Alternative titles for this post included the following: “How to Survive Teenagers in the House,” “Keeping Your Sanity with Teens,” “If you thought my nagging is annoying, kid, wait until you experience yo mama’s supernagging!” and “Help Me, I Have a Teenaged Son.”
Honestly, I can’t really use any of the above alternates because The Boy is a growing into a fabulous young man. If I could harness a fraction of his drive and (hyper-)focus there is no telling WHAT I could accomplish.
So, the boring, non-antagonistic title will have to stay for now.
My strategy for success (my own, not the The Boy’s- he shall have his own) is to keep discovering new… everything: restaurants, recipes, cocktails, hikes, sports, books, friends, music, etc. Hopefully I will keep my sanity by continuing to grow myself as I watch my two teens grow.
The Short List for 2017
- Piano lessons for me (or online tutorial… anyone have any suggestions?)
- Complete OpenCulture.com’s Survey of Shakespeare’s Plays
- Complete a 15 mile mountain bike race this June while The Husband makes short work of the longer race
- Tear through some fab recipes in my Scratch Labs cookbook. Because I don’t want to be eating icky bars or energy gels on the above mentioned ride.
- Finally watch Downton Abbey (because I have to do something about this Sherlock hangover. Moffat and Gatiss- can we have more than three episodes per series? Pretty Please?)
- And probably the most important on this list, give The Boy enough rope to learn, grow and thrive- and trust that he wont hang himself. And try to shut my mouth shut. Because he is one heck of an awesome guy.
branching out... on a limb 
Every “stage” is like letting go of the handlebars and giving a little push, right? Oh, and the same is true of letting *them* go, too! 😎
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When do we get over the stage of being overwhelmingly proud of their words/deeds, followed two minutes later by amazed that they haven’t killed themselves yet? And how are you two surviving this near-empty nester stage? Yoinks. My strategy relies heavily on visiting the fine craft breweries in these Yoo-nited States.
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Be aware…:or be alert. The world needs more lerts.
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Oh. My. GOSH! That is a favorite family saying around here, HA!
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