If I survive till the children’s adulthood, it will be a miracle. I think I will want a medal or something. I have to tell you, this having babies business is false advertising. 
You think it will be 50% lovies, cuddles, and cuteness and 50% crying and whining. Nobody ever warns you that a teenager can go medieval over not being allowed to bring her curling iron to school. Of course, if you strained, you could probably remember a similar type of rage when you were a kid, but now that you’re all grown up, you know you couldn’t have been that bad.
Somebody has gotten themselves 48 hours of grounding and it’s not even 9:00 am on a Monday yet. I shudder to think what the rest of the week will look like.
On a side note, I somehow managed to hurt my back. It’s my low back and it only hurts when I bend down slightly. I have no idea how I’ve done it, but putting clothes on is an interesting experience, let me tell you. Gordon did take pity on me and put Icy Hot on it, but not before making fun of me. So turn about is fair play, no?
Star Wars Online
Gordon, in a shape of a blue alien Imperial Agent with impeccable manners: I have to turn in this quest.
Me: Awesome.
Gordon running up to an identical blue alien in the same exact uniform.
Me: Oh, look, it’s your twin.
Gordon: You’re crazy.
Me: You two look exactly the same.
Gordon: What the hell? We don’t look the same at all.
Me: Same hair color, same features…
Gordon: … Look at my cheekbones! We’re not even the same shade.
Me, dying of laughter: I’m sorry, did you just tell me to look at your cheek bones?
Gordon: My features are much sharper.
Me: Sure they are. My mistake… bwahahahahaha!
Gordon: You’re racist again blue aliens.
Me: hahahahaha!
Gordon: We all look alike to you, bounty hunter humans, don’t we?
No words exist to help with the teen problem. At least you have these fabulous worlds you can retreat to and live there for a while.
As to the other, Fair Play? Icy Hot? It can be a powerful weapon when applied to sensitive areas. hehehe
I was a horrible teenager. I have a two-year old girl and another girl on the way. I will deserve every bit of hell they gave me. I was that bad. Meanwhile.. yeah.. they look the same.
Teens. ~Hides under covers~
I’ve got a 15 year old daughter who thinks her life is over because she can’t google chat with everyone in the world. She’s grounded from chat and is restricted to phone conversations only. We’re obviously evil incarnate with the sole purpose of making her life tortured.
Then I’ve got a 13 year old son that discovered the world of “adult photography” (cough cough) online and we now have to lock down every single device that can go online, including our Nooks and cell phones. ~sighs~
I’ve got three more to survive teenhood with after the oldest two. I just keep reminding myself what my mother-in-law always tells me, “Grandchildren are our rewards for surviving our child’s teen years. Not only do you get to have fun, but you get to laugh at your children when they go through exactly what you did.” hehe.
Not that I want to become a Grandma with-in the next oh… 20 years… but it helps thinking about the possibilities when I feel like feeding the teens to some lions.
Yep. They’re twins separated at birth, clearly.
Also, my boy has spent his first seven years putting me through the wringer but he seems to be turning the corner. The little girl is only four and I swear she’s already going on sixteen. When she hits teen status I’m going to look back with nostalgia on the days of keeping the window repair company on speed dial and stocking drywall patches and paint repair kits on hand. (We even have lidocaine and sutures in our closet.) Little boys are unbelievably kinetic, but teenaged girls run on drama. I’ll take the gaping holes in the drywall over adolescent girls any day of the week.
My 14 yr old son found the rent the porn channel while I was job interviewing. When I went to the cable co. they told me what the movies were, ratings, times shown, and the cost. I put a block on renting shows. That night when I picked up my son from school, I presented an itemized bill and told him to pay up. The next two years were spent talking about respect of women etc. He finally passed that stage. It helped that my father told me he went through that stage at 14, also.
We haven’t played in a few days because of the race and my family being in town. That blue guy is maybe not Gordon’s character’s twin, but definitely a close relation. I mean, look at those cheekbones.
