Remember when I said that sometimes it is just easier to give in to children’s demands than to do the rational thing. Well in a weak moment I let my son buy a clarinet. This was not a very bright idea. In fact, this rates right up there when I bought him a drum set. We parents have weak moments and my devious children seem to know when to exploit those moments.
It seems that unless you know how to play clarinet it only plays one musical note. One loud, obnoxiously high pitched note, that makes you wish you were wearing Depends.
May 27 - Jun 2
Since the fire, I have had a difficult time taking on big projects. I just can’t seem to spend the time on anything. Even now, I leave my apple trees and grape plants unattended, which in the past would never have happened. Well, now it has gotten worse. I use to brag that I was a Master at matching socks. I once matched 110 pairs of socks. Now it is pointless, I just can’t do it. So I decided to take a second against the house and I will just buy a 1000 pair of matching socks. There, problem solved.
May 20 - 26
3 quick shorts
When a kid on the autistic spectrum needs something even if it is trivial, it is best to just get it. Don’t argue, don’t ask silly questions, don’t try to be rational. Just get whatever this kid wants, and your life will be much happier.
About a year ago my daughter had to have a tortoise, one of our many creatures. Well, the other night, during the rain storm my wife and I were woken up at 2 in the morning by a loud drumming sound. I had no idea what it was and we did whatever we could to go back to sleep. The next afternoon I look out the window to find a 4-foot wide blue drum on the ground under the leaking gutter. It seems the tortoise requires a small kids wading pool to exercise, and this blue wading pool was turned upside down on the side of the house.
So my other darling daughter wanted to catch a squirrel, so she put a pound of my favorite nuts (pecans) in this trap out front. So the tortoise daughter comes home and there is this squirrel trapped in the trap. She approaches the trap to see what was going on when the squirrel jumps on the side of the trap facing her and tries to attack her. The squirrel then starts shaking the whole cage growling at my daughter as loud as the poor thing could. This, of course, horrifies the tortoise daughter, but she manages to find a long pole to let the little rodent out.
May 13 - 19
Ok folks, I got nothing tonight so for the first time I am going to give you a rerun of something I wrote a long time ago...
We have a difficult time getting our kids dressed in the morning because they are always on their iPhones. So we made a new rule, devices are turned in at night and the kids don’t get them back until they are dressed and ready to go in the morning. That night my son walks in at midnight and asks, "I am all dressed dad, can I have my iPhone now”?