Tuesday started out like any other day. I was supposed to get up with my alarm clock at 3:00pm and get my truck ready to sell at Carmax. I did not jump out of bed, actually, Wife ended up calling me around 4:00pm wondering what I was doing. I told her I was asleep, and thanks for waking me up, sarcastically. I remembered we did talk about it and I had meant to be up and moving around by then, so I got up and headed outside. I turned the truck 180 degrees so the tailgate faced the house, I sold the truck but kept the fifth wheel hitch and it is not a light piece of metal. It is solid iron and easily over 100-150 pounds. I almost managed to fall with it on top of me. As I lifted it and took a step back from the truck, my Croc caught the edge of the cement that steps up into the garage. If I hadn't thrown the other foot back and basically dropped the hitch straight down, I might have gone backwards and dropped the thing on my legs, like I haven't had enough problems with either one lately. Chubs came outside just in time to see me in a panic, and he has the balls to tell me he is doing all the hard work because I told him to go get me some bags to collect all the stuff from inside the truck.
About this time Girlie got home and was asking me about how many stamps to put on an envelope, she got a speeding ticket over the weekend and was filing whatever she needs to do to take defensive driving. I told her it looked like a normal letter and one stamp should be enough. Chubs and I kept cleaning the truck, it went fairly fast. Just as I was walking back in to go take a quick shower and go take the truck, Girlie comes out to the garage crying that she is in pain holding on to the door. I was sure she was going to pass out, but where she was I could not really help her. She managed to take baby steps out into the garage and I prompted her to get in the truck. It must have took 5 minutes for her to get across the garage and into the truck. Meanwhile Chubs ran in twice to get her some sandals and then to get her purse.
We got to the hospital as quickly as we could, I called her mom and Wife while on the way. Her step-dad happened to call her and she handed me the phone, she was in too much pain to talk, I told him where we were headed. I got her off and in the emergency doors and she got some paperwork to fill out. I then went out to move my truck from the emergency lane. By the time I walked back her folks were there. I said hi to everybody and since she wasn't alone, I figured I could leave, not wanting to be some weird third wheel.
I called Wife who had just made it home and told her to meet me at Carmax. In my rush to be a hero, I forgot the spare keys to the truck I sold and the paperwork they had given me. Wife had all that, and the rest is history. I no longer own the truck, and I have enough money to pay off the RV. Taking care of those two things goes a long way to helping us be more comfortable financially, which is the reason I did it. I didn't make it in to work until a little after 8:00pm, but it was a lot to do. I thought Girlie might be kept overnight, but by the time I went and took a shower and dressed after eating a quick burger, she was already home. The doctor told her she either had a muscle contraction or she passed a kidney stone. Either way, it was a harrowing experience.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Monday, June 5, 2017
6/6/17 Selling Another Truck?
I just can't seem to keep them. With the recent adjustment to my salary, I have been playing with the numbers and it seemed like it might be fine if we did some small things, such as reduce our insurance coverage, and return a couple of cable boxes, and honestly, the numbers line up, on paper. The problem is we live in the real world. It didn't take but the weekend of hearing Wife in a bit of a panic as we walked around Academy looking for a new liner for our grill. Normally, I would have just bought a newer bigger grill and been done with it, but the new and (what is the opposite of improved?) broke Mando must resort to living like the huddled masses and fix what I have. Wife talks a good game and everybody sides with her, but she is the little dagger in my rib cage that is never completely relaxed, even when we have been doing good. She was making up things we're going to need money for, such as her school clothes at the end of the summer, school clothes for Chubs, what about taking a vacation, she suddenly has a messed up tooth, and on and on.
I finally flailed in the aisle with the inflatable pizzas and turds for swimming fun, I told her "relax, we'll sell my truck, and things we'll even out to how it was before my cut in pay. This seemed to help, and instead of giving y'all theoretical ideas, I'll cut to the chase. We went today to Carmax where I sold my last truck and got a quote from them. They said they would buy the truck for $38719. I owe $35160, so I can even walk away with $3500. This is great because that extra allows me to pay off the RV as well. I will then have removed the RV payment of $343.60 and the truck payment of $676.19, which combined and throwing in the fact that I will no longer pay for insurance on the truck, add another ~$70, and my savings are closer to $1100. Add to that the money we were still sending to Chase to deposit in Boy's bank account ever since we opened it, which is another $200 a month and that pretty much takes me even with what was taken away from me.
