Actually, it has been a fun filled weekend. There was much 'want to do' stuff and not much 'have to do' stuff.
Friday after work, I went to my Principal's new house to look at some electric that was supposedly repaired. She was concerned. I alleviated her concerns and assured her the repair work was good. From there it was home to my honey.
We went out Friday night to karaoke. We were there long enough to sing one song. There was a party of 4 sitting at a table behind us (we chose to sit at the bar) that was way obnoxious. It was enough for us to decide to come home early. We were home by 10:30 (Yep, party animals that we are.) Chella wasn't real happy with the way the evening was working so she was happy to see us home. Pete (upstairs neighbor) wanted Chella to babysit for his 2 year old son. He wanted her to babysit overnight. Tammy and I discussed this and certain conditions had to be met before we would say yes. One of those conditions was that Tommy (his brother in law and Tammy's cousin) not be there. Tommy is 28 and mentally retarded. He is mostly functional. He just has the mind of a teenager. Well .. The answer to question one was that Tommy would be there overnight. BUZZZZZZ wrong answer.
Justin, Chella's BF agreed to babysit. That presented a few complications. Chelsea could not be at Pete's while they were gone and Justin was babysitting. Justin couldn't be here because he was watching Billy. That effectively ruined her chances to see him that night. THEN, Justin's mom called. It seems that Justin missed the second half of the school day and one of our long standing rules is that if you are too sick for school, you are too sick for BF or GF visits. Further, he was to visit to walk Chella home from school and then return home. His mom asked that we bring him home the following day (after she was informed of the babysitting snafu) and that he would be grounded from visiting or calling the rest of the weekend.
So, Chella was bored and parental company is better than no company.
Saturday, I scared the kids. I was nice. I try not to do it very often. It is hard to keep your mean parent ogre status if you keep doing these random acts of kindness. I took the kids to Joseph-Beth book store and told them to go forth and buy books. Tammy and I went to the coffee shop. Tammy had a Double Expresso Macchiato. Now ... Tammy is hyper active, and caffeine has a reverse effect on her. It calms her down. That is, it calms her down until she hits an overload. That Double Expresso Macchiato was enough to met and exceed her tolerances. She was a wall bouncer after that.
From there we went out to eat at Corky's BBQ. The food was good and the company was better. We had fun (which, as I said, scared the kids rightly.) Then we went to the Family dollar. Chella has been begging for a certain pair of black pants for over a week. I would have given them to her the first day but it is too much fun to watch her beg and try to be nice. When she got there, the pants were gone. She found some other black pants that suited her though. She is now priming her begging for a shirt to match.
Then it was on the homestead.
Sunday was a slow day, which I like a lot. We made a pt store run to buy some supplies for Ava the python. That turned out empty handed. We went to Friends and Co to eat some lunch and meet Gary (old Friend/best man at our wedding) whom we hadn't seen for a while. Kyle was with us. Gary loves Kyle and Kyle loves him right back. It was good to see Gary.
Then back home.
I had a Board meeting this evening in Versailles. We kept it short. It started at 7 and ended real close to 9. So, now I am home, have blogged, and am ready for some warm waterbed snuggling.
See y'all later ...
Friday after work, I went to my Principal's new house to look at some electric that was supposedly repaired. She was concerned. I alleviated her concerns and assured her the repair work was good. From there it was home to my honey.
We went out Friday night to karaoke. We were there long enough to sing one song. There was a party of 4 sitting at a table behind us (we chose to sit at the bar) that was way obnoxious. It was enough for us to decide to come home early. We were home by 10:30 (Yep, party animals that we are.) Chella wasn't real happy with the way the evening was working so she was happy to see us home. Pete (upstairs neighbor) wanted Chella to babysit for his 2 year old son. He wanted her to babysit overnight. Tammy and I discussed this and certain conditions had to be met before we would say yes. One of those conditions was that Tommy (his brother in law and Tammy's cousin) not be there. Tommy is 28 and mentally retarded. He is mostly functional. He just has the mind of a teenager. Well .. The answer to question one was that Tommy would be there overnight. BUZZZZZZ wrong answer.
Justin, Chella's BF agreed to babysit. That presented a few complications. Chelsea could not be at Pete's while they were gone and Justin was babysitting. Justin couldn't be here because he was watching Billy. That effectively ruined her chances to see him that night. THEN, Justin's mom called. It seems that Justin missed the second half of the school day and one of our long standing rules is that if you are too sick for school, you are too sick for BF or GF visits. Further, he was to visit to walk Chella home from school and then return home. His mom asked that we bring him home the following day (after she was informed of the babysitting snafu) and that he would be grounded from visiting or calling the rest of the weekend.
So, Chella was bored and parental company is better than no company.
Saturday, I scared the kids. I was nice. I try not to do it very often. It is hard to keep your mean parent ogre status if you keep doing these random acts of kindness. I took the kids to Joseph-Beth book store and told them to go forth and buy books. Tammy and I went to the coffee shop. Tammy had a Double Expresso Macchiato. Now ... Tammy is hyper active, and caffeine has a reverse effect on her. It calms her down. That is, it calms her down until she hits an overload. That Double Expresso Macchiato was enough to met and exceed her tolerances. She was a wall bouncer after that.
From there we went out to eat at Corky's BBQ. The food was good and the company was better. We had fun (which, as I said, scared the kids rightly.) Then we went to the Family dollar. Chella has been begging for a certain pair of black pants for over a week. I would have given them to her the first day but it is too much fun to watch her beg and try to be nice. When she got there, the pants were gone. She found some other black pants that suited her though. She is now priming her begging for a shirt to match.
Then it was on the homestead.
Sunday was a slow day, which I like a lot. We made a pt store run to buy some supplies for Ava the python. That turned out empty handed. We went to Friends and Co to eat some lunch and meet Gary (old Friend/best man at our wedding) whom we hadn't seen for a while. Kyle was with us. Gary loves Kyle and Kyle loves him right back. It was good to see Gary.
Then back home.
I had a Board meeting this evening in Versailles. We kept it short. It started at 7 and ended real close to 9. So, now I am home, have blogged, and am ready for some warm waterbed snuggling.
See y'all later ...
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That sounds like an ideal weekend : )
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