It appears that we have fallen into some slovenly habits here at The Outpost. Having been on vacation for nearly three weeks, the boys and I were a bit jarred when the alarms went off this morning, reminding us of our obligations to the local nursing home. None of us wanted to get out of bed, and looking back, I probably should have called in sick. But I didn't, and I paid for it the rest of the day.
Both boys were not too pleased about going to the daycare center this morning while Hoocher and I made our rounds. And crankiness turned into outright rage when they discovered we were going home for lunch instead of stopping at Dairy Queen.
The rest of the afternoon was spent refereeing umpteen fights. The dinner I served turned out to be thinly-veiled rat poison, judging by the noises made during consumption, and the announcement of an early bed time was met with apocalyptic sobbing and wailing. The Governor desperately pleaded:
But Moooooooooooom! It's still daylight outside!!Rookie mistake. Your older brother never would have fallen for that. After teeth were brushed The Gov said,So it is.
But Moooooooom! Can't we at least talk about going to bed later?
Sure. Let's brush your teeth and then we'll talk about going to bed later.
Okay, Mom. (sniff) Can we talk about going to bed later now?I can still hear him screaming on the baby monitor.We sure can. We can talk about it, but you're still going to bed right now.
Tomorrow promises to be another barn-burner. We don't have anything particular scheduled, but I'm really enjoying the additional quiet time tonight. Might as well wake them early tomorrow and see if we can aim for lights out at 7:30 p.m. Thursday? 7:00 p.m. By the weekend, I could have them eating dinner while bathing.
Posted by Cathy at June 21, 2005 08:56 PMSounds messy.
Posted by: aelfheld at June 21, 2005 11:26 PMDairy Queen! Last time I was in Minnesota (1994) every small town, even the ones that are about three blocks long, had two eating establishments: Hardees and Dairy Queen.
It was like fast food heaven, eating Hardees fried chicken (better than KFC) for lunch every day with a blizzard from DQ for dessert. I would look forward to doing it again when I come up in a few weeks, but I believe I might try the Thickburger instead of the chicken. Just once.
Posted by: Dave in Pgh. at June 22, 2005 09:19 AMWe have Subway and DQ!
"Come up in a few weeks"? To Minnesota? If that's the case and you're going to be near the Twin Cities...let me know. I'll always treat a fellow blogger to a beer. Or Blizzard. Your choice.
Posted by: Cathy at June 22, 2005 10:51 AMNot just to Minnesota, but to the Outpost. I'll be hanging out in the tree with all the dead animal heads. Watch closely, because I only come out at night.
Naw, actually, I will be staying at a house in Saint Paul just down the road from a couple of other MOB bloggers. (URLs withheld to erase the taint.) A beer would be nice. I expect to visit Keegan's on Thursday night while I am there (first week in August), and maybe even try to get drafted onto someone's trivia team.
I am nothing if not trivial.
Posted by: Dave in Pgh. at June 22, 2005 06:43 PMThat does indeed sound rough. Hope it's gotten better.
Posted by: yayaempress at June 23, 2005 11:47 AMmmmmmm....spam.
Posted by: Kevin at June 24, 2005 12:55 AMDave! That would be great. I'll aim to keep that Thursday open and see you at Keegan's!