Got Myself A Couple of Teens

Well, it's official, I have a fourteen year old and a sixteen year old. Who'd a thunk it?

Now that Owen is fourteen he is dying to get a job. He's been researching labor laws in Illinois and evidently he can work up to three hours a day during the school year if he gets a work permit from his school. I said he has to keep his grades up however and he said, "Ohhhhhhhhh." He frowned, thought a bit and said, "well, that's stupid." Ah yes. We......mmmm discussed it. I told him we'll see what his grades are like in March and if they're good enough, AND he can find a job, he can do that then. The thought of not being able to find a job for two and a half months made him incredibly sad. 

In other news, the Strokes t-shirt I got him for Christmas is evidently not an authorized one, but a knock off, and so he feels funny about wearing it. I applaud his support of artists and copyrights but geez....I was so happy when I found it....

Over the weekend Ernie and I had a long talk with Leo about college. It hit me that he will be a JUNIOR in high school this fall and I felt positively faint. I used to feel that getting him into a good school was vitally important but I must say I've come around to think that we need to really try not to leave him with a load of college debt and that's just as important. We shall see...we shall see....

I've also decided that come hell or high water....we're going to Maine this year.....

Lastly, I am finding this whole go back to work the holidays are over thing rather exhausting. We've got a house concert at the end of the month though...will focus on that....