Putting the "Normal" Back in "Abnormal"

I will not speak of the skanky-drug doing-whale-whore today. No, today is dedicated to the boy.

I came home from work yesterday not feeling too bad. I didn't want to kill more than one person...which I guess is about as close as back to normal as I can get. The kids were in the backyard, Grandma was upstairs cleaning their rooms (and you wonder why I keep her!), and the cat was being cute. I walked over to the window to make sure we didn't have too many other children in the yard.....and what do I see? Son whipping it out and peeing in a corner. Ugh. He gets yanked inside and put on time out until dinner. Grandma didn't see too much wrong with it. Excuse me what? You CAN'T PEE IN PUBLIC! It's not acceptable!

Is this something that guys actually do on a regular basis? Because I know other than the drunk women living downtown, this doesn't happen among women. Sure, sure....perhaps once or twice in a state of teenage drunkenness people sneak off behind a tree....there is only so much liquid the body can hold. But certainly not a common sight. We have 3 toilets in our house. All in perfect working condition. It would be like standing beside the shower and dumping buckets of water on yourself. Why would you not use it?

Daughter got her report card yesterday. She is happy that's she's allowed to go to Florida with us now. She doesn't know that it was an empty threat....and thank-goodness I didn't have to reveal that to her. She went up in all the problem areas. And not surprisingly, given the genetics, went down in 2 whole new areas. Science and PE. How do you go down in PE? Did you run less? Did you....not know how to....serve a birdie? Dribble a ball? Her response to my frustration over science (and it was a 15% or 16% drop...not sure a little bit here) was "Giggle....it's funny because it's actually my favorite subject....giggle.".....not funny. I know for a fact there have been tests that she's "forgotten" the notes for to study with. Well, no longer. Math and science will be a daily routine now....oh goody. This will improve my moods. She informed me she has a Science test Tuesday...I told her to make sure she brings home her notes on Monday...."But Mom, we leave Tuesday!"....right. That will do wonders for her marks...missing another test. Great.

Hubby is going to be among the walking dead today. He got home at 5am this morning. He started work at 1pm yesterday. And he has to be up at 7:30 to take the boy to school. Multiply that by the fact he has daughter home all day, has to take the truck in for it's service appointment, has to move the motor-home for street cleaning.....betcha he's in a great mood when I get home. Which is why I'm stopping at a couple places on the way. I'm going to be in charge of decorations for our friend's daughter's birthday in Florida....my kids are older and therefore officially suck in this department - no more cute parties.....I get to shop for princess and purple things. It's kind of sad how excited that makes me.

I spent last night (after the kids were in bed not sleeping) cleaning all our crocs and sandals for the trip. It's laundry and packing all weekend....fun times.