Javalina talked a lot of shit, as usual, that if they won the game against Travis, that he would take his friends on the team to dinner. He wasn't sure where they would go, but he said he would pay. Maybe that was the motivation they needed, but they did end up winning that one game 40-20. It was hard to align them right then and there to get together for a dinner, so it didn't happen right away.
As far as him having the money, he doesn't work and his laziness does not prompt me to want to give him a standard allowance, but he always manages to have a little money on himself. Either his grandparents slip him $40 bucks here or $60 bucks there or a holiday comes up and he ends up with cash. Even then, his biggest stash is his "Disney" fund. This is money specifically meant to be spent in the great state of Florida, whenever we go back. The last time we went, he was between wanting anything Legos and/or just some good food. This boy has never been the materialistic monster that Boy is. Whereas Boy can find wants and needs anywhere he goes, Javalina does not care for "stuff".
Last time we went, Wife and him had jars of coins they cashed out from years of saving. Those big green coin machines started showing up where you could cash out for bucks, simply by dumping the coins in. They walked away with like $700-$800 in Walk Around Money, WAM. I then gave him a couple hundred bucks since he was carrying a wallet for the first time at the parks and his grandparents also gave him money. By the time we left for back home, he still had $600 and we kept it in the closet for the next time we went. That has turned into a long 3-4 years and we went through some lean times where eventually I took all that money when we were coming up short here and there. Now that we've had Girlie paying rent and other things, I have replenished his money and even added more, to where he had $1000 in there. So, it was easy for him to say he had the money to feed his boys. Wife spun out into lesson mode, she was worried he would just give the money away since he is such a weirdo when it comes to cash.
I picked him up after school yesterday and he approached the Excursion by himself and asked if I had the money, I only took $200, figuring he wouldn't spend more than that. I said yes, and then he asked like I am a stranger if it would be alright if we gave his friends a ride to Cici's Pizza. I said "yes, stop being weird and get them." Boy would just bring them and stuff them in the trunk space if he had to, this boy is so reserved about everything. Cici's Pizza is relatively cheap, it used to be $3.99 a person, now it is up to $6.99 or something like that for their buffet. Javalina said $50 covered the meal. He then said he broke another $50 for change to play some video games, not sure if he blew the whole $50 or what, but he does seem to have had a lot of fun for a couple hours.
I went to Lowe's and walked around slowly, then Wife said to go to HEB to get some cow cheek meat and a cow tongue, for breakfast. This is otherwise known as barbacoa and what starts out as the grossest sounding thing, ends up one of the tastiest. We gave a ride to 4 of the 6 boys that rode with us and I found it interesting. Two lived in apartment complexes and two lived in houses. I have a hard time processing the whole "you live in a big house" because to me everyone in this neighborhood lives in a big house. We don't hang out with other people at their houses, but people are living in some crowded conditions. One of the boys said he had 7 siblings as we dropped him off at an apartment complex, you know at best they live in a 3 bedroom, that has to be tough. Another kid had like 5-6 trucks parked in the driveway, which I made the joke to "go inside and kick someone in the nuts for not picking you up." I mean that many cars and nobody could be bothered to go pick up their baby??? He just laughed an uncomfortable laugh. Javalina got after me to not be making comments like that. I just told him "settle down Little (name of my younger brother)". They both share the same stick up their ass, no humor comes out of them. I just told the kids I don't mind dropping y'all off but I am a smart ass, don't take it personally.
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