6/8/2006 3:41 am
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or so it seems for a happy teenager in Florida... working with teenage girls is at once a blessing and a challenge (but not a curse as no matter the nature of the energy, and sometimes it is negative and often egocentric, but who isn't)... and living with one is a constant (and I mean constant) source of inspiration and wonder and distraction...
especially now that school is out...
after a trip down south to check out her #1 college choice and visit the beach, we head to a job interview (hers... mental note: must teach her to drive) and some shopping and dinner and dessert (our favorite Gelato place is Jeremiah's... if you have one near you, feel blessed) and working more hours than usual, again, I napped for a few hours (I think I've forgotten how to sleep) and here we are again... life offline nudged any writing or uploading out of the picture until now...
even though she is my roommate’s daughter, I spend as much, if not more time with her (and doing the daily life with her) as my roommate works way too many hours to have much of a life, but someone has to pay the bills and anyone who has a teenager in the house, well, you know what the bills can become... of course I work nights and living five minutes from her school, but now that summer is here and she has so much time on her hands, I'm reminded of how wonder-filled a life can be at that explosive age...
but who can resist the sparkles behind the eyes...
she is an amazing person with an endless summer attitude (not that she doesn't have he usual angst and occasional selfish rudeness, but then, the world does revolve around her, doesn't it? (she doesn't always enjoy my sarcasm, but always gets it... smart girl we have here... especially when she hands me a new stack of CDs or DVDs she's burned for me... the way to my heart {and free rides wherever she needs to go} is definitely through music)...
being the adult her and her friends trust to tell all their intimate secrets to often leaves me with little time for myself these days, but it's fun being considered the cool adult... that's what I get for never growing up... we've got another year left to bounce around together and I'll miss her next fall when she starts, but I'll also have a lot more life to fill up (empty nest syndrome by proxy?)...
hopefully my endless summer will continue to continue too 
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