Teenagers, Puberty, Turning 40--Oh my!

As you can read, I had the dubious honor of turning 40 recenly. On top of "celebrating" that milestone, our son turned 16 and our daughter is slowly beginning the decent into puberty. If you want drama, our house is worth a visit!

Two months before JB turned 16, he began a relationship with his first "serious" girlfriend. Great. As if getting his driver's license wasn't enough to worry about, now I get the double pleasure of thinking about him driving ALONE in the car with a GIRLFRIEND!! Many talks about wearing raincoats in the rain and all of that have followed in these past three months. We do totally adore Alexis and have a lot in common with her folks...so it's a good thing. But after not being interested in girls much his entire life, he seems totally smitten. It must be L-O-V-E because he turned to me one day in April and said, "Mom. Do you know what today is?" Hmm. Besides being a Saturday? I have no idea! "It's my three month anniversary with Lex."

Holy hell! We're counting anniversaries?! BARTENDER!!!!! (Chanting to him: don't forget about raincoats! Always have a RAINCOAT ON if you decide to go out in the weather!!!)

On top of all of this trauma, Lauren is totally turning into a GIRL! My little tomboy recently expressed her desire to have "real bras" in her undergarment collection. No training bra anymore for her. Hell no. She wants a BRA. Of course, the ones she like have the padded cups that I was thinking would take her a year to fill but it's actually only taken her about four months. What the fuck!?! Plus, I've had to teach her how to shave under her arms which means there is hair growing in other places I so don't want to think about AND that dreaded day of "becoming a woman" cannot be far behind. BARTENDER!!!!!

No WONDER I had to go with my girlfriends to Mexico for a full week to handle turning 40. Coupious amounts of alcohol have definitely been the "medication" of the era I'm living in right now.