Tight schedule today! The boys and I had to get up early and take Cassidy to school, because she was leaving from school for a weekend-long choral retreat with SCCC, Mike needed my truck to haul his drums to play his first gig, so Mom gets Cassidy's car, which is really still my car.... It was comical that I would be driving her teenage-ified car around to homeschool events all day. My Facebook post:
"Cassidy has done ghettofied my car, and I have to drive it to home school events today. "Kim Loves You!" in bright pink across the back windshield, air fresheners dangling around, Dolla, T-Pain, & Tay-Dizm sangin' "Who The **** is tha-at" on the CD player."
The boys and I treated ourselves to Starbucks breakfast sandwiches...YUM. We are disappointed that they dropped the mini doughnuts in order to offer the Pumpkin Spice Latte, though :( Boo!
First stop was Home School Day at the rec center. It was crazy packed with home schoolers of all ages! It was a nice surprise to see some of my peeps from farther away there. Sam & Josiah immediately got involved in a game of something-or-another "Vortex", and I realize that I am in trouble for not writing the name of the game down because purchase of it has been heavily requested now. If anyone recognizes it from the pic, please speak up! Anyway, there was a Drawing Club, Star Wars Club, Game Room, Board Game Club, Game Room, and I don't even know what else. The boys had a blast as always and did not want to leave when it was time to go.
For a late lunch AND our Health lesson for the day, we had lunch at Earth Fare. The boys used to eat off of the bar, but in order to collect the Itty Bitty Bites cards, they started getting the Kids Healthy Meal. They have a menu that they get to check what they would like to have in each category, then hand it to the deli person and have their order filled. We love Itty Bitty Bites comic books, and we are anxiously awaiting Issue #3. #1, Trans Fat Tina, has been the best so far. I am so blessed to live so near to Earth Fare.
We had a Not-Back-To-School Pool Party with Rock Hill Area Home schoolers from 4pm to 6pm, which the boys had a blast at, but me not so much. I brought healthy snacks and added them to the snack table of JUNK. These people obviously have no concern with their diets. The Moms were nice enough, but very obviously extremely conservative. I think they smelled the "evil" on me. Thank goodness I am a seasoned Unschooler who doesn't give a care about fitting in.
I took the boys to the ex-MIL's for their Dad's visitation weekend. Walking them in the house, I noticed my Grandparent's antique coffee and end tables (that he stole during the separation, said he didn't have, then they showed up in his parents living room) were not in my ex-MIL's living room any longer. It was a very interesting spiritual experience that lasted until I got to the end of the driveway: I was *aware*...I thought, "If they were going to get rid of them, why didn't they return them to me?"....for a brief moment I remembered ALL of the monetary and tangible loss...and I was *comfortably numb* with the memory. Aware but numb. I'll take that. Then a thought came, "*Things* are just things, and I have so much more intangibles than I could have ever hoped for. It's not the *things* you took from me that bothers me, but your lack of integrity." And with that I pulled out of the driveway, and haven't even thought enough of it since to mention it to my husband.
A few miles down the road driving away from the Ex-MIL's house, and I heard a song that I absolutely LOVE...Fly Like a G6 , and so I slipped into party mode! I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive about riding solo and making an entrance at a bar alone, but I was also excited for my husband. I am really not a fan of bar flies, and hanging out at bars & clubs does not even make the list of things to do when I have free time. Don't get me wrong, I have done my fair share of bar-hopping & clubbing back in the day, and I can't remember exactly when I became completely disenchanted with the entire scene, but I most definitely am. I showered & got dressed, rather conservatively. I thought, "Hmmmm....Mike loves me, but he is attracted to women on the trashy side, and I want to win tonight...", so I put on a tight little push-up cami, tight jeans, and sexy boots. I won all right...some drunk Grandma was ready to whoop my ass because all of the (mostly toothless) men were admiring me so. I can't say I didn't have a good time, though, we did have some dear friends show up, as well as the bass player's wife was there, so we had a lot of laughs...and I had free beers! I had no idea..the band (and wives) drink free! Wow! The band sounded great. I am their best groupie, because I hung in there and ate with the band at Waffle House at 3ish in the morning! Do you have any idea how looong it has been since I did that? They are playing the same bar this coming Saturday. I only own one slutty push-up cami, and I done wore it...What to do? What to do?
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