Running with Scissors

WOW. Have you ever tried to watch the movie Running With Scissors? WEIRD.

Last night daughter and I watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. After traveling all over the place looking for the DVD we finally found it on the complete opposite side of town. She is taking Honors English this semester, her first semester in high school and she has two projects due on the book the first day of school. I am not sure why they do this to kids (make them do projects over the summer) but she will spend the next few days working on them and you know she is so happy about that. Evidently watching the movie was a total waste of time since the movie is NOTHING like the book. I was scared that since the book was such a hard read, she did not remember anything about it, but the whole movie she kept saying, "Uhh...this was not in the book." That's a pretty good sign.

Friday and Saturday we spent school shopping for clothes. It is tax free weekend this weekend and the malls and stores like Target were absolutely packed. I spent WAY too much money on her. She has decided that she wants to go "Boho" and be a little Sienna Miller. This involves lots of Free People clothing. Ever priced that stuff? Wow. I didn't think hippies had that much money. If you have any idea where I can get any Free People stuff at a discount price, let me know. We were fortunate to find a good bit of it on sale at our local Belk's here and got some really cute stuff. I did really great at American Eagle since I have their access card and had enough points to get 30% off there along with the tax free savings (8%)! Go me! After saving a good bit of money there she talked me into a $98.00 pair of jeans. Can you say SUCKER? Evidently they are amazing! They better be!

On a more serious note, don't you just love it when life gives you a big ole slap in the face? On Thursday my oldest son discovered a mass on a private area of his body. I made him an doctor's appointment for this Tuesday morning, but needless to say I am scared to death (he is too). I have been googling it (doctors hate this), and have been reading some really scary stuff with words like Testicular Cancer. I really pray this is not the case, but I am preparing myself since he is in the targeted age range and I am the type of person that automatically goes for the worst case scenario. I am just thankful that he listened to me when he got out of the Navy and got himself some good health insurance. He use to never listen to me when he was younger, but now....I think I am starting to make sense to him. Thank Goodness!!!! If you are reading this, please pray for him and that the outcome will be nothing serious. I am praying in a major way! Hopefully after this exam I will have something positive to post, but I am sure our doctor will refer him to a urologist to be sure. At this point I am willing to do whatever it takes to make sure he is okay. Even if he is 23, he is still my baby.

Oh well...I have LOTS of laundry to do.

*sigh*