A Series of Short Stories Because I'm Tired.
What I learned today: never trust two directionally-challenged people to get somewhere using a map and "memorized" directions. Things will go horribly awry and there will be much swearing (and much rejoicing upon arrival).
Especially if one of those directionally-challenged people is me and I'm not wearing my glasses because I'm not driving but I can't really help read the street signs so I'm basically offering negative help because I don't know what direction we're headed as we drive into a setting sun.
I can't even really add any extra detail to this story because I'm not exactly sure where we ended up or how we got to the right place but the sun was shiny and also a little bit blurry and I was trying to read a map while also trying to NOT read a map so I wouldn't get motion sick.
But we made it! We weren't even super late or anything.
Sidebar: this is a conversation I had with one of my kids when he noticed I had become inexplicably taller.
Kid: Whoa.
Me: Whoa what?
Kid: You look like my mom with those boots!
Me: What does that even mean, Kid?
Kid: (quickly) Oh it's a good thing! They're cool! I'm not saying you're old because you're not I'm just...I'm gonna go sit down now.
Me: Probably a good choice, buddy. And tell your mom I said she looks 21 and has excellent taste in shoes.
Yes, both boots were the same color this time, BEX. I check at least twice every time I wear them now.
I taught Social Studies this week. I'm just gonna let that one sink in, Nack. It happened.
Out-of-Context Quotes from Some Time that Happened Earlier
"AAAHHH!"
"What are you doing?"
"...just...pouring some sugar..."
"Yeah? Where are you pouring it?"
"On the floor."
"We had a bunny for a few weeks!"
"What did you do with it?"
"We killed it."
"I need to stop looking at this while we're moving. I don't want to throw up."
"We've already had plenty of that today."
"Why is this important? Why would I even pick this to put up on the board?"
"Because you like to ask us really hard questions?"