On the one hand I do not want to do this, as I do love that truck, it still seems new, but on the other, as the responsible party for losing so much money for our household, I had to do something. Management keeps talking about new contracts and OT in the near future, but it is just warm air right now. We just spend too much, this weekend my folks were here, and we didn't do much, but still eating out added up, we have managed to cut down what we spend at the movies but even with free tickets and ordering water to drink, we still end up with a tab over $40, and that is just us three, not including Boy. Throw in a new shirt for the graduation, some cheap shirts we found for Chubs for next school year, 3 white Polo type under $20, and we still spent a pretty penny. Oh yeah, then my renter is paying me a week late because he didn't get paid because a customer stiffed them.
All these things make me realize I can't live on the edge like "on paper" tells me we can. In due time, I will get me another vehicle, probably not a big truck anymore, it did suck that it never rose above 12mpg. Maybe a sexy little sports car, but let me loose some weight first.
I finally flailed in the aisle with the inflatable pizzas and turds for swimming fun, I told her "relax, we'll sell my truck, and things we'll even out to how it was before my cut in pay. This seemed to help, and instead of giving y'all theoretical ideas, I'll cut to the chase. We went today to Carmax where I sold my last truck and got a quote from them. They said they would buy the truck for $38719. I owe $35160, so I can even walk away with $3500. This is great because that extra allows me to pay off the RV as well. I will then have removed the RV payment of $343.60 and the truck payment of $676.19, which combined and throwing in the fact that I will no longer pay for insurance on the truck, add another ~$70, and my savings are closer to $1100. Add to that the money we were still sending to Chase to deposit in Boy's bank account ever since we opened it, which is another $200 a month and that pretty much takes me even with what was taken away from me.
On the one hand I do not want to do this, as I do love that truck, it still seems new, but on the other, as the responsible party for losing so much money for our household, I had to do something. Management keeps talking about new contracts and OT in the near future, but it is just warm air right now. We just spend too much, this weekend my folks were here, and we didn't do much, but still eating out added up, we have managed to cut down what we spend at the movies but even with free tickets and ordering water to drink, we still end up with a tab over $40, and that is just us three, not including Boy. Throw in a new shirt for the graduation, some cheap shirts we found for Chubs for next school year, 3 white Polo type under $20, and we still spent a pretty penny. Oh yeah, then my renter is paying me a week late because he didn't get paid because a customer stiffed them.
All these things make me realize I can't live on the edge like "on paper" tells me we can. In due time, I will get me another vehicle, probably not a big truck anymore, it did suck that it never rose above 12mpg. Maybe a sexy little sports car, but let me loose some weight first.
Sunday, June 4, 2017
6/5/17 Sovereign Citizens Rule?
I recently found a sub-group of human beings who believe they are above the law and their actions always end up in the same place, with them on the ground and about five cops on their backs. It always seems to be the same story with these guys. They get stopped over some ridiculous shit like running a stop sign or speeding a little bit and then the hilarity ensues.
The first thing these geniuses like to say is "am I being detained?" Yes Idiot, you got pulled over, you are being detained. This action must be like fingers on a chalkboard for the officer involved because it's not like the cop has ever responded with I'm sorry, go on your way. The cop is after all the authority and he is going to double down and call for back-up. Once the sovereign citizen hears the call over the radio for back-up, he should cut his shit and present ID. No good is coming for him in about 3-5 minutes time.
If the cop is in a good mood, he will entertain the citizen for a few minutes, giving ample time for his buddies to show up. At a certain point, if he is not already wearing gloves, he'll put those on, and then it'll be time to get interesting. The small gap which was being used by the citizen to converse with his detainer becomes the perfect handle for Mr. Officer to grab the glass and pull out causing the glass to shatter in a most satisfying way. I don't understand why the citizen is always surprised he is being pulled out of his car, he has been told about twenty times to "get out of the car."
Right before the inevitable glass breaking, the citizen tries a Jedi trick to just leave and act like nothing happened, never mind that this results in 99% gun draws from any officers present. Upon retreating back to turning off the car, there is an "ok-ok, I didn't do nothing", if attempting to run over a cop is doing nothing.
I don't get this thinking. I have been stopped 2-3 times in my life. I am quick with the driver's license and insurance, and they are quick to send me on my way. We had the alarm go off in our house a couple years ago because we had the alarm on and I ran out of the house to pick up Chubs. The officer was parked in front of the house when we got back, and I apologized for my error. He said he figured it was something like that, he was equally friendly, I did show him my ID again, no big deal, and actually knowing they respond that quickly is a good feeling.
