Room for Rent

Looks like we’re getting a house guest for the summer. I don’t really mind, because that translates into slave labor and I may be able to get away with not doing a single ounce of yard work all summer.

Allow me to explain, my step-sister will be starting college at Pitt in the fall, however a few weeks ago she called and asked me if she could stay with us for the summer to get used to the city and maybe get a job.

I asked the hubby and he didn’t mind, I think he was also amazed at the prospect of having some cheap (ie free) labor around the house for the summer.

Now, the only problem that I can see is, is that I have no idea how to live with a teenager. I figured by the time I had teenagers in my house, I would be much older. I’m guessing she doesn’t need a lot of supervision, but she’s never lived in a city before, so we’ll have to lay out some basic rules. Like, we always keep our doors locked, buses travel against traffic on one-way streets, so you need to look both ways before crossing. You know, the usual. Now lately I’ve been getting a lot of email from her, and it seems that her mom changes her mind daily about whether she should come out here or not for the summer. This sort of ties into yesterdays post. Anyway, the girl is 18, I’m guessing she can make up her own mind and it really doesn’t matter what her mom thinks. She needs to get out of the house sometime, what’s 3 months sooner anyway? Now, what I also find amusing is that her older sister spent a year in Brazil as an exchange student when she was a senior in high school, then she moved in with some dude 11 years older than her and her mom didn’t seem to have a problem with that, but moving to Pittsburgh and living with a family member is a great catastrophe???

When my dad retired from running his business, he moved out into cow country, so I can see why she wants to get away. There’s nothing to do around there and her twin brother is reporting to West Point in late June, so she won’t even have him to hang out with.

Well, I guess only time will tell, but I’m going to start getting my “to-do” list ready for her.

~ by Pittchick on April 25, 2007.