Two getting better, One getting badder

I know that Badder is not a word, but it is the best way to describe "Cheer". I need to changer her name from Cheer, cause lately she has not been so Cheery. I think Sneakey is more of a fit these days. But first the better. D-man and F-man are both doing really good. D-man is getting up and going to work all on his own. He seems to be more open and smiles a lot more. I believe that he is trying to avoid those temptations that he has a problem with and that altered his mood and his thinking. D-man, I am very proud of you.

F-man has had so many obstacles in his life. He is withdrawn and does not interact very well. But I do see a beautiful smile, and he is starting to open up to us some. He is spending time with his friend and playing his guitar and spending time with his friends. Cheers car broke down and he helped her repair it. I told him about a car that he might be able to purchase, it is old and needs some work, but he was really excited about it. I don't know about getting the car, it might be too much work to fix it up. But we will see. F-man, I am proud of you.

Now the Bad girl. She is not participating in school like she should. It look like it is going to be summer school, so that she can start her senior year on track. She is spending too much time on her computer and not enough time on school work. She has got some new friends, she hasn't brought them home to meet me. She almost always has shared her friends with me, and now she seems reluctant to let me know. She stays up and out to late. I am not happy about that. I try to put a reign on it, but because she works some evenings, and has to have a job to pay for her car insurance and expenses, she has an easy out. She just says that she is at work. I think that I can trust her, but not being very close to her friends, I don;t know if I can trust them.

I think that I am missing more sleep now with her, than I did when she was a baby. I just hope that she gets out of this stage soon, or I can learn to let her go a little more.

Parent hood = Sleep deprived, frustrated and worried. Does it every end.