After battling the "new school clothes" shopping on Monday I was exhausted. Jordan has spent his entire summer either at the Boys and Girls Club or church camp with his friend next door. Easiest summer I can remember in quite a few years. I am a very young 50 year old, but with my medical problems and chronic pain some days I just get overloaded! Ha, that's probably most days!!
Apparently, the boys have decided they are finished with the club for the summer so, they are spending their last week of summer break here at the house. They are sleeping next door, but arriving here early in the mornings and staying here till 4:00 or so when my neighbors get home from work. Let me add at this point that we have the most fantastic neighbors. Jordan and his friend are nearly inseparable and I think Jordan has adopted the parents next door as his new Dad and Step-Mom (my husband passed away 3 years ago). I keep thinking they are going to hit me up for child support any day now!! lol
Yesterday morning my BFF (who lives here with us) got up early and took Old Bob (2001 Ford Explorer) to her Dad's house to haul off a bunch of old electronics and junk for him. When she got home she was so excited because the recycling place gave her $27. She was telling the boys the pool at her Dad's house looked really nice and if they were good this week she would take them swimming when she went to get her next load of junk from his place. I could tell she was exhausted from being in the heat and loading all that crap by herself. I am bad about remembering to take my pain and anxiety meds until the pain makes me sick or my heart starts beating out of my chest and I feel like I am going to faint!! Also, I guess I was still a little ragged from our shopping expedition on Monday. Anyway, the boys kept running through here and jumping around and being boys. I was cool, collected and completely under control and kept making numerous suggestions of things they could do. None of it sounded interesting to them when all of a sudden Tam says, "hey, boys, get your swimsuits and we'll go get another load from Dads and you two can swim"! I'm secretly thinking, oh thank you Tam, thank you!! lol I get busy and throw in a load of clothes and hang them on the line. I spent an hour or so talking on facebook chat with a couple of people and moved a small fraction of clothing from the mud room to my bedroom. Honestly, I accomplished very little other than fooling around on the computer. Next thing I know they are back (it was actually about 3 hours) and all excited. First of all the boys had fun swimming and going off the diving board. Second they were all excited because the 2nd load to the recycling center netted $51. Tam took the boys to Dollar General and let them spend half of it on SUGAR and the other half on groceries. Thankfully, the boys left shortly after that to go on a bike ride with the parents next door.
Now, I was thinking I had handled two days of dealing with boys in a very good way until...... Tam informed me today that she saw my eye start to tic and twitch yesterday while I was making suggestions to the boys on things to do (that would get them out of my hair). She said she can't stand it when I have a "come apart" or panic attack and she felt it was very important to remove the boys from my sight (what, what, I don't understand). I seriously just don't know what she was referring to when she said "come apart". Maybe she is confusing me with someone else.... it has to be that!! lol I understand panic attack, but COME APART.... that has to be a mistake on her part!
As a kid my summers were so busy with working in that stinking garden and doing housework that I didn't know the feeling of boredom!! If I had a free moment I sure as heck would not have sat in the same room (or house) as my parents because they would have found something for me to do.
Maybe I have raised my son in the wrong way...!!??? Maybe I should have insisted he be my little slave and do all the things I had to do as a child... lol Hey my parents wouldn't let me work fast food after I turned 16. Daddy said I would have to work enough once I became an adult!! BS, they just wanted me at home for slave labor!! lol
How have the rest of you raised your kids or how are they being raised? Do they help in the garden and hang out laundry? Do they sit inside and play video games while you mow the lawn? I would really like to know!!
Thanks,
Nanette
Head Crow in my nest!!! lol lol lol
P.S. Tam also told me that she is only afraid of two people in this world..... my daughter, Enola, and ME!!! I seriously just don't get it!!
Don't get it, my ass, you know what Im mean! lmao
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The Crow's Nest
cresentcrow
Nanette
Don't get it, my ass, you know what Im mean! lmao
ReplyDeleteOkay, now that I have slept on it I know what you mean..... it's when I reach a certain point of frustration and my eyes start rolling into the back of my head and I'm liable to say ANYTHING!! I guess that's also when you start trying to hand me the flask of Malibu Rum!! lol
ReplyDeleteYou rock BFF!
Exactly, its that eye thing that happens, when Jordan asks his 9th or 10th question and begins to bitch about how he has NOTHING to do....I grab your flask and hand it to you, as I make him and his buddy disappear for a couple hours. lol. Its really the only thing that works, without one of those come-a-parts.
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