Mammoth Workhorse, Day 17

 Monday, June 1

Looks like another scorcher day—98 this time.

 I rushed breakfast a little bit so that I could go jogging before it got really hot. I sort of succeeded—managed to jog for 45 minutes with a few speedups here and there.

I took a quick shower and then Ed and I went to the store. Two kids ended up coming with us and that was too many. I was not very patient and it didn’t help that the store was packed with slow-ass people.

Anyway, we got the stuff that we needed.

 

After that everyone sat on their butts playing on their phones until mid-afternoon when I insisted on leaving. We stopped at the house and then went on to the splashpad where the (supposedly) grown-ups sat on their butts playing on their phones for another two hours. Gosh-- life must be awful boring for these people. No matter where they go and what they do, everything looks like the same 3 by 5-inch rectangle.

Same old cookout for supper.

 

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 16

Sunday, May 31

I intended to go jogging but by the time breakfast was over and cleaned up, it was after 11 and scorching hot. So no.

We went to the house and helped Edward son put up his windows hades. And that was the whole day. Horrible. I did some reading with Ethan.

Good use for the staircase

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 15

 Saturday, May 30

Our time here is becoming short and I'm beginning to feel conflicted. The kids are so precious--I want to stay with them as long as possible, but I feel a need to go home.

Breakfast was at New Clock again. Except for me. I had eaten beans, rice and eggs at the motorhome so I just had coffee and Ed's hash browns. We didn't get there until 11, so we weren't done until 12.

So the day proceeded. Laundry, vacuuming, dog walk and Lowe's. We were looking for a Mexican bird-of-paradise for Ed but they only had them in big, 90-dollar pots.

It was mid-afternoon before we got to the rental house. I had a hot and unpleasant walk with the kids to the park. And then it was pretty much time to return because Ed was going to fix barbequed chicken.

 

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 14

Friday, May 29
Cloudy morning. Good! No plans for the day yet.

The kids and I ended up playing soccer in the little playground because the sprinklers stayed on in the playing field all morning.

Edward came back from work before noon, so we all went to the house to install the new blinds. Sadly, we didn’t take enough tools to finish the job. I got myself lunch at taco bell and got the others some snacks at Sonic. Yummy.

Then we went home but Ed and I (and the kids, unfortunately) stopped at Walmart first.

We had an absolutely horrible supper at Andele. Don’t ever eat there again, ever. Good thing I had lunch.

On arriving home, I noted that the motorhome is getting a little smelly. I hope to make time to do a quick cleaning.

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 13

Thursday, May 28

Partly cloudy and warmer this morning. Should be a nice day.

Despite getting a while to himself to watch TV yesterday, Ed is beginning to lose his patience for this trip. Last night he didn’t want to swap the stuff between the kids’ car and the Jeep because it was "dark". Yeah, really—like it ever actually gets dark around here. And all that needed to be swapped was two car seats, a couple of water bottles and a few grocery bags.  So I just did it myself.

I’ve been trying to find a restaurant with a good molcajete for him but no luck so far. Oh well. All I can do is avoid talking to him, don’t ask him to do anything, and hope he pulls himself out of it.

We made a quick trip to Walmart in the morning. Then fixed breakfast. I got in a 30-minute jog but it was nearly noon when I started and the sun was brutal.

In the afternoon we went to the splash pad at Sue Young Park. May was too busy yakking on her phone to put the kids' swim suits on them so we had to lather on sunscreen.  None of the other kids were wearing swimsuits, though, so it didn’t matter.

It was a blast for the kids. Kind of boring for the grownups. I wish I'd brought a book.

Then cookout on the grill and bedtime. A little early which was fine by me. Spectacular sunset but I was indoors and missed most of it.

 

 

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 12

Wednesday, May 27

I did a colossal stupid on Wednesday morning. My first and hopefully my last one of this trip. I decided to make fried pies for breakfast, so we went to Food Lion to get the stuff. It seemed to be an okay grocery but it had a supremely annoying price posting policy--they post their cost price and charge 10 percent more at checkout.  How can the average person make that calculation while shopping?

Aggravated, we left there and went to Albertson's instead. It was a very nice Albertson's. Seemed brand new and supremely well stocked.

Needless to say, by the time we got back and I finished cooking it was very late. And of course the kids didn’t eat a single one of my fried pies.

Edw worked all day. We did kites with the kids and then played in the family room; it was tiring and a little tiresome, but a little fun, too. Did a little soccer practice while Ed and May went to Walmart. Elyanna is getting the hang of it but still too young to enjoy.

 

 

 

Supper had issues. I found a Chinese restaurant that was highly rated and they all chose their orders. But when we arrived at the place, the nice lady said they were sold out of beef.  And of course that’s what my moron family wanted.

I found another place and it was okay but slow—we waited on the food at least fifteen minutes. And that plus the driving made supper really late. And since Ed refused to set up their beds for them while they were in the showers, because he wanted to teach them the “right” way to do it, we got to bed really late. It may have been important to teach them the setup method, but 10 o'clock at night is not the right time.

I did get to read the kids a bedtime story, which they all three enjoyed very much. I love that.

Mammoth Workhorse, Day 11

Tuesday, May 26

Molly tanked up on water before bed and at 12:30 in the night started whining to go out. Eventually I got up and took her. It’s a rare happening; only twice do I remember her ever having night time emergencies and those were both throw-up episodes.

I had no trouble falling back to sleep but later I woke up and lay awake for an hour or so. It was horrible.

Motor home accomodations, 

Edw returned from PT before I even started breakfast. Eggs, spam and leftovers for them; I made oatmeal for Edw and me. Breakfast seemed to drag on forever and then there were all the dishes to wash. He and May left to take possession of their rental house at 11 or so.

The kids played alone in the tiny playground while I put Molly in a dog run and then walked to the office to pay for another week. Then it was time to meet everyone back at the new house.

Nice house. I hope they don't destroy it.

The rest of the day was pretty miserable. We went to Lowe's for a long, long time, perusing window treatments, then we went to Home Goods. The kids and I played a little soccer. We had leftovers for supper. And then it was bedtime. Blessed bedtime.