Just a rant ... you might want to skip it

So this is my blog and I'm going to use it to bitch and gripe for a minute. If you're not interested in reading about parenting a thirteen year old ... stop reading ... now.

This freaking kid got to do exactly what he wanted this weekend. He slept over at friend's on Thursday and again last night, he went snowboarding with a friend, and when he was home he sat on his ass and did nothing or ate. 

I called him this morning and told him he had to come home and help with stuff around the house. Instantly ... negativity. Always negativity from this kid. Nick took everything out of his closet and put it on his bed so he could go through it and get rid of all the crap that doesn't fit (there was TONS of stuff that doesn't fit) and organize the stuff that does. You would think we told him to clean the entire house from top to bottom ... all by himself ... with no cleaning supplies. The tone his voice takes is the most annoying thing I have EVER heard and it makes me twitch ... seriously ... like a mental patient. 

I've got nothing here. What am I going to do? Take away the weekend he already had? Umm ... too late. He got what he wanted and now he can be a jerk. I can make threats but he's not scared, concerned, the least bit motivated. 

I seem to have misplaced the "Perfect Parenting" handbook but I'm pretty sure slapping your kid across the back of the head is out so what am I to do?

Twitch ... Twitch