These citizens forget they enjoy everything the United States provides, such as paved roads, clean water, free schooling for their shitty kids, and then they have the temerity to sit there like they provide everything for themselves. Try acting that way out there in the middle east, free thinker, see how ling your head stays attached to your body. Be glad you were lucky or blessed enough to have been born in this country and do the right thing. No, what the voices in your head tell you are usually not the right thing, Stupid!!
The first thing these geniuses like to say is "am I being detained?" Yes Idiot, you got pulled over, you are being detained. This action must be like fingers on a chalkboard for the officer involved because it's not like the cop has ever responded with I'm sorry, go on your way. The cop is after all the authority and he is going to double down and call for back-up. Once the sovereign citizen hears the call over the radio for back-up, he should cut his shit and present ID. No good is coming for him in about 3-5 minutes time.
If the cop is in a good mood, he will entertain the citizen for a few minutes, giving ample time for his buddies to show up. At a certain point, if he is not already wearing gloves, he'll put those on, and then it'll be time to get interesting. The small gap which was being used by the citizen to converse with his detainer becomes the perfect handle for Mr. Officer to grab the glass and pull out causing the glass to shatter in a most satisfying way. I don't understand why the citizen is always surprised he is being pulled out of his car, he has been told about twenty times to "get out of the car."
Right before the inevitable glass breaking, the citizen tries a Jedi trick to just leave and act like nothing happened, never mind that this results in 99% gun draws from any officers present. Upon retreating back to turning off the car, there is an "ok-ok, I didn't do nothing", if attempting to run over a cop is doing nothing.
I don't get this thinking. I have been stopped 2-3 times in my life. I am quick with the driver's license and insurance, and they are quick to send me on my way. We had the alarm go off in our house a couple years ago because we had the alarm on and I ran out of the house to pick up Chubs. The officer was parked in front of the house when we got back, and I apologized for my error. He said he figured it was something like that, he was equally friendly, I did show him my ID again, no big deal, and actually knowing they respond that quickly is a good feeling.
These citizens forget they enjoy everything the United States provides, such as paved roads, clean water, free schooling for their shitty kids, and then they have the temerity to sit there like they provide everything for themselves. Try acting that way out there in the middle east, free thinker, see how ling your head stays attached to your body. Be glad you were lucky or blessed enough to have been born in this country and do the right thing. No, what the voices in your head tell you are usually not the right thing, Stupid!!
6/4/17 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales? (Movie)
We went and saw the new Pirates movie last night and as far as movies go, it did the job as a summer blockbuster. I was not looking forward to this installment as I was sure that I had only seen one or two of these Jack Sparrow movies, but dammit, it was actually funny if you catch Depp's nuances and tiny one liners. He is still drunk and for the most part still being saved by his men who are loyal and love him, but on land, he is no more than a drunk.
Not until he is needed and the scene becomes do or die that he really acts like the hero we all expect him to be. In this fifth chapter to the Jack Sparrow saga we find a young Henry, son of Will Turner, boarding the ship his dad is cursed upon. He promises his father he will undo the curse and bring him home. This is nine years in the past, we then fast forward and catch up with present day Henry in the British Navy and upon seeing the Devil's Triangle attempts to stop the captain. Henry is put in jail and accused of attempted mutiny. When the ship is then caught in the Devil's Triangle, all the men are killed, except for Henry who is to take a message to Jack Sparrow that Captain Salazar and death are on their way for him. Henry is obsessed with getting Poseidon's trident which would release his father from a curse, and soon ends up siding with Jack. There is always a girl and this is no exception. She is smarter than most men around, for that she is called a witch which she must pay with her death.
She was left at the door of a convent and was raised an orphan. All she has is her book which she too is obsessed with solving a puzzle and getting answers about her past. We soon realize who her father is and she finds out just a little too late but in true Hollywood fashion, heroically. But in all the activity and action, they both end up on a ship with Jack and off they go, looking for Poseidon's Trident with a map no man can read (But a woman can...).
Just when it seems like you can relax, Captain Salazar has finally escaped the Devil's Triangle and is on hot pursuit of Jack. Jack leaves the ship they are on to save the men aboard and make way for a tiny island. It is a full on race to get to the beach. Once upon the beach of course, more shenanigans ensue.
