Done...

Done with the auto show, it was weird this year...the weather wasn't real co-operative so the first few days were dead. Saturday was packed tho. Only 110,000 showed up. I could have sworn it was 150,000. Sam is at school. Alec is at school. Caitlin is probably working. Nik is probably sleeping. I was thinking about which kid is my favorite yesterday. Everyone wonders if one of their kids is their favorite. Everyone denies it. I don't think I have a favorite, I'm not sure. Here's what drives me crazy about them. Alec is very high maintenance. So is Caitlin. I think it has something to do with the way they look when they're sleeping. They both look like babies. They have big huge eyes and a roundness about their faces the other two just don't have. Therefore, they're just big babies who cause me a lot of grief. Sam is moody. It drives me crazy. I kill myself taking care of her and she treats me like crud a lot. Giving me one syllable unintelligible answers, it is maddening. Nik is a jerk. He's impatient, stubborn and treats people like crap. Ok, now the good stuff. Alec is nice to everyone he meets until they treat him badly, he loves his mother like crazy and he is a very good son, always listens to me and always does what he's told. He's funny like Jim Carrey funny and makes us laugh all the time. Sam is smart, beautiful, funny in her own sarcastic twisted way and loves me too, even tho she hates to admit it. She faces her battles everyday with strength and humor and grace. Caitlin is loyal, funny, gorgeous and she makes me proud to be her mother everytime I talk to her. She and I are much closer than we should be. She's 18 for God's sake. She's smart and brave and I wish I were more like her. Nik is handsome and very smart (too smart) and responsible and he cares about his family very much even tho he is a 21 year old man. He makes me proud too, not letting his eyesight problems stop him. I can't wait til he moves to Chicago, then he and Caitlin can be together and be there for each other. Oh and somehow, all 4 of my kids are liberal Democrats. I don't know how that happened, but we hardly ever talked about politics when they were little. Nik and Sam are probably the most liberal. Alec is right up there and Caitlin is too....Good thing we live in Michigan, where our votes usually count for something....