A Day In The Life of Memaw and Pawpaw
Calgon take me away - - way away! Yesterday I was stuck in the house with the kids all day - - fussing and fighting and Pawpaw was at his EECP treatment. All of a sudden the storms came. We had them inside (Cain and Abel) and outside (rain, wind and lightening).
After the winds died down, the storms inside continued until BEDTIME. Pawpaw took Logan to fish at Town Lake, but soon came back blind and having chest pains, flopped on the couch (end of Pawpaw and any help for the day). I did go get the Easter pictures at CVS; by Carina's Beauty Shop to get the hair spray I ordered; to get a tank of gas; by the grocery store and then back home. Logan walked out to the van with me before I left home to do these errands, we had no sooner walked out of the garage, and we heard a "plop", both of us turned and looked back and there was a snake (could have been on my head or his 2 seconds earlier). It had fallen off the garage door. I grabbed a cleaning tool (duster) and tried to move the snake back into the yard to have a look at it, but it was swiveling to the side and sticking its tongue in and out over and over. It swiveled to the large crack in the garage floor caused by last year's drought. Then it disappeared. I think there is probably a mommy and more bros and sisters under there.
I shivered thinking about how close that snake came to falling on my head. Now I look up and down like a bobble head when I come into the garage. However,Logan thought it was neat!!!!
When I returned from all my errands I bathed Logan. Logan came out of the shower with a hair full of shampoo - - did not rinse. Wouldn't get back in the tub so I had to get a little step ladder and have him hold his head over the kitchen sink while I used the sprayer. Then Micah took a shower and washed his hair. He came out of the shower with a hair full of shampoo -- back into the shower he went. When he was getting out he hollered, "Memaw" He sounded hysterical and I went to his rescue. He had turned off the shower head and was attempting to turn the hot water off. I turned it too and it wouldn't fully go off. "Pawpaw" we yelled. He told us to let it go until tomorrow. I did, knowing the hot water heater was running out the propane and running up the water bill.
Before going to bed I carried a glass of red wine to bed with me to drink while I read my book. I was sleepy after reading so sat the wine glass on the window sill and went to sleep. This morning when I woke up the wine glass was covered in "fireants". My good attitude is going fast by now and I'm thinking - - what next?
I soon found out! I was getting ready to take Micah for a scheduled test at Presbyterian and drop off the dog to be groomed. I bathed (Pawpaw got the hot water spigot to turn off last night I just discovered),then opened the drawer to get some underwear and there were 2 eyes looking at me. The eyes had a tail and two little ears and whiskers! HELP! I must call the exterminator. We no longer live in a Habitat for Humanity we live in a Habitat for wild animals who used to live in the empty fields behind us, before all the new homes were built. Pawpaw said, "Everyone has fireants and mice". I said, "Not everyone lives with a bobcat under the porch; fireants coming into the house each summer; mice in the house; snakes in the garage". This near 45 year union may not make it to 45 years.
I'm not even sure CALGON WILL WORK FOR ME THIS TIME...not even Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea Bubble Bath.... Perhaps an exterminator will do the trick!
After the winds died down, the storms inside continued until BEDTIME. Pawpaw took Logan to fish at Town Lake, but soon came back blind and having chest pains, flopped on the couch (end of Pawpaw and any help for the day). I did go get the Easter pictures at CVS; by Carina's Beauty Shop to get the hair spray I ordered; to get a tank of gas; by the grocery store and then back home. Logan walked out to the van with me before I left home to do these errands, we had no sooner walked out of the garage, and we heard a "plop", both of us turned and looked back and there was a snake (could have been on my head or his 2 seconds earlier). It had fallen off the garage door. I grabbed a cleaning tool (duster) and tried to move the snake back into the yard to have a look at it, but it was swiveling to the side and sticking its tongue in and out over and over. It swiveled to the large crack in the garage floor caused by last year's drought. Then it disappeared. I think there is probably a mommy and more bros and sisters under there.
I shivered thinking about how close that snake came to falling on my head. Now I look up and down like a bobble head when I come into the garage. However,Logan thought it was neat!!!!
When I returned from all my errands I bathed Logan. Logan came out of the shower with a hair full of shampoo - - did not rinse. Wouldn't get back in the tub so I had to get a little step ladder and have him hold his head over the kitchen sink while I used the sprayer. Then Micah took a shower and washed his hair. He came out of the shower with a hair full of shampoo -- back into the shower he went. When he was getting out he hollered, "Memaw" He sounded hysterical and I went to his rescue. He had turned off the shower head and was attempting to turn the hot water off. I turned it too and it wouldn't fully go off. "Pawpaw" we yelled. He told us to let it go until tomorrow. I did, knowing the hot water heater was running out the propane and running up the water bill.
Before going to bed I carried a glass of red wine to bed with me to drink while I read my book. I was sleepy after reading so sat the wine glass on the window sill and went to sleep. This morning when I woke up the wine glass was covered in "fireants". My good attitude is going fast by now and I'm thinking - - what next?
I soon found out! I was getting ready to take Micah for a scheduled test at Presbyterian and drop off the dog to be groomed. I bathed (Pawpaw got the hot water spigot to turn off last night I just discovered),then opened the drawer to get some underwear and there were 2 eyes looking at me. The eyes had a tail and two little ears and whiskers! HELP! I must call the exterminator. We no longer live in a Habitat for Humanity we live in a Habitat for wild animals who used to live in the empty fields behind us, before all the new homes were built. Pawpaw said, "Everyone has fireants and mice". I said, "Not everyone lives with a bobcat under the porch; fireants coming into the house each summer; mice in the house; snakes in the garage". This near 45 year union may not make it to 45 years.
I'm not even sure CALGON WILL WORK FOR ME THIS TIME...not even Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea Bubble Bath.... Perhaps an exterminator will do the trick!
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