Elle Rant
I get so frustrated with Elle. She expects so much and I feel terrible not giving it to her. I know I shouldn't but I want to give my child everything she wants.
Her latest plans are: to move out just after Christmas and move into an apartment near UT campus, to work at a fast food joint on the strip and go to Pellissippi State Community College. She wants to live with a couple of girls she met through her friend Nick at UT, all hunky dory. Of course my parents are perpetuating this scenario by looking at duplex's/houses to buy in that area so she and her friends can live there cheap. Nice and convenient to both schools and the strip, so her little life is perfect.
Hell she will be lucky to graduate in December. She hasn't even completed half of her credit recovery work, at last check she was at 19%-she needs 80%. But hey, she brought her Algebra 2 grade from a 23 to a forty something- I can't remember the exact grade- still failing.
She has also decided that we need to buy her an English Bulldog puppy for Christmas. Because "I'm moving out right after Christmas anyway" and "I really want a puppy to love and take care of and play with, that's all mine and nobody elses" yadda yadda. Of course, she doesn't believe in organized religion, "I am proud of the fact that I haven't been in a church in over 2 years" (not true but hey, who's counting). I am still going back and forth in my brain weather or not I should even buy her anything for Christmas because of the way she disrespects my beliefs and does so in front of her brothers. On the rare occasions that she sits down to eat with the family she rolls her eyes during grace and refuses to thank anyone (except her father "because he paid for it").
The part of me that is torn is the one that says if I don't I am as bad as she is, that I shouldn't let the boys see me acting the same way. She is really pushing my level of tolerance though.
And of course we are still finding cigarettes on her.
Her latest plans are: to move out just after Christmas and move into an apartment near UT campus, to work at a fast food joint on the strip and go to Pellissippi State Community College. She wants to live with a couple of girls she met through her friend Nick at UT, all hunky dory. Of course my parents are perpetuating this scenario by looking at duplex's/houses to buy in that area so she and her friends can live there cheap. Nice and convenient to both schools and the strip, so her little life is perfect.
Hell she will be lucky to graduate in December. She hasn't even completed half of her credit recovery work, at last check she was at 19%-she needs 80%. But hey, she brought her Algebra 2 grade from a 23 to a forty something- I can't remember the exact grade- still failing.
She has also decided that we need to buy her an English Bulldog puppy for Christmas. Because "I'm moving out right after Christmas anyway" and "I really want a puppy to love and take care of and play with, that's all mine and nobody elses" yadda yadda. Of course, she doesn't believe in organized religion, "I am proud of the fact that I haven't been in a church in over 2 years" (not true but hey, who's counting). I am still going back and forth in my brain weather or not I should even buy her anything for Christmas because of the way she disrespects my beliefs and does so in front of her brothers. On the rare occasions that she sits down to eat with the family she rolls her eyes during grace and refuses to thank anyone (except her father "because he paid for it").
The part of me that is torn is the one that says if I don't I am as bad as she is, that I shouldn't let the boys see me acting the same way. She is really pushing my level of tolerance though.
And of course we are still finding cigarettes on her.