Take 5 #003

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Lee, Isaiah, and I were having a discussion about places we’d like to move to.

Lee: Let’s move to California

Me: Nope, let’s move to Scotland

Isaiah: I want to move to Italy where there’s no acid rain or smog

Me & Lee: o_O ßthis is the universal texting sign for confusion

Lee: Sounds like you may have been paying attention in Science class

Isaiah sighed exasperatedly and said: No Dad, it's Social Studies...

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Currently we are having a very dreary rain streak. It’s day 9, but that’s from when I started counting so it’s really been a lot longer.

We live next to a storm drain so I checked it out this morning. We have a nice little pond forming. And since we’re forecasted for 7 more days of rain it could even have fish in it before it’s over.

I also checked out Jacks “bathtub.” Lee took it up to the deck to bathe him last week (he never got around to it), and he left the tub on the deck.

It was empty last Saturday – this is how much rain we’ve had.

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Monday morning newflash:

Gwinnett County Schools Closed Today for Flash Flood Warning

o_O

This is decided after my kid has been at school for 2 hours...

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It’s rare that I know exactly something I want. Even rarer to find what I want when I scour the malls and dept stores searching for it. So imagine my shock when I walk into the Khol’s for something completely different and see the exact pair of boots I’ve been looking for – for two years. Yes, I had to leave them behind. So if anyone’s looking for birthday ideas … I’m just saying.

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I had some errands to run and we took the gang with us. I dropped Colby off at Publix to run and get something and told him to meet us in Blockbuster. (They’re in the same shopping center). He gets out of the car and the door doesn’t close all the way, but he continues to walk on. I roll down the window and tell him to close the door – so he proceeds to charge the car – like a bull – and puts a huge dent in it. I'm talking about a dent the size of his body…

…Lee spent his afternoon pulling the door apart and trying to push the dent out.

All I could say was “One day, son… One day you’re gonna have children… and the revenge will be sweet…”

High Expectations

At the beginning of the year I began using reusable grocery sacks when I go to the market. I’m not sure why I started doing this as I haven’t ever been a big recycler; but for some reason doing so makes me feel better – so I do it.

Somehow though, once you switch from plastic to reusable bags, bagging etiquette flies out the window. Cold items are rarely packed together. Your cleaning items are usually hidden at the bottom of the bag, but usually always on top of your bread items; this way you get to taste your cleaning scents as you try to eat your puzzle sandwich. Sometimes your eggs are placed in the bag sideways. And since reusable bags carry more, it must be a sign of defiance if you leave any room exposed in the bag. It can have 12 can goods, 2 two liters, a 5lb bag of sugar and they still look to stuff more in.

Maybe my previous cashier experience is so engrained in me that my standards are too high, or I could just be cantankerous – I hear that happens with age.