The other day the boy tried skipping school. It was a good try too, I have to give him that. He's in high school now and figured that the school wouldn't call if he didn't show up. Surprise! The phone call came and when confronted he said "I didn't skip school!", and then quickly changed to "I wasn't feeling well!". Nice try, kid. So I smirked and said "well now you know what happens when you skip school. It was a good try - I would have done the same thing. Don't do it again."
Perhaps I wasn't harsh enough but it was hard to get really mad when I found the whole thing quite amusing.
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I signed the boy up for driver's ed this week too. I will have a teenager out on the road driving. Shit, I'm not old enough to have a teenager, man! And this driver's ed is totally diffferent than when I was learning! When I was a kid, they'd kick you in the ass, give you a car, and tell you to drive. These days they have to do 30 hours of classroom time, maintain a 70% average, and do 24 hours of driving time at home, with the parents keeping a log book of the hours. Jesus.
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Went to a baby shower yesterday. I don't see what all the fuss is about. It's a baby. Do they all not realize that the baby will turn into a terror soon?
I didn't hold the baby when it came around to me. Yah, sure, she was cute and cuddly and all those nice baby things. I just wasn't interested. "Afraid it'll rub off on you?" one of the aunties asked me. "Yeah, that's it", I said.
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