Teenagers....

So, yes, it's been a while, but I have been busy... who hasn't LOL! Anyway... I am perplexed, confused, angered, confused, irritated, confused, in awe, and just plain confused about K1. All she has talked about these past few years is being a teacher. She has been in Teacher Cadet 1 and Teacher Cadet 2, done some student teaching, and finally, after much mind changing decided she wants to be a music education major. FANTASTIC!!! We are so incredibly proud of her! She makes awesome grades and SEEMS to be on track. She is going to apply for all these scholarships (the only way, besides student loans, she will be able to attend college) keeps her grades up and aside from annoying teenage stuff and drama, pretty much keeps her nose clean and out of serious trouble (THANK YOU GOD!!!). All of a sudden this year, her senior year, she has lost her mind. Her grades are still awesome and she still wants to do music education but she has not made ANY effort to apply for scholarships, study for her SAT (except the week before, which didn't work that well for her so she is taking it again), or anything except TALK about going to college. She decided ON HER OWN that she did not want to apply for the NC Teaching Fellows Scholarship. No consultation with the parents, nothing... everytime we inquired, she was on it. Now, this scholarship and her wanting to attend ECU was one of the MAJOR factors we based our decision to stay in NC while William took the job in Maryland. Our family has sacrificed A LOT so she would have residency and be able to attend where she wanted to and graduate with her friends. SHE DROPPED THE BALL! Why have we lived apart for these past 2 years... so she could muck it up?? K2 was another major factor - there is not an early college high school where William is and we didn't want her to have to repeat some classes and let's face it, she has the chance to graduate with her Associate's Degree next year! While she has had her moments also, she is still focused and on track.. she is motivated enough to take on extra classes this year so IF we decide to move this summer, she will have completed the work required for her high school diploma (a year early). But this is more about K1. I don't know if she thinks college is going to fall in her lap?? I inquire almost daily about the progress of her studying for the SAT (not yet, I need to __________ first), filling out her FASFA form and looking and applying for scholarships (no K1, the entry every day to seventeen magazine for a 1 million dollar scholarship does not count) and while she may not actually get all these scholarships, it would help if she would at least TRY!!! Show some initiative girl! Have we made life too easy for you??? She does have her audition date for the School of Music, but she hasn't submitted her application yet... and this is serious stuff, you would think she would be practicing for her audition in one month... nope... she is an extremely talented musician! BUT it takes practice... after all, she isn't the only talented one out there. Harsh realities are being presented to her this weekend. She has the possibility of losing her car and cell phone until she can pay for them if she does not make some kind of effort to get the ball rolling - in the RIGHT direction.... UUUUGGGGHHHHHHHH

K3 is doing great in school and has aspirations to attend the Naval Academy... and be a star lacrosse player! I hope it stays that way!!

K4 is also doing great in school, but his aspirations change quite frequently these days... but he still has plenty of time!!!

What the heck were we thinking William???!!!!!