My SSs and their girlfriends are driving me crazy! I can't stand my husband's lazy attitude when it comes to summer. We're both teachers, so we're both home, and our house becomes hang out central, which is great, cuz I always know where my skids are, but not so great when I seem to feed and house every one of their friends all the time.

PITA turned 19 last week. His girlfriend had been living with us from March to July, since her parents had kicked her out of their house. (long story) They broke up in late June, so I sent her packing. I told her it was time to mend things with her family, and since they weren't dating any more it was strange for her to still be here. So she went home. Her parents made her quit her new job we helped her get, cuz they didn't want her doing all that driving. (it's like 20 minutes.) so now she is jobless and they are dating again, which means she is here every day from 10 am until 11pm. (that gives her time to get home before her curfew.) I like the girl, but she is driving me nuts. PITA leaves for college in 3 weeks, but I don't know if I can take much more.

Lazy Boye 17 has his girlfriend over here all the time too. It will be short-lived because she moves to Minnesota in about a week. But all I hear from him is, "leave us alone, give us some privacy, she's moving soon." I went downstairs a little bit ago and he had the basement door locked. Granted, I could hear both of them playing videogames and shouting "kill, kill." But it's the principle of the thing. A 17 year old does not need his girlfriend in his room with the door locked. And when I asked him to open it (it's the cut through to the storage room, where I needed to go) he was all, "I'm gonna be 18 in three weeks, it's my room and I'll lock the damn door if I want."

The old me would have jumped back at that. But I didn't say anything. In my mind I pictured removing the door from the hinges this weekend while he is out of town...

Of course DH wasn't here to hear that exchange, which is probably why the little a$$ shouted it at me, so that when I tell DH later, Lazy Boye can deny it and then DH will ask why I always make up stuff like that...

Guah! Why do I do this SM thing?! Oh, yeah. Cuz I do love my DH. We've actually had a great summer. Princess 21 stayed in her college town. PITA 19 had a job 5 days a week and was gone for the better part of June and July. Lazy Boye 17 rarely causes trouble lately- he's thinking of joining the military and has been a model citizen, except for today's outburst. Gibby, our BS, turned 12 last week, and is as easy going as ever, and spent 2 weeks(!) with my parents. DH and I have had several dates, he even joined me for my family reunion this year and we had a mini- getaway vacation. Hell. There was one night last week when there were absolutely NO CHILDREN in a 40 mile radius of our house, so we literally ran around naked just because we COULD!

As always in the summer, Gibby and I spend a lot of time away from home. DH works his summer construction job, and if I am away at my parents' lake home, I don't have to deal with SM shit. But school starts in 3 weeks, so it's time for me to be home. Get all the summer doctor appointments done. Help PITA get his crap organized to move into the dorm. Settle Gibby and Lazy Boye back into their school routine. COUNT THE DAYS TILL LAZY BOYE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL... But I have been home less than 48 hours now, and the girlfriends have been here all of those hours but 10 of them! I want them to go home. I want the boys to take them out somewhere, go do something else. just get the hell outta my house!