As I’ve mentioned, Torey and I have a contentious relationship. She was 12 when I got together with her dad and, it’s funny, we go through periods where everything is great and we go through periods where I want nothing to do with her nor she me. This spring has been especially difficult, she’s overextended herself a bit with challenging classes, she’s an editor for her school’s newspaper, she plays lacrosse and she is LDS and has seminary every morning. All of this means she does not get enough sleep and is constantly stressed about schoolwork. Luckily, as the school year winds down some of her stress dissipates.
The last couple of times she’s been over we have had a great time. She’s been fun and chatty, opening up about school and her activities there. We also talked a bit about her planned schedule for the next couple of years and the – slight – chance she may be overextending herself. Even though we were telling her things she didn’t want to hear – like she might need to take fewer AP classes – she handled it well. And, just a couple of days later she happily played a family game with all of us.
I don’t know if it’s her, me, or the time of year…but I’ll take it.
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