My weekend
Since the boy was misbehavin' he(and us too) got the joy of going camping. We went to a local county park (three rivers district). As usual, we were late but we did arrive in time for sandwiches and the campfire. It was really nice to sit around with great friends, talk and watch the fire.
We woke up and had a wonderful and yummy breakfast. The boy stayed behind and enjoyed some private time as well as some fishing time with the rest of the folks. We had to go to stop back at home, take a shower and head up to watch P's son graduate. He is a super senior and finally did it! His Dad didn't show up because he had to work (?!) How weird is that, your son is graduating from college and you don't take off work to go (he just came back after 10 days or so in Ireland). It was pretty good because P and her relationship with her youngest son hasn't always been the best and I think things are starting to turn around. When we got there, he was packing up the last of his stuff to move back home. We finally left for the event and lucky it wasn't too much later because he really was suppose to be there about 25 minutes earlier and he still had to buy his tassle. He ended up being the 2nd to the last person to walk in and he didn't even sit with his college. P did get some good video and I took a couple of pics to send via cell to his Dad.
We returned back to camping and P went to take a brief nap. More great time sitting around the fire, talking and later steak dinner. YUM. We roasted marshmallows and then it started to sprinkle some so we retired to our tents.
Next morning we slept LATE, I was a little surprised because I didn't feel like I slept that well. The first night we used camping pads, not too bad but because we both had two it kept spreading (so I was in the crack!). The 2nd night P brought the blow up mattess and for some reason it seemed to absorb the cold ground instead of insulate us from it. I felt slightly chilled the entire time.
Anyways, breakfast was yummy and then we started packing up. P's been talking that she wants a pop up camper and to be able to camp every weekend. I think that would be great but who wants to do it in the heat? And we really weren't there for more than meals and campfire....
Once we were home, P went to sleep and I ran errands. I also made the boy mow the lawn again. I had to get gas to dilute the oil mixed gas (for the snow blower) the boy put in the lawn mower. Fortunately, it didn't ruin the lawn mower. I also went around cutting down all the little trees that have started growing up everywhere. Unfortunately, I also ended up cutting my toes in three places. The boy did run in and get me some bottled water, hydrogen peroxide and band aids. That was very sweet.
I did call my mom during the time when I ran to get more gas, wished her happy mom day. Told her some of the thoughs about job hunting. P and I had dreamed of traveling and working in various parts of the country. We could move every couple of years and start with working in Hawaii. My mom thought this was a fine idea and even talked about how I should start looking into it if I wanted (?!!!) I guess I should consider it that she wants to support me but she also mentioned that the boy would be fine and that he's been a "village child" anyways, WHAT?!! My take on this is that my mom was insinuating that my son has been raised by the village which I'm actually pretty offended by. He has not been raised by the village, he's been raised by me. His father has had him an average of 60 days a year and anyone else who has cared for him has never done it more than him. This means that I'm the one doing it, not the village. I think she has this savior and she will swoop down and save my son from something, my parenting, my religion or ? It was rather offensive. He is my kid, I really do need to parent him until he's of majority age, imho. Doesn't she realize how it might affect him if I just up and left the state? She's got a screw loose!
Okay, I've been working on this entry for 3 days now....I think I'll finally get it posted.