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.