Trouble with a Capital "T", that Rhymes with "G", and that Stands for "Grounded"
Yesterday, Maddie had her first soccer practice. It may have been her last. Don't get me wrong, she is a natural. She played goalie for a while and was the best at that....other parents in the bleachers remarked on it, without knowing she was my child. Hurray! However, her progress report came this Friday, and she is getting an F in Math, and a C in English. The girl has never brought home an F, and she knows a C is totally unacceptable as well. So, she is uber-grounded. Trumpet drops down to every other week, and we allowed her to play soccer on Saturday mornings, because it's not during the school week. I already had a phone conference with her teacher, and she and I have a united plan in action. Now, of course, the plan just began Thursday afternoon, so obviously there are no results. I also made a chart for her that outlines her entire existence on Monday thru Friday, from the moment she walks in the door until the moment she goes to bed. Who says SAHMs don't have a use for Excel?????
Well, then we went to Tom and Angie's so she and her friend could hang out, because her buddy is having surgery on Tuesday, and will be in a wheelchair for a month or so. We were originally going to build ramps into their home, but Tom and his dad had it almost finished before we even got there. So, we had drinks, and BBQ'ed dove breasts- yeah, that's right- and had a huge dinner. We even took our dog, Peyton, to play with their dog, Guage. (Named for Peyton Manning and a shotgun guage....can't you just fell the testosterone dripping????) A good time was had by all. Everyone fell asleep almost immediately, they were so tuckered out from all of the fun. That is, except my husband and I--oh, yeah!
Now, my hub has to go put in a couple of hours at the apartment building. We aren't going to sell it this year, due to the change in the housing market...oh, well. That leaves me with laundry and various other cleaning duties like stripping all of the sheets, dusting, the floors, etc. Someday I'll have one of those weekends when I sit on my ass. When will that be again????
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