I kinda had a meltdown yesterday

but things seem to be better today. Sometimes William gets zeros at school. And usually he thinks he has no idea where the zero cam e from and it is usually kinda ugly. So anyway yesterday morning I check his Grades in his Web page Designing class and there are a bunch of zeros. And I get really furious! So I check his back pack, which is in the back of the car cause he is at seminary and his math homework is sitting in there ... UNDONE. I even reminded him to do it 2 times on Tuesday night.


I am ball of fury mom by now. We leave for school and pick him up at seminary and I snarl at him to do his math. After everyone but him have been dropped off I give him a copy of his computer grades. I ask him if he has anything to say.


I did all of this.

Yeah, right, William. I have heard this all before. You will not be getting checked out early to go and get your driver's license today. Dad will just pick you up after school. And I want your computer teacher to write on this paper whether these grades are accurate or if they just have not been entered.


Thankfully, for the first time since 5th grade (which is when William started struggling with homework) The teacher actually had ALL the work, it was just not entered. I am thinking that it would be wise to not send an email to parents that new grades are posted when they are all coming up as zeros.

So then he went and got his driver's license. But I had spent the day fuming about the math homework and the computer grade. I was a wee bit on edge. William and Adrian got home around 5:00 and I was leaving to take Ella to ball practice. Adrian says:

William is going to go and paint for a few hours, he can just drop Ella.


Come again? Now, I have been counting down the days until I didn't have to drive William to his stuff. And I was looking forward to next year when he would drive himself and Lucy and Rachel to seminary and to school. and maybe even pick up after school sometimes. But I was NOT ready for him to walk in with his licence and then drive away with one of my babies.

Enter the meltdown. Adrian finally told me to go to my room and read a Nancy Drew book. I'm not sure why he picked Nancy Drew. Well, William left with Ella and I laid on my bed and cried. Adrian tried to come in and be nice to me but he just kept laughing at me. Then I cooked dinner and Adrian and I went to pick Ella up. And then we came home, my head was throbbing by then so of course I threw up. You wanted to know that, I'm sure. I went to bed and woke up with an even more killer migraine. Adrian brought me orange juice and Excedrin and I went back to sleep until 9:00.

Yes, William drove himself to seminary. And school. And packed his own breakfast and lunch. I ALWAYS make his breakfast and lunch. And then after school he drove over to the elementary school to meet the bus from the middle school and get Harrison and Bryce to go to the Pennington's for a Bacon at 3 practice.


I love that he can drive himself and everyone else.


I just need pain medication to remind myself that I love it!




Good night.