I hope your back feels better soon!
I’ve had back problems my whole life. Short term, I’d recommend lying down on your side with a pillow (medium firmness, something with support) between your legs. That’s how I get to sleep at night, anyway. Also, if you have to bend down, try bending from your knees, like squatting, rather than folding over at the waist.
Sorry about the teenager problems. You know adolescents have no understanding of potential consequences, and that isn’t going to change until they’re 19 or 20. Okay, that probably isn’t very helpful but I’m just trying to say that it isn’t a parental failure, if that makes any difference.
I’m not a big gamer, but the blue dudes look exactly alike. Same blue skin, same huge chest, red eyes and everything. The only difference is the hair. Maybe that’s how Clark Kent/Superman fooled everyone; he styled his hair a little differently, and became another person.
Bwahaha! The customization options in SWTOR are rather lacking. Ah, for the good old days of City of Heroes.
Oh no, there are plenty of options. There like 45 hair styles alone. It’s just that he made the exact same dude by pure chance.
My hubby’s Jedi is green instead of blue, but otherwise also looks remarkably similar… cheekbones and all.
I’m just glad he finally found a way to hide all the hideous hats- we’ve decided there isn’t a single hat in the game that doesn’t transform his character into a doofus.
Champions on the other hand- awesome customization options!
Have I mentioned how much I just LOVE u guys LOL LOL LOL
Poor You! The teen years will pass… eventually. Promise. xD As for SW, haha. Yup. Twins. Sorry Gordon. xD
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You guys are a hoot-n-a-half!! Love your blog & look forward to it for a good laugh!!
As far as your problems go:
#1. Sorry, Gordon- but twins it is x-cept for hair style. (I agree with the Superman comment!)
#2. Teenage girls are a whole different ballgame- just rip your hair out now & save yourself the trouble… (My husband blames his gray hair on them.)
I also have two daughters who are now 23 and 26. Drama was their middle name!?!?!?!?!?!? We were ALWAYS, “The Mean Parents” and were constantly “ruining” their lives on a daily basis. BUT—> Now they thank us for it and actually even (SHOCK) apologized for their behavior!! So, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Ya just gotta keep doing what you think is right and wait & wait & wait … (And not string them from their toes in the meantime!!) Hang in there!
What’s wrong with kids these days? If there’s a school rule you consider silly, you say, “Yes, of course I will follow it” and then do your best to figure out a way to get around the rule. You don’t blatantly break it and expect not to get caught. This is a valuable life skill that kids need to learn while in school if they want to be successful in a corporate environment. Yes, there’s no surfing the internet at work, but I don’t care if you do, but I’m *paid* to care, so if you don’t at least minimize the window when I approach your desk, then I have to care. I blame the fact that it’s so easy to cheat nowadays. Back in my day in order to cheat you had to have skill and cunning to successfully cheat. Now it’s just copy and paste. Scoff!!
(Note: I fully understand that I would be an awful parent, hence my childless status, but I’m an *awesome* aunt. At least my nephews think so. My sister? Perhaps not so much….)
A friend told me that God gave us the first 8 years of the child’s life to fall in love with them so that we wouldn’t kill them when they became teenagers. The twin (boys) are almost 11 and I already pull out my hair at regular intervals. On top of that, they eat constantly – both avid soccer players. I so don’t look forward to the next 8 or 9 years.
Yes Gordon is so much cuter *hehehehe*
Shhhhh don’t you be telling me about the teen years. Mine is only 19 months. I will enjoy this dang nabbit! I WILL NOT THINK OF THE YEARS TO COME!
I know I was an as*hole to my parents when I was a teen. I KNOW it. But at the same time I wasn’t as bad as OTHER kids so in theory its OK! At least that what my parents tell me while they drink really large glasses of wine constantly…
I just found out Saturday that my 22 YO unmarried uneducated unemployed daughter is pregnant! Oh, Mom, it was just that one time of unprotected sex while drunk on NYE. God how many times does that little tragedy have to play out? That’s why I’m alive BTW.
