Up to this point Joelle has had a few bras. Nothing fancy and mainly things to play soccer in. It wasn't that she needed them so much but now she is at the point where she needs one. She is what we would think of as a AA. Early this week she said she needed a new bra, so last night we went shopping. Needless to say she is her mother's daughter. While the very helpful sales gal at Macy's was showing us some nice basic bras, Joelle pipes up with don't you have anything with stripes or polka dots or something? So we found one polka dots, two white ones and a black one. Of course it was mortifying to have me in the fitting room with her, but the sales gal and I convinced her that she needed help getting just the right fit. So now she has new bras and I have a new bargaining chip. (which I will get to in a minute)
This week Joelle was sick again. It is the throat thing and Mitch has it too. I think hers is minor and his must be too because he went and played cards at Dustin's last night. Joelle got sick at school on Wed. She laid in the health room for about two hours before I took her home at about 12:30. The next day I stayed home with her. I am just not ready to leave her alone for a whole day. So while she slept I cleaned and got things done. This was greatly appreciated as Mitch was off the next day and he slept until noon. He never does that- but again he is getting that throat thing I had.
Joelle has been doing Ok, but again I am concerned about her grades. She is not doing well in math and Spanish. So I am trying to help her by showing her how to study and that type of thing. I hope this works. Also we have been doing the good old personal hygiene battle. I do not remember mom going through this with me. Jo does not like to shower, or wash her face, It has been a battle- that and as you all know her bedroom has hit the skids. So I want to see better grades and better hygiene. last night when we got to Macy's Joelle wanted to look at the purses- yeah uh hu. So she is really taking after me. I am not a big purse person- it is only in the last few years that I got the purses that I really like and then I have been rotating the same two based on the season for three years. They have held up really well and still look nice. So anyway she wants to look at purses and I guess the in thing is TokiDoki. They make bags, watches, clothes all of it. I imagine it is the equivalent to Guess from back in the day. So they have a table of Toki Doki bags for 60% off the last marked price. Suddenly Joelle can do math- OMG MOM LOOK!! So I know have a nice TokiDoki bag in my room waiting for the owner to improve her grades and hygiene.I only bought it cause of the price and the fact that they only had one like it. Otherwise we would have waited for improvement first.
She is currently grounded for flipping me attitude about showering on Thursday night. The same night she asked if she could have a friend over- right after I told her she was grounded. Then yesterday she also tried to get me to let her have Dani and Sarah over. Mitch was picking her up and I was in the school office and Joelle comes in to beg me to let them come over. Mitch made her ask me casue he was going to Dustin's. So I say no you are grounded- of course then it is please please please..... I say no means no and you are grounded- end of story. They go home- Jo not thrilled but oh well.
When I get home her room is clean and she is cleaning out the cat box! Apparently she had cleaned her room and was getting ready to clean the catbox when she heard the garage door open. Mitch said it was hilarious. To see her sprint to the catbox. So I am being firm and demanding and trying to get her to focus on what needs to be done. Grades and keeping herself clean. It seems I was crazy with my grades and showering when I was in sixth grade......
