These are the pros and cons of hitchiking

[anigo]

This morning started with a treat for the Kid. Yesterday in a fit of foolishness I bought a box of Count Chocula cerial. Now, I'm no healthy food fanatic, but I'm not a proponent of cerial that has sugar, or an "ose" type variant thereof as two of the first three ingredients. But hey, it's Halloween, it's the weekend, what the hell.

OH MY GOD THIS CERIAL IS BAD!

It's like eating a bowl of powdered hot chocolate mix.

The Kid on the other hand, loved it (go figure). Thanks, I'll stick to my banana.

It's actually really nice out. I think I'll go shopping. I got paid yesterday and Le Senza has been calling my name ever since. I've also got The Kid hooked on Judy Blume, so I think I'll pick her up Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Also, I see a chicken pot pie and a pot of home-made tomato soup in my future, which means I'll need to get carots. Maybe I'll walk to the produce store. Then Again, Maybe I Won't... (bad literary reference for Judy Blume Fans) Did anybody else besides me read Judy Blume as a kid? Did anybody else besides me have "Forever" hidden away with the pages folded under where all the sex parts were? Yes, it's true, I'm just sad.

Dick was supposed to work tonight and tomorrow night but he's called in sick for tonight to go play cards and took tomorrow night off as vacation to take The Kid around trick or treating. The Kid wants to dye her hair red, which I'm all for, but I told her we can only do it when daddy's not around. (Ok, not *red* but, reddish.) She's quickly learning all the feminine tricks of making yourself beautiful without letting the opposite sex see how much work's involved. We were going to do it tonight, but as daddy will be home until bedtime or so we may have to hold off a week. I'm a bad mother. Letting my 7 year old dye her hair. Letting nothing - *helping* my 7 year old dye her hair. But it's not permanent, it'll wash out in a couple of washes. Don't call child services on me just yet.

Ok, I have to go move my fat ass. (Oops, sorry, I said no more swearing, didn't I.) My fat bottom. If I stay still too long Dick will have me scrubbing the foundation or raking leaves or cleaning the gutters or some such thing.

Comments

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Did anybody else besides me read Judy Blume as a kid? Did anybody else besides me have "Forever" hidden away with the pages folded under where all the sex parts were? Yes, it's true, I'm just sad.

You're SO not the only one. I did the same thing, as did every "smart girl" I know. We had to get that information somehow!

I'm a bad mother. Letting my 7 year old dye her hair. Letting nothing - *helping* my 7 year old dye her hair. But it's not permanent, it'll wash out in a couple of washes. Don't call child services on me just yet.

I dyed the boys' hair when they were 5 and 6. It was permanent.

Are you there Random Chance? It's me, Emily.

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

Me! Me! I read Judy Blume books!

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

That is so cool!!!!!!

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

I love Judy Blume!!!

Bah... dye away! You're her mom. You make the rules.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I got two different responses from people: either the one you just gave "Wow, you are the coolest mom EVER," or the horrified "You WHAT????"

The interesting thing is, my boys responded in totally different ways to having blue hair. The oldest is an introvert, and while he liked the novelty of blue hair, he took to wearing hooded sweatshirts because he didn't like all the extra attention it brought him, especially from strangers. My younger son is very extraverted. Both boys have ADD, but the younger has a more "classic" presentation, with the behavioral problems, impulsivity, etc. When he had blue hair, his behavior improved dramatically, simply because he had all the attention he could possibly want. Misbehavior and 'acting out' weren't required to get everyone in the room looking right at him. He loved it, and has been asking me to do it again for years now. (I need to just by the dye and do it.)

Re: Are you there Random Chance? It's me, Emily.

[anigo.livejournal.com]

You crack me up.

Bonus points if you know what a Flensor is.

Re: Are you there Random Chance? It's me, Emily.

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

A device for stripping blubber off of a carcass (usually a whale).

Hm. If I didn't have to be dead, I could use one of those.