8-26-2010

Today I resisted the urge to reprimand a teenager so as not to humiliate Cassidy. I took her to meet her boyfriend in the Taco Bell parking lot to have lunch and ride to ATC class together. As I was pulling out, I saw a crowd of teen boys parked beside of Cassidy & Chase. I saw one throw his trash on the ground behind his truck just as Sam exclaimed, "Mom! That dude just LITTERED!!!" This has to be in the top 50 on the Things That Make Robin Super Pissed list (and Sam gets extra points for knowing this).Would it count as Community Service for the boys homeschool portfolios if we go hang out in the Taco Bell parking lot at lunch time every day and confront the little piss-ants?

The boys were out front taking the pups out for the Three P's: Piss, Poop, Play...and the neighbor walked her 4 year old over to see the pups. I go out to be neighborly, and find that Sam has already informed her that, "We decided to homeschool so that we can take care of the puppies all day." I'm sure this, as well as my breath from eating a clove of raw garlic just moments ago, has confirmed many suspicions that she already had about us. (And yes, Sam, I have been homeschooling since the year 2000-ish because of the puppies we didn't know we were getting, until we got them, this past Sunday night in the year 2010...)

I am thinking that we will take advantage of the weather and do a Field Trip-A-Thon until it's just too damn cold to go anywhere. When it becomes so cold that there is no green in sight and it's too miserable to play in the creek, we can cuddle up all cozy in the house and do some Math! We also want to incorporate one dog per trip if allowed, to make up for any sad feelings they might have over loss of attention because of the pups.

My back is really hurting today, and now includes left-upper side. Cassidy massaged my back and shrieked in horror as she announced how swollen my back is. I'm thinking I may have pulled something at Home Depot Monday as I cradled a pup in my right arm and at the same time lifted a big ass roll of garden fencing over and into the buggy with my left arm. Ibuprofen has taken the edge off. Mike had to get us take-out Chinese for dinner though. I think I will soak in the tub and sit in My Chair facing the dark abyss of the back yard and read for the rest of the night, never mind, I have three kids, one husband, five dogs, two cats, one guinea pig, two hermit crabs, and one turtle. I will try to get a million things done and actually accomplish two or three, then I will collapse into the bed with no bath.