I am a maniac mom.

So, with this big personality of mine comes a little drama. And a little over-exaggeration. And a smidge of crazy.
Although, I blame it all on the fact that I am raising a 12 year old girl and 13 year old boy.
THE BOY-
1. I can't understand what the heck he's saying. Mix mumbling with the fact that he won't look me in the eye to speak, and I have to ask him up to 4 times to repeat himself. I have determined from this that he is going to fail at job interviews and wont be able to support a family.
2. My boy is not very lovey. Hugs are like kryptonite to him, and when I text him I love him, he texts me back "k". I have already put him and his (hypothetical) wife in couples therapy because of his inability to be affectionate.
3. He's a slob. I imagine that his mission companion will hate him sorely (and write home about it) and Jordan's whole mission will be a battle of wills over who's towel is on the floor.

THE GIRL-
1. My daughter, who is a talented volleyball player, wants to quit. This burns me up to my very core, being that I was a latch key kid and would have LOVED to have the opportunities she has. I worry that she will quit when things get hard/boring, and will not follow through. That she won't have the benefit of accomplishing HARD things. So, I imagine she doesnt go to BYU like I want her to, quits her freshman year, and works at Walmart where she meets her stocker husband and they ask to live with us. Yeah, thats NOT gonna happen.

It is so HARD to not get all worked up about the decisions they are making! The ugly truth is much of the time I want them to be the people that I WANT THEM TO BE! Isn't that horrible?
I realize that I turned out fine without being a star athlete ( I was successful in cheerleading, but soooo badly wanted to be in softball, more respect). I think its because only now at 35, I am figuring out who I AM, who I want to BE, and I want to save them the work, and just give them all the answers.

And given the fact that I can't have caffine anymore, you can only imagine how much harder raising kids is going to be!