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I wish I had a smart mouthed teen to wash my car!Went to get my car washed this evening and the owner tells me to drive in to one of the service bays so his son can start the job. As I'm getting out of the car this gangly kid with a faux-hawk and earring walks up to me and says "Hey uncle, do you want Armor All inside the car too?"
"Alright, let's start with my name. It's Steffen..."
Effing teenagers.
I'm more like this.. Because. CBL is fun, see what she does next. Somebody put a banged up quarter in her snack tray cup. She tracked them down. HOW can I take this to the bank!!
Okay - just seeing this now - hahaha - it's great you have such a good sense of humour
I liked it. not as much as mr.my. the beginning was great. I think I just missed the 3 good guys/gal that didn't appear for awhile . the story telling saved it for sure. but it is what it is. a detective novel. so was mr.mercedes but just seemed so much more in depth. loved that one.
Thanks for the well wishes. Recuperation is way overrated. I’m just taking some pain killers and not missing a beat. Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.
Thanks for the well wishes. Recuperation is way overrated. I’m just taking some pain killers and not missing a beat. Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.
LOL. Today I went with 3 Advils and will save the pain killers for the evening so I can sleep. Gonna try going without them after tonight.As long as you don't take to much pain killers.
)Today: Day 1 of 7 of kiddo's Thanksgiving break. He was supposed to have early dismissal today and tomorrow, but after yesterday, I'm keeping him home.
(This will turn into a vent so if you'd rather not read anything negative, scroll past)
Yesterday, kiddo was in his usual morning mood (which is "everything pisses him off and always a few seconds away from a meltdown") but he kept saying he wanted to go to school, even though he doesn't do well with half days.
So he gets on the bus ok and while the aide is buckling him in, the driver tells me she will drop him off 10:30. So 3 hours from the time I'm putting him on the bus, meaning he would be in class less than 2 hours.
Then she closes the bus door and I hear the bus monitor yelling at my son because he smacked the window. I wouldn't mind her raising her voice if it stopped the behavior, but I have told this woman MANY times that the reason he is smacking the window to begin with is to get a rise out of her. He wants that reaction, so she's best to ignore him.
But she is an older woman who thinks she knows best, even though this is her first time interacting with kids with autism.
She complains constantly about kiddo's behaviors. She CHOSE to work at a job on a special needs bus, driving special needs students to a special needs school. Did she think they were going to sit quietly, hands folded in their laps????
Anyway, I decided the morning aggravation wasn't worth it for a couple hours of school and am keeping him home until school starts again next Tuesday. I'm sure I will regret it.
I also left a message for the teacher (who is great) telling her that I'm keeping kiddo home and that the bus aide was yelling again, so we'll see what happens there.
The other thing this bus monitor did was tell the kids if they act up she'll take them to the police station, which REALLY backfired in my son's case because he LOVES going to the police station (we are best friend's with the police chief and his family, so it makes kiddo's day to visit and get special treatment hahah...so he is being "bad" in the hopes of going to the police station...and now he asks her "can we go to the police station?"
I crack up just thinking about it!
...yeah, this is some rinky-dink bull waffles.....
Meetings all day today, discussing goals for our kids that need help and how we're going to get to the end zone with the most kids benchmarking. My head hurts from thinking--lol.
On the nice side, I think I've been accepted by the school 'tribe': I was invited to the movies with them yesterday and for after work drinks today. Couldn't do either (had a special vocations class with my church school kids last night and Lil Man has been home alone for most of the day today--can't leave him this evening , too), but it's nice to be asked.
Tomorrow we go into T-Day mode--pie making and cleaning.
Maybe I DO need that drink...
...as long as you didn't try to get any cuttings from the kid as well....
