breathe and count to ten

i have found there are so many hotspots which my teen knows activate me in loosing it that i am trying really hard to train myself to breathe and count to ten....problem is i normally only remember after i have lost it. i now also know if its to bad i just walk out of the house, not easy in the middle of the night but doable most of the time, means the dog gets loads of walks!

bed, or getting out of.

Well its the school hols so routine, what little there is has goneout of the window, teen stays up all night gaming, or watching movies and every morning, well lunchtimeish, the battle to get him up starts. i couldof course just leave him to it, but i'm a parent, i also would like him to join in with some family life/chores etc. soi enter his pit of a room at about 10.30 am,his sisterinformed me he was still up at 5.30am,so not much sleep. first atempt, toget him upresults in a few xbox games whizzing past my head. 2nd atempt and we are hitting the bedside table with a tomato sauce bottle, that the whole village disturbed.36th try,or so it seems we have sucess he stomps off tothe bathroom, its at this stage i decided to write about my experiences in this blog, its 11.20am and i have won.Or have i its now 11.30am and he says i got up and now i am going back to bed, shut up mum.
i give upand beat a hasty retreat before something else is hurled in my direction

hi folks

i have decided to write about my experiences as a teens mum. i have had lots of practise, now on last teen of four! i want to write about my highs and lows, funnies and tears. my teen is 14 and a male,he has his own uniques qualities but also many shared with others. this is a chance more than anyhting to get my thoughts/worries / joys off my chest and share them with the world
iam a single mum so don't really have anyone else to share them with, my older children have gone through the rollercoaster of teenagehood so i thought fourth time round would be a breeze, for me at least, wrong,i had forgotton the joys of parenting a teen!