Life as we know it

Life as my family has known it for the past 4 years is changing. My husband just called to tell me he just had a call from his ex. Chelsea, my stepdaughter, started her first period this morning. No wonder she was so cranky over the weekend!

We recently switched from having an answering machine to having voicemail at home. In other words, when the kids are home they can't hear what messages have been left. When I got home Friday I checked the voicemail and there was a message from a boy, "Chelsea, baby, call me."

Baby? She's 13 ?!?!?! And who is this kid anyhow? All she has said is that it is a friend from school.

Oh boy. Somehow I feel like we need to put on our seatbelts and get ready for a bumpy ride.