Post Holiday Update

I am soooooo glad to be out on vacation this week. Middle school is really, really hard. Those kids were giving me such a run for my money, and I find myself becoming someone I don't like when I am trying to keep them in line. Some days I feel like such a failure at it. I think elementary school is more my speed.
I had a nice time with my family over the holidays! This is a first. My mother was calm, not "hyper" and getting angry over little things. All the kids were well behaved.
When I was leaving my mother wanted to give me a box to put all the leftovers in. I told her I needed bags, that a box would be too heavy. (Not to mention I need my hands to help me get into my house from the garage). She then packed it all in one bag and said: "it's not heavy". To which I said: "Maybe not for you" which pissed her off. It just amazes me that she is so out of touch with what I can do and what I can't do. She worried about stuff with me that she shouldn't, but then she totally misses the mark when it comes to some of what I can and cannot do. It's very confusing to me, which it always has been since childhood.
I have to get off this computer. My neck is irritated and my fingers are jumping around of their own accord because of it. It is so weird!!