Eventually, they make it to the unmarked island and find what they are looking for, there are some really cool special effects and before you know it, Jack and the gang are running around on the ocean floor trying to take control of Poseidon's Trident. All comes to a head, and of course Jack's trusted crew is there to save him, yet again. They loose a captain in the process, but he does it to save his treasure, so of course, it is heroic.
In the end, all is at peace. Henry has a small reunion with his father who he saved, the girl figures out who her father is, and Jack who had lost the Black Pearl (his ship), gets it back and in the closing scene is setting sail to only he knows where. Guess we will see his next adventures in a couple years, when they get it done.
Not until he is needed and the scene becomes do or die that he really acts like the hero we all expect him to be. In this fifth chapter to the Jack Sparrow saga we find a young Henry, son of Will Turner, boarding the ship his dad is cursed upon. He promises his father he will undo the curse and bring him home. This is nine years in the past, we then fast forward and catch up with present day Henry in the British Navy and upon seeing the Devil's Triangle attempts to stop the captain. Henry is put in jail and accused of attempted mutiny. When the ship is then caught in the Devil's Triangle, all the men are killed, except for Henry who is to take a message to Jack Sparrow that Captain Salazar and death are on their way for him. Henry is obsessed with getting Poseidon's trident which would release his father from a curse, and soon ends up siding with Jack. There is always a girl and this is no exception. She is smarter than most men around, for that she is called a witch which she must pay with her death.
She was left at the door of a convent and was raised an orphan. All she has is her book which she too is obsessed with solving a puzzle and getting answers about her past. We soon realize who her father is and she finds out just a little too late but in true Hollywood fashion, heroically. But in all the activity and action, they both end up on a ship with Jack and off they go, looking for Poseidon's Trident with a map no man can read (But a woman can...).
Just when it seems like you can relax, Captain Salazar has finally escaped the Devil's Triangle and is on hot pursuit of Jack. Jack leaves the ship they are on to save the men aboard and make way for a tiny island. It is a full on race to get to the beach. Once upon the beach of course, more shenanigans ensue.
Eventually, they make it to the unmarked island and find what they are looking for, there are some really cool special effects and before you know it, Jack and the gang are running around on the ocean floor trying to take control of Poseidon's Trident. All comes to a head, and of course Jack's trusted crew is there to save him, yet again. They loose a captain in the process, but he does it to save his treasure, so of course, it is heroic.
In the end, all is at peace. Henry has a small reunion with his father who he saved, the girl figures out who her father is, and Jack who had lost the Black Pearl (his ship), gets it back and in the closing scene is setting sail to only he knows where. Guess we will see his next adventures in a couple years, when they get it done.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
6/3/17 Essential Summer Tool?
I know we live in Texas and any weekend is a good reason to grill outside, so we never really put away the grill. I like to cook once a week or so outside or Wife would say she ends up cooking once a week or so outside, either way, that grill gets a lot of usage. We have probably gone through seven or eight grills in our twenty two years of marriage and alas it seems like we are in need of a new one. I would love to buy a thick steel or iron one like the kinds my Dad and brother have bought back home, but I don't have any connections with welders up here. The kinds of grills I get are the cheap stamped metal from Academy. This last one seemed to be doing alright, but then it got windy and because it wasn't super heavy, the wind pushed it off the backyard patio and bent it pretty good.
It could have survived one fall, but those wind storms come in packs of threes and eventually the thermometer screwed into the door shattered, and the barrel shape itself became slightly warped, and the body swayed on its frame. Because it was fairly new, I decided to try and use it anyway, and it held itself together. This probably happened two years ago, as the grill is probably on its third season, but I don't think I can go on with it. The liner inside where I load the charcoal and could be adjusted height-wise, has now broken and bent into two pieces. Without this, my choice is to now put the charcoal on the bottom of the metal barrel or go looking for a new liner. I looked yesterday at Academy since I bought it there, but no luck. Plus, do I want to spend money on this grill, it has not been even in my top five of favorite grills?
My favorite type of grill to own would have to be the combo charcoal and gas ones with two grills side by side. We went through two of those prior to the one we have now. I don't care for cooking with gas, but the gas side was good for keeping food warm while cooking with the other side. When done right, it could almost double our cooking area, but that was also one of its flaws. The gas side was temperamental and after awhile worked only if coaxed just right. I don't like to be messing with things. Plus if just using the charcoal side, it was almost too small, so it barely worked for us, but I did like the massiveness of the unit, as a whole.
