Thanks so much everyone! Its been a long hard week. I've not been sleeping well becuase EVERY sound I hear makes my ears strain to hear more. Add to little sleep the fact that I've been painting the house all week, my muscles ache, my head aches, and all I want is a solid night of sleep!

My daughter was attitude cental last night. And our son came home from school saying he asked around and there's rumors that she's been slipping out at least one night a week for a while. I feel so used and like she's taking us for fools... and what gets me even more than that is now that we found out about her little nocturnal feild trips, that she is denying it so much! How stupid does she think we are? As parents, we have been very trusting and letting them make their own choices. We are not strict at all and they actually have it pretty good. If she has it so good, WHY is she pushing the boundaries and trying to make her good little life go away? She has to know that if she pushes us, that we are goign to push back.

Karen, two summers ago, she got caught shoplifting, and we made her do community service at the nursing home. I think we should give them another call and see if they could use her services when she's not working at her job, in school, or swimming. I want to make her so busy that at night, when she goes to bed, she's going to need a forklift to pry her head from the pillow.