oh yeah. just found out the 16 year old and her 27 year old scumbag are now living with his parents...
not too awfully far from here.

trip cancelled. i was an idiot because i listened to That Idiot and his Best F(r)iend, who talked me out of taking her.
and then we found out that the boy i found her with died friday night from a horrid freak accident. she is devastated.
if only i'd taken her to florida, she would have never found out about his death...
if only, if only, if only.

life is short. live it while you can.

my 15 yo is returning to florida to live with her father.

i hate florida. lived there with that man for 9 ages. i could have tolerated it if i hadn't been allergic to orange blossums. so we moved to texas as a family, he moved back there with a girlfriend. long, depressing story.

back to the 15 yo. she is bipolar. and a handful in her own right. i had hopes that we could deal with the mental health issues without it coming to her being heavily medicated. none of the medications commonly prescribed for teenagers with this disorder have been tested and been found to be effective. that is why i went the non medication route.
coping skills. that was the route i chose.

and she copes ok most of the time. except when she gets in trouble, then all bets are off.

so, last night when i found a strange boy in her bed(they weren't naked, yet), she refused to admit her wrong-doing... and as always that attitude just floors me.
i should have blown up and thrown a screaming, yelling, throwing things hissy fit.
but i just stayed calm, tired. told the boy i better not see him again ever(i didn't have my contacts in so i didn't get a real good look at him in the first place).
and she demanded to stay the rest of the night at That Idiot's house. i escorted her there and told him what was up.
she may not be home when i get there, but she is the one who demanded to go to her father's house... by gawd i'll see she gets there one way or another.