I’m in such of stew of joy and terror that I can’t figure out what to do with myself. She wasn’t a bad teen, just a sick one. She and her underemployed partner want to go through with it, despite much reality checking on our part. The SO and I are buckling our seat belts for the wild ride about to ensue. Send me your prayers and support y’all – I’m gonna need it.
Very sorry about your back. Take care now so it doesn’t become chronic.
The teenage thing, could be worse but that won’t make you feel better. My Mom and I fought or didn’t speak from the time I turned 12 until I joined the AF at 21 and got married at 22.. Then, magically, we became best friends. Sounds like you and your two are doing much better. Part of the teenage girls persona is a very smart *ss mouth as you’ve no doubt discovered. Wishing you luck and lots of hair color!!
Umm, parenthood is a trip. That is for sure. Good luck with the curling iron debacle.
I will e-mail you some suggestions for back pain I share with my clients.
You guys always make me laugh. Sorry about the kid. I think girls are harder than boys.
On the back, if it keeps up, try an inversion table. The $99 one at amazon is fine. It’s honestly pretty good for your back just as a preventative. I’m told if I had been doing it regularly for a few years my back wouldn’t be in the sad shape it’s in now. I haven’t been able to get to anything below my knees for 3 years now.
LOL! on the blue aliens. hahaha!
Cheekbones??!! Bwahahaha… Is that anything like “Does this shipsuit make my butt look big?”
Ahhh me, thanks for the laugh
Teenagers are like aliens. They never behave in an expected fashion
Ok, I agree with both of you. Clearly the same gene pool and maybe even cousins who went to the same military training camp. But I do see some differences. One is more of a Smurf blue where the other is closer to a Cookie Monster blue. I wonder if one of them is a healthier color? Also while they both have huge pectoral muscles, Gordon’s looks very fit. The other Smurf blue one one looks a bit like when Captain Kirk started wearing girdles. Which makes the line of the muscles higher and kind of makes him look like he’s got boobs. Also, his arms are shorter so less reach in a fight, and with all that extra chest he may not even have full range when moving his arms. Gordon’s looks much fitter and ready for action. I’d say all that argues for Gordon’s Cookie Monster blue being an example of a _much_ healthier example of this alien species.
Thanks for the chuckle.. I will be thinking about Gordon’s cheekbones all day…. As for teen issues, I feel you… I have three girls one is a tween and then the twins are up and comers at 10 years of age. I told hubby I would move out when the oldest was 10 and them come back when she was 21. I didn’t… I should have….
Teens! Mwahahaha.
Back pain. BOO. If this is back pain due to back strain, please don’t dissolve into a puddle and just stick somewhere! http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002119.htm
(eg move, don’t let it become stiff! but stress this is only for back pain due to back strain). Feel better soon!
LA LA LA LA LA *said in loud tone with fingers in ears*
Don’t want to hear anything horrible about teenagers! I am 15 weeks along with my 3rd and have already wondered why I decided to do this again when my 9 and 6 year old are going to be the death of me. I just can’t deal with the “If you think its bad now just wait”. I have also conveniently forgotten all the horrible things I did to my parents as a teen:)
Please let me live in my delusional world for a little bit longer, please!!!
Hehehe, you poor thing… at least you aren’t raising changeling teens, amiright?
And dang, I wish I could play SWOTOR. I’m restricted to Skyrim and Sims3 because it’s my last semester of law school and if I start a new MMO I won’t graduate. v.v
I agree with pp about the variation in color – there is a difference between them, but they could definitely be cousins!
