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July 2, 2009 Okay, Okay, ENUFF already with the Cyber-Speak! My twelve year old is sounding like a character out of "Clueless" or worse, "Mean Girls"! I could go even further back and tell you that he is annoying me more than watching that MTV Valley Girl Video, and believe me - THAT'S annoying. When we get together and we 'talk' and I say that loosely, I talk, he Cyber-speaks back at me; he responds to questions with IDK, IDC, OMG, etc, etc, ad nauseum. I just wanna get all 80's on his butt and say GAG me with a spoon! I am a Substitute Teacher and when I hear this at my schools, I say, Zip It, Sit on It or better yet, I just tell them stories from when I was in school, Dang, don't THAT shut 'em up quickly! They are so embarrassed that they hide from me in the hallways afterward. While we are talking about middle schoolers - what the heck is it with the hair? I am seeing more Beatles cuts on kids now than I did when the Beatles were around! My son (even though I keep telling him that it makes pimples WORSE) insists on wearing his hair down on his forehead, long in the back and constantly greasy/wet. Help! I am in a time warp! Shopping these days is a torture - he won't wear just plain jeans anymore, they have to have a "certain" look and be just the right ones - Was I like this when I was a teenager?? Holy Cow - Just shoot me now and get it over with. The clothing I have seen in trendy stores is giving my eyes fits, it's all from the 60's and 70's. Believe me, I was there, it is not any more attractive now than it was then. Paisley and bold flowery prints, UHGGG - LY! Makes those of us that have had kids and have any kind of hips look like we are contestants in the contest for best Halloween costume. I lived it, been there, done that, don't wanna do it again! I know, I know, I am sounding like a granny - or worse - like my... OMG, my mother! Yup, face it people, WE ALL turn into our parents and then our grandparents, it sneaks up on ya and never lets go. Eventually you just have to say OOPS, my bad and be a kid again to recover from the shock. I have taken to playing solitaire and Yahtzee online when a sneak attack happens, I drink my diet tea and eat my granola while whining about "kids these days". My son, gotta love him, he knows more about computers than I do, is a math whiz (New Math - Hate it!) Can look up cheat codes to X-Box games in a split second and sighs when I can't even work the toggles on his game. He turns into the parent and I have to smile - he also turns into something he will never in this lifetime admit to, a teacher. He takes the controls and says "No mom, do it like THIS, see, I told you you could do it if you just TRY." Must have done something right, he sounds just like me.
He has taken to wearing a knit hat with a brim (Sideways of Course) even when it is hot outside. I love the kid, but he is startin to embarrass me -Hey - Wait - THAT is my job! I am supposed to be embarrassing HIM at this age. What's up with that? I am a mom, so I accept it – don’t all moms? Mine did, thank goodness, Love you Mom and Thanks!
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