hmmmmm.......


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