I hate kids. That my last one made it alive and is 18 and that we are both still standing is a miracle. I am still in recovery . It’s been only six months. I am relearning how to see with uncrossed eyes. I thought she was trying to kill me. I did not choke her or knock her teeth out or throw her off the Golden Gate Bridge. So much provocation. There were so many opportunities. That means I deserve the Mother of the Year Award. You get an award when they are employed and move out or GO AWAY to college. You may be crazy, voiceless, totally grey or bald by that time. But, I will give you an award. Remind me.
My oldest daughter just turned 13 this past saturday. She is in that I don’t care stage. You know the one where you ask about something and they say I don’t care and then sulk or pout or throw a fit because they really want you to read their mind sigh. I haven’t killed her yet but I might.
My mother claimed for many years that she went to bed one night with two daughters – woke up the next morning with one daughter and a pod person. Apparently the aliens who dumped their own hideous child on Mom returned me sometime in my mid-twenties.
I think it’s part of the whole mother-daughter dynamic. You’re still young…maybe you try again and get a boy?
HAHAHAHA. That’s just mean Pod Person. The real Erin might still be with the aliens.
Gonna show my geek here but first… They so look exactly alike except for the slightly different shade of blue and the hair style. ^_^ Blue skin, red eyes=Admiral Thrawn the only non-human to ever become an Admiral by the xenophobe Emperor Palpatine. In fact I think he was a grand admiral. (I’m such a geek)
NOW you tell me that it’s false advertising ??? *lol*
I so feel your (back) pain. At least I know what to blame it on: pregnancy
I’m the mom of teh ultimate evil. I will not let bratlet have a boyfriend/date until high school. This is an ongoing fight right now. I should be shot for being so cruel.
The parenting thing doesn’t get easier, does it?
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I am currently raising three teenagers. When I whine to my mother she simply says, “Paybacks are a bitch, aren’t they?” Sigh… I swear, I really wasn’t that bad.
No kids but watching my brothers and sister with theirs I am pretty sure it was God’s way of keeping me from committing murder.
If your back isn’t any better today you may want to ice it a little and try some gentle stretches.
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Frozen peas. They cost 99 cents and are cold and cushy. They help my lower back on long trips in the car.
Cold peas 10 minutes on, 10 minutes off. Put the peas back in the freezer during the 10 off so they A) Don’t thaw out & B) They’re nice & cold.
Those two aliens don’t look anything alike!
My mother’s curse on all of us kids was that she hoped we’d grow up to each have 10 just like us. That was not meant in a kindly way, obviously. Knowing that she was all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful, I knew I was doomed so I never had any of my own. Hahaha–thwarted her for perhaps the only time in my life.
Seriously, I probably would have been considered the bad seed in most families, but my older siblings made me look *really* good by comparison. These days, if I bring up something not so sweet that I did, my mother will strongly contradict me, claiming I was a perfect angel from the moment of conception to this very day. I figure it’s the Alzheimer’s setting in, but I’ll take what I can get. Plus, it drives my sibs crazy.
What was the grounding for? I need to know what I’m getting into here!
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and why is my icon a turd with a pony tail? Is that how you picture me? It is, isn’t it?
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There, I fixed it.
geniousofevil, you look very nice. Maybe tie a colorful bow on the pony tail, to add a little color.
What? No, why would you fix it? I was my own special turd snowflake. A turdflake, if you will. With a ponytail. Now I’m just … normal.
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Thank you for making me laugh while I’m feeling ill. Sorry Ilona, my Mom said teenagers don’t become human again till they hit 25. Mine was always a good kid although I did get the Dad, you’re embarrassing me stuff sometimes. I’d just take her grocery shopping and dance to the music in the supermarket aisles to get her back
Evil I know. Also got the grunt and/or “nothing” answer when I’d ask what she was up to. Now she is in her last year of Animation at arts school and working on her final year film. I see her no more than once or twice a week as she is so busy. Basically have to pin her to the wall as she’s coming in the door to talk to her. Enjoy the years now for they grow so quickly and sometimes they surprise you and actually show some humanity. 