Twilight, Knitting & Teenaged daughters

I am one of the nutty moms who took their teenaged daughters to see "Twilight" at midnight last night. It was actually a pretty good movie and frankly, it made my daughter so happy to see it, it was worth the loss of sleep. Getting home at 2:40 am....I don't think I have done that since before my daughters were born. Today will be tough. I am running on less than three hours of sleep and a lot of coffee at the moment, but again it was worth it to see how excited my daughter was. Of course, I have to go see it again tonight because my eldest daughter has been on a Kairos retreat for most of this week. At least it was a good movie.

Sadly, I forgot to bring my knitting with me last night. I had it right next to my handbag and decided at the last moment not to take it. I was not sure how mobbed the theatre would be and how long it would take us to get into a seat. Of course, because I did not bring it with me, we had an hour to kill waiting for the movie to start. I could have made some serious headway on my second sock. Sigh. Next time, I will not be so unprepared.

My youngest daughter is contemplating changing schools. She is frustrated with some of her teachers and her curriculum and has decided that she would like to check out boarding schools. Part of me wants to tell her NO (a very big part of me), but I also want her to have the opportunity to try for something more challenging. My nephew is a boarding student and he has thrived in the boarding school environment. My sister is a big proponent of the boarding school experience. Right now we are only looking at three different schools --two are in state and one is farther away (much farther away). I have set some very rigid parameters as to whether or not she would be able to attend a boarding school, but I have to at least allow her the possibility. My child who is almost always upbeat was so terribly sad earlier this week. I couldn't stand it. She and I have agreed that she will remain at UA if none of the boarding schools will work out, but I know deep down she is hoping for boarding school. I'm pretty sure her father is somewhat less than thrilled, but he has not tried to shut her down. Although I do not want her to be rejected, it probably will not be easy to get into a boarding school as a Junior. I guess I will just need to ride this one out and see where it takes her.