GOOD THING THE BARS DON'T HAVE LAWN DARTS. DON'T WANT THE DRUNK PEOPLE PLAYING WITH THOSE.I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY THE PAST FEW DAYS.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT I WENT TO AN UBER EATS APPRECIATION NIGHT AT A BREWERY. VERY NEAT PLACE. THE YOUNG FOLKS WERE PLAYING CORNHOLE (THAT'S A POPULAR GAME HERE. I MISS BOCCE BALL AND HORSESHOES, PERSONALLY. BACK IN THE DAY, A LOT OF BARS HAD THOSE GAMES.) ANYWAY, I'M STANDING THERE AND A NICE HIPSTER MAN ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO PLAY CORNHOLE AND I TOLD HIM I WASN'T THAT KIND OF A GIRL.IT TOOK HIM A SECOND BUT HE CRACKED UP. MR ANIMAL LIKED THE BREWERY BETTER THAN I DID. THERE WERE LOTS OF FANCY BEERS. NO DIET BEER, NOT EVEN A BUTT LIGHT.
YESTERDAY, I WOKE UP TO SOME BREAKING AND ENTERING. MY MOM AND HER FIANCEE WERE SITTING IN MY KITCHEN WHEN I CAME DOWNSTAIRS. MY USELESS DOGE DIDN'T EVEN WAKE UP. THEY MADE FUN OF MY HAIR - FIANCEE SAID I LOOKED LIKE I STUCK MY FINGER IN A LIGHT SOCKET. MY MOM WOKE UP AND DECIDED I WAS GOING TO TAKE HER SHOPPING AND HAD FIANCEE DROP HER OFF. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THESE PLANS. THEY MADE COFFEE SO I TOOK HER AND FORGAVE THE BREAKING AND ENTERING. I TOOK HER TO A FEW THRIFT STORES. I FOUND SOME REALLY COOL STUFF AND SO DID SHE. THEN I TOOK HER TO LUNCH AND TO GET A FACIAL. THEN I DROPPED HER OFF AND WENT HOME TO FIND THE BOYS GETTING READY TO GO TO SEE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2. I ENDED UP DROPPING THEM OFF AND RUNNING A FEW ERRANDS. I HAD A RETURN AT KOHLS AND A BUNCH OF COUPONS AND KOHLS CASH SO I POKED AROUND AND ENDED UP SCORING BIG TIME.
I WAS SO TIRED FROM RUNNING AROUND ALL DAY, I FELL ASLEEP ON THE SOFA WATCHING TV AND NO ONE WOKE ME UP. IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WAS WHEN I CAME TO THIS MORNING. ALSO, FOR SOME REASON, MY BACK DOOR WAS OPEN.I DOUBT SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK IN BECAUSE I ALSO LEFT THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN AND THE GARAGE DOOR TO THE HOUSE NEVER GETS LOCKED.
I keep making stuff. I guess I'll open an Etsy store at some point. Working full time, doing part time stuff to make money and still dealing with the after effects of my son's brain injury leaves me exhausted physically, mentally and financially. People don't get that a brain injury isnt like a broken finger..it never really heals...so tired of going this alone because family members who could help are kind of clueless. I haven't had a vacation in 6 years. Yeah...adulting sucks.
I CAN KIND OF RELATE. MY DAD WASN'T QUITE THAT BAD BUT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HIS MENTAL AND COGNITIVE DECLINE GOT REALLY, REALLY BAD. HE BEGAN INJURING HIMSELF AND ALMOST INJURED OTHERS. NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.
LIFE SKILL FOR TODAY
FREE COMIC BOOKS - I WENT WITH THE BOYS TO FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. IT'S PRETTY FUN. I SAT ON THE ROOFTOP PATIO AND HAD A BEER AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE LUNCH. I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH THEM THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, MY #2 SON HAS PICKED UP MY BAD CELLPHONE SKILLS. HE NEVER KEEPS HIS RINGER ON. I ENDED UP TEXTING HIM AND GOT TO USE A WORD I LEARNED IN THE LAST KINGDOM - ASSLING.I SAID, CALL ME, ASSLING. I WANTED TO ORDER THEIR FOOD BECAUSE I WAS GETTING HANGRY AND DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT ON THEM.
WHAT DOES HANGRY MEAN? IS IT A MIX OF HUNGOVER AND ANGRY? HUNGRY AND ANGRY? HAIRY AND ANGRY?![]()
I ENDED UP TEXTING HIM AND GOT TO USE A WORD I LEARNED IN THE LAST KINGDOM - ASSLING.I SAID, CALL ME, ASSLING.
If you liked that series and looking for something to read:
https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Storm-Julian-Brazier-ebook/dp/B00YU7MUB6/
Or I've read a bunch of Viking stuff in the past year or so on my kindle, I have other favorites from the genre.
LIFESKILL-RECKONING ONE OF THIS MONTH'S BILLS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN USUAL BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK LAST MONTH. ADULTING...BOOOOOO.
APRIL/MAY ARE BAD FOR OLD PEOPLE TOO . TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES....
PROPERTY TAX HERE IS IN NOVEMBER
PROPERTY TAX HERE IS IN NOVEMBER
It is due here every quarter.