When your teenager acts like a human being...

Many of you have heard me complain in the past about my stepson. He is now 19 years old. Last school year he completed two courses and he plans to complete the rest of his high school this coming school year at adult education. As if that weren't enough, he has started looking for a job (no luck so far) and this morning he actually picked up his own laundry off the bedroom floor and put it in the washer himself.

My own kids don't live with me but they both work part time and when they are here they help with the housework and do their own laundry. So you would think I would be accustomed to this. I have been so busy being aggravated with my stepson that I am now completely shocked by his "normal" behavior. I am waiting for the excrement to hit the ventilation unit...

I have to say I am pleased in a way but in another way I can't believe it's real. Have you ever experienced this kind of sudden change in your teenagers? Should I revel in the glory or should be wary that things could suddenly go back to the way they were?