I am sorry to hear of the sleeping troubles! I hope you checked out the sleep section and find something useful.

I on the other hand am happy I finally slept a whole night last night and seemingly dream free. I need a lot more of those! It was a nice thing to wake up groggy and grumpy instead of in panic.

I have to go to the doc as usual today for my updates. I really feel like sitting around the house instead, no strong motivation to do what I am supposed to. At least the toddler is fed and clean and playing happily with her toys.

I am trying to figure out my daughter, a female teen mind makes zero sense. Yes, I am about to rant. She brings home failing grades so I ground her from make up and razors thinking that will get her to pull them out. I take it all away and made it clear perfume was on that list. So she sneaks my razors and uses other's stuff at school. So the rocket scientist using other people's things brings home lice, that was lovely! Thankfully it was contained! And then she doesn't get it why I won't treat her hair for her... Uhhh you did it to yourself disobeying and you are old enough to take care of it. DUH. And I decide pocket book method, next time she has to by her own treatment. Denies using perfume at school. I smoke and drive with my windows all the way down and I am still gagging on the strong odor when she hits the car. A chore for the kids is to feed the birds. She throws all the feed in the wet grass and I have 50 free ranged critters digging up my back yard... AFTER I already said to put the feed in the mowed down garden to fertilize and dig up for me. She did this a few days in a row after half my backyard is already mud is when I caught it. What really chaps my ass is we had grass back there and now weeds are what comes in to replace it. So she got indoor chores and drags shit out that will take 15 minutes to 2 hours. How she hasn't caught on I can stay up as late as her any day is beyond me. I am running out of things...

I just don't get it, I cannot punish her! She makes any thing I come up with 10 fold back at me. And that isn't including the annoying attitude, eye rolling, talking back, rudeness, bossy, and crying fits when things are not her way like many other hormonal teens. How in the HELL do you punish a teenage female short of bopping them on their wee heads?????? I won't even go there where she finds scaring me soooo amussing, she is trying be clobbered there. Really she is... I have another teen but he is nothing like this one. Boys are easy to punish, take away game boy or TV and they are right back in shape pronto. I feel nuts enough without her bull dozing me.