It’s that time o’year again!
Yup – the pup, last year, moved up from her teeny bike to a ‘big girls’ bike, and she got frustrated trying to learn to ride and finally decided that it just WASN’t for her and by god no one could convince her otherwise. So, she went another summer running around at light speed – who needs a bike when you’ve got super pup speed!
This year rolls around, and the Girl was out on her bike the MINUTE she deemed the roads were clear enough. Heh. The boy quickly followed as soon as he aired up his tire. The pup – well this was different. She wasn’t about to be left behind while the older two got to go to the jr. high and the nice flat parking lot there! oh no!
So! She coerced her sister into teaching her again. Much frustration, and two days later, and MUCH exercise for the Girl running up and down and up and down and up and down our road, and tada!
Beware Neighborhood – the pup’s got WHEELS!
Some days…
Sometimes i can’t help but think “oh god, Lessa? You are so totally going to hell.” Then I continue to giggle hysterically over stuff like this. Best line ever – “At this point, we’re concluding that this was probably a practice round before the real deal,” says Pastor DeLong. “That’s the only way this makes any sense. He left behind all of the wrong people. Why would He do that?”
Oh. man. I found the link to that at Pesky Apostrophe last week sometime, and was able to resume giggling over it as I showed it to TBF today. hee.
Ahem.
And man – why. on. earth. do typially intelligent people think that More Education=bad? Debate in SL chat today by someone who is really intelligent but believes that Sex education in school that includes access to free condoms gives a mix message that counteracts all he’s going to teach his kids about abstinance. He equates it to handing school kids clean needles for their drug use.
GAH. One, if he’s done a good enough job teaching his kids – he don’t need to worry about the “mixed message” and two sex does not equal drugs and will not. Teaching kids the proper way to put on a condom is an education that should not be overlooked because Abstinence is the *only* safe sex. My favorite dyke was in there, and even SHE gave up talking to this guy because he wasn’t listening. I guess he’ll have to listen when his 15 year old daughter shows up pregnant. *smirk*
I dunno. It just amazes me how people can think that more education on an issue such as sex can be bad. When presented with all the options, a well informed child can make a better decision, the right decision, without feeling pressured by outside forces. Sure, I believe it is fundamentally a parents job to teach such things. I think EVERY parent should be teaching their kids – however, it’s a very sad fact that a good 75% of parents expect the state/government/school to raise their children, for whatever reason. It is this deficit that we have to overcome, these are the kids that need to be reached. My son knows where the box of condoms are, and he also knows he can talk to me about it all. He’s very open with me and I’d never shut him down with “no sex is the only way. wait till your married” because 95% of kids do NOT wait until they are married. Hell, even I waited longer then most, and had a kid before I got married.
So I cannot reconcile these things with “teach abstinance only”. If people cannot put 2 and 2 together and realize that abstinance only teaching areas have the highest teen birth rate across the nation – gah. it’s a sad, sad, stupid country we live in folks. stupid stupid stupid and sad.
IN lighter news – I cannot possibly want to smack TBF any harder =- just because it snowed there, in SoCal, in April, does NOT make it ok for you to make me laugh at this, and somehow arrange it so that I then walk outside into SNOWFALL! I know most people would think it coincidence? but oh, I know you, TBF, you did this somehow…..
Fortunately I repented of my gigglefit early enough that the snow stopped and there’s nary evidence to be seen that it was here…. but still. Bad TBF. no biscuit! *grin*
THAT BITCH!
So – the phone rings, and it’s my sister in law! I love my sister in law! She’s wonderful and fun and stuff.
And she tells me that she has some news, but is kinda worried about how to break it to the Asshole, but she’s happy and all, and well, she’s pregnant.
Me? Shift into INSTANT AUNTIE MODE! whoo! I’m so happy for her! I’m telling her that Asshole will take it fine, getting some details, making sure she’s feeling allright and doesn’t need anything, and she says..
“My phones dying, so I just wanna say APRIL FOOLS!”
At which time I totally didn’t hear her at first because like, I’m calculating her due date in my head and wondering if I’ll be able to fly down there for the birth and to help and stuff, and then she said it again, and I was all YOU ASSHOLE!
I was determined that THIS year? I not fall for ANYTHING. And so far it was working really well. Until that. Play on my love of being an auntie and my love for my SIL and then YANK that blanket of happy bunnies out from under me…
*SOB*
But man, when she does decide to have a kid? I’ma be all hard ass. “no! are you nuts? you can’t do this!’ and she said I’ll only know it’s real when she starts insisting that We move down there because there’s no way she could do it without me. *L*
Man. I love my sister in law. Even if she IS an asshole. Now how can I turn this around and get the Asshole I married to freak too………
heh. turnabout and all that shit.
Rejection numbah 2
Heard from the agency that requested the first 100 pages today, and have another lovely email rejection to add to the slow (hopefully! *L*) growing pile. It was avery nice quick note, though had nothing constructive in it… just that she felt she was not the right agent for the book. Oh well. *g*
There’s still the other who requested 30 pages, though I likely won’t hear from her for another month or so on the fast side.
Time to start gathering my “next five” agents to query!
