A little Friday Evening Fun

My new "special" neighbor got a little surprise Saturday morning! I woke up around 7a (yea, so much for sleeping in with no kids!) to let the dog out and there are cops flocking her house. I smile, thinking she is in trouble, then I notice the mini van parked up front in her yard in her decorative picket fence. Too fun! I sit in my front deck chair in my pj's sans bra, toothbrush and hairbrush to watch the festivities. It seems the 16 y/o down the street decided that beer and minivans make a great combo. To add to the fun, obviously being 16 you don't realize, getting out of the van and walking home does not make it disappear and or erase the damage caused by said incident AND take your name off the registration! My guess is he won't forget that anytime soon!
Minivan wonderchild made my morning.

T.G.I.F

Friday! Usually my favorite day of the week, even if I have to work the weekend. This Friday I hate it. This friday marks the last official day of vacation. Where did it go? I accomplished nothing...I'm actually quite proud of that, scratch that. What did I do? Oh my God, I have to get up early again, I have to brush my hair before noon, I actually have to plan things again. I am calling in dead. That's it! I didn't survive, indefinately dated memorial service to follow. Would they buy that?

No kids tonight. The mother in law keeps them for a sleepover usually two nights a week during summer vacation but since school is back in it's hit and skip. I LIVE for these nights alone. I get about three solid hours of silence before the husband gets home. I can watch what I want on tv, I can read for three hours straight, I can wander around the house doing absolutely nothing and no one is here to comment on my behavior. They'll understand someday when they have children. Blessed silence.

Neighbors

So I met my newest neighbor today. She rammed herself smack dab in front of me and ten other people at the grade school bus list posting. I may have made a rude noise or gesture at her but I can't really recall now (he he). So as I rant about rude people on the way home, lo and behold one specific rude woman is standing in her driveway in close proximity to MY house. I almost hurt myself staring. How is it that I live in the middle of such weird beasts? One neighbor drinks himself silly every evening....you can guage how much by the volume of his music, one only mows when cows take over his field, um I mean yard, and now this! What the hell did I ever do to deserve this?

Oh sweet day

Tomorrow begins vacation! Can I scream that a little louder? It can't come too soon this month. People are on my last nerve here and I need a break. Now, every other vacation so far this year has had a purpose. This one I have absolutely no agenda other than sleeping in, reading, sun bathing and swimming, probably in that order too.

My husband thinks I am going to use my time to clean and organize the house. Ha, silly fool, little does he know...

School scramble starts next week too. My BABY starts kindergarten. How did this happen? One day it's bottles and diapers and the next it's backpacks and notebooks. He is aprehensive, understandably as we told him his preschool chums will flow out into the whole school district and he will be with new friends this year. Academically he is ready, mentally, who knows? I have mixed feelings about it too. While I want to keep him home with me forever, the adult in me want him to go forth and gain knowledge and the adult woman in me wants the house to herself sometimes!