I think I am going to try the Hondo or New Braunfels type this next time. It is what my dad has always used, the long barrel, usually about three feet long and 18-20 inches deep. My dad always dumps a whole large bag of charcoal in, and he can be cooking as soon as the match hits the lighter fluid. He takes the term "burning some meat on the grill" to new levels, but you will never get sick from eating raw meat with him, everything is well done. I joke, but this is one of the things he always did right. That man is not cheap when it comes to grilling, he always buys too much meat which is a good thing. He also taught me about variety, not everybody wants to eat chicken, some people prefer ribs, some like sausages. I always try to have two or three different meats involved.
With the size of one of these grills, I could pour my charcoal on one side and create a hot and a warm zone. I just need the next grill to have some heft to it. This dinky metal stamped varieties do not last long enough. Plus, if they are heavy enough, maybe the wind will quit bullying on them.
It could have survived one fall, but those wind storms come in packs of threes and eventually the thermometer screwed into the door shattered, and the barrel shape itself became slightly warped, and the body swayed on its frame. Because it was fairly new, I decided to try and use it anyway, and it held itself together. This probably happened two years ago, as the grill is probably on its third season, but I don't think I can go on with it. The liner inside where I load the charcoal and could be adjusted height-wise, has now broken and bent into two pieces. Without this, my choice is to now put the charcoal on the bottom of the metal barrel or go looking for a new liner. I looked yesterday at Academy since I bought it there, but no luck. Plus, do I want to spend money on this grill, it has not been even in my top five of favorite grills?
My favorite type of grill to own would have to be the combo charcoal and gas ones with two grills side by side. We went through two of those prior to the one we have now. I don't care for cooking with gas, but the gas side was good for keeping food warm while cooking with the other side. When done right, it could almost double our cooking area, but that was also one of its flaws. The gas side was temperamental and after awhile worked only if coaxed just right. I don't like to be messing with things. Plus if just using the charcoal side, it was almost too small, so it barely worked for us, but I did like the massiveness of the unit, as a whole.
I think I am going to try the Hondo or New Braunfels type this next time. It is what my dad has always used, the long barrel, usually about three feet long and 18-20 inches deep. My dad always dumps a whole large bag of charcoal in, and he can be cooking as soon as the match hits the lighter fluid. He takes the term "burning some meat on the grill" to new levels, but you will never get sick from eating raw meat with him, everything is well done. I joke, but this is one of the things he always did right. That man is not cheap when it comes to grilling, he always buys too much meat which is a good thing. He also taught me about variety, not everybody wants to eat chicken, some people prefer ribs, some like sausages. I always try to have two or three different meats involved.
With the size of one of these grills, I could pour my charcoal on one side and create a hot and a warm zone. I just need the next grill to have some heft to it. This dinky metal stamped varieties do not last long enough. Plus, if they are heavy enough, maybe the wind will quit bullying on them.
Friday, June 2, 2017
6/2/17 Freeway Construction?
What is the difference between building on I-35 vs. building on a toll road? Not that we were told, but I looked up what was going on and it seems a lot of construction on I-35, south of Ben White or Highway 71. It seems they are converting the freeway from a three lane freeway to a four lane freeway to ease congestion during rush hour, I presume. Traffic seemed tolerable a few years ago before the flyovers, joining HWY 71 to I-35. It seems day or night, there is a steady flux of vehicular traffic. Since the people are not slowing down on the feeder lanes and gradually letting vehicles in, it is like there are four lanes where the flyovers meet, but that disappears entirely by the time the traffic gets to William Cannon. That is the first major slowdown past Ben White.
It appears they have already done the rough cut in, put in the proper plumbing underneath and elevated and even put down asphalt in the middle to connect north and south lanes from Ben White all the way to William Cannon. I don't think that is nearly enough, I hope the plan is to extend the four lanes past Slaughter Lane. Another idea would be if they move the exit from I-35 closer to William Cannon to have the option to get off when traffic is not moving on the highway. I can only assume they have begun working on something past Slaughter and further south, as traffic was stopped going south. I kind of ignored Wife's warning because from the flyover it looked pretty open to making it all the way home quickly, but as soon as we climbed that hill past William Cannon, traffic just came to a stop.
Meanwhile, if you drive on the toll road east of Austin, you can get from Seguin to north of Georgetown on toll road 130. Those people must have been paid in real money or with bonuses because that highway went up fast. They need to get rid of the toll road shenanigans and let truckers ride for free on these roads to move them away from Austin's traffic, it is already too congested. But all we gotta do is wait. In four years we will have another lane going both ways on I-35, just in time as when we will be needing a fifth lane. I can imagine before I die, we will have lanes above and below like we do where UT is at. There isn't that much more land to grow, in the future, we will just have to get more creative with our solutions.
It appears they have already done the rough cut in, put in the proper plumbing underneath and elevated and even put down asphalt in the middle to connect north and south lanes from Ben White all the way to William Cannon. I don't think that is nearly enough, I hope the plan is to extend the four lanes past Slaughter Lane. Another idea would be if they move the exit from I-35 closer to William Cannon to have the option to get off when traffic is not moving on the highway. I can only assume they have begun working on something past Slaughter and further south, as traffic was stopped going south. I kind of ignored Wife's warning because from the flyover it looked pretty open to making it all the way home quickly, but as soon as we climbed that hill past William Cannon, traffic just came to a stop.
Meanwhile, if you drive on the toll road east of Austin, you can get from Seguin to north of Georgetown on toll road 130. Those people must have been paid in real money or with bonuses because that highway went up fast. They need to get rid of the toll road shenanigans and let truckers ride for free on these roads to move them away from Austin's traffic, it is already too congested. But all we gotta do is wait. In four years we will have another lane going both ways on I-35, just in time as when we will be needing a fifth lane. I can imagine before I die, we will have lanes above and below like we do where UT is at. There isn't that much more land to grow, in the future, we will just have to get more creative with our solutions.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
6/1/17 Summer Time?
Wife told me Chubs was going to school until Thursday, I did not realize we were going to get into June before school let up, what the heck? We didn't start later than normal, why the long year? Anyways, it seems Boy has been in vacation mode at least for two weeks which always seems unfair to Chubs, but whatever. Chubs has asked for a little get together with his buddies, and although I don't like it, I am letting them have their get together tonight, even though I am going to be at work. If they get together tonight, I can send his friends home tomorrow and then my folks can visit as they planned. I haven't got any official word, but Wife lives with them during the week and my Dad told her they are coming up Saturday. I am surprised they are coming, they had threatened to boycott me because I have too many renters, but I guess if they want to see their grandkids, they'll make it up here, heh heh.
Chubs has one other request and that is that we buy him a video game. We put the condition that we wanted to see his test scores before committing to anything new, but his test scores won't be released until June 15th, and he did get into the National Honor Society, which we didn't attend because they moved it around and it just seemed like too much last week with another school function earlier in the same week. So maybe we kind of owe him something, he is a good boy, and he has had to grow up a little bit this year, spending time alone in the house when he doesn't have a choice.
He will also have to be doing a math summer enrichment program for three weeks since he didn't do great in the math portion of his testing. I kind of blame that on happenstance. He was scheduled to go with his mom to Crystal, so last year when there was a summer program for the Einstein kids, we said why should he attend if he is headed to Crystal? Then he spent three weeks in Crystal where he said they were doing stuff he had already done in the previous year. When he came back, he was behind the rest of the kids and never caught up.
Enough with the excuses, today is about having a little fun and cutting loose. I'll probably get him his game this afternoon at Target. Wife will even be here tonight, as she has started working four day weeks, so at least for the summer, she will be coming up Thursday afternoons and leaving on Sundays, which sounds a lot nicer.
Chubs has one other request and that is that we buy him a video game. We put the condition that we wanted to see his test scores before committing to anything new, but his test scores won't be released until June 15th, and he did get into the National Honor Society, which we didn't attend because they moved it around and it just seemed like too much last week with another school function earlier in the same week. So maybe we kind of owe him something, he is a good boy, and he has had to grow up a little bit this year, spending time alone in the house when he doesn't have a choice.
He will also have to be doing a math summer enrichment program for three weeks since he didn't do great in the math portion of his testing. I kind of blame that on happenstance. He was scheduled to go with his mom to Crystal, so last year when there was a summer program for the Einstein kids, we said why should he attend if he is headed to Crystal? Then he spent three weeks in Crystal where he said they were doing stuff he had already done in the previous year. When he came back, he was behind the rest of the kids and never caught up.
Enough with the excuses, today is about having a little fun and cutting loose. I'll probably get him his game this afternoon at Target. Wife will even be here tonight, as she has started working four day weeks, so at least for the summer, she will be coming up Thursday afternoons and leaving on Sundays, which sounds a lot nicer.
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