School is back in session!

Oh joy, the fun of it all, the full backpacks containing fresh school supplies, the new school, and the friends to be made. Yea Stinky is nervous. Poor kid, his backpack might not be big enough. He chose it, but honestly I don't know if he can carry all he needs in that thing. On top of it all the students need two binders! A 2 inch for math, and a 3 inch for the rest of his subjects. It's a good thing he's got a locker now. We picked up locker shelves for him, but the poor kid didn't have room to bring all the supplies he needs to school today. It's going to be a few weeks as he moves all that he needs to his locker. I'm sure half the things the teachers put on his list he won't use. Hopefully he will use them next year too.

Oh I hate waking up early. Granted it's not as bad as last year. He does get to sleep in a little later, just 30 min, but that's something. Gotta be ready for him to come in telling me about his day. I'm making rice crispy treats as an after school snack.

Without traffic, it's a 10 min drive to the school, with traffic this morning it took about 18 min. Not much we can do about that. I could let him take the bus, but hell, that requires him to stand at the stop at 7:30 in the morning. Heck school doesn't start until 8:25. That's no fun at all. I'll see how long it takes him to get home today on the bus.

Also there is no way I'm gonna let him take the bus with Fred there. Just put the two near each other and trouble starts. Stinky is still pissed at Fred. Fred just eggs him on, in need to feel better, or jealous mind. Stinky hasn't had much contact with Eldest or Bug this summer either. I feel bad for him, but then again, it's best this way. We know realize these people just aren't interested or willing to invest in being good neighbors.

Goof has been driving a huge monster 350 heavy duty diesel truck from work these last few days. The heat has been unbearable, and that's the perks of being the boss, taking home the brand new truck. Our pettiness was showing as we joked about what Kiosk man and Baby Mama( yes, that's what I'm calling Eldest and Bug's mom. She ain't married, nor ever has been from what we know, and she's got 4 kids!) Eldest has told us in the spring that Kiosk man was gonna get a truck and transport vehicles across country during the summer. Well they did get a truck, since they felt the Jew boat wasn't big enough for their family. Ahem, none of the vehicles they have are big enough. These are VERY BIG adults, and the Tahoe they have only fit 5 also. Should have gotten a minivan that holds 7. Anyways I digress, so Kiosk man came home with an extended cab truck, and Baby mama has the Tahoe now. Obviously this summer has not sent Kiosk man traveling across the highways of America. So here comes Goof one day in the middle of the hottest week, with this monstrosity of a truck, rumbling down the street. I'm sure Baby mama now has a new complaint; "That truck wakes up the baby!" Yea, yea, at 7:30am the whole house should be up already. I'm sure Kiosk man is jealous seeing Goof come up in that 48K truck. Lately it seems they have been cleaning house. All kinds of miscellaneous junk and furniture have been stacked up in the truck I gather for disposal. Perhaps they are moving? Who knows it's the beginning of the school year, though.

This last weekend we had a sleep over. Stinky's friend Neville had a lot of fun for a while. Neville is a really nice boy, but he has some issues, and I think it's been many months since he's had a sleep over. Stinky being Stinky was a bit of a brat. He was lording over Neville about certain skills he had mastered on his video games, which didn't do much for Neville's mindset. The newness of Stinky's house, and amenities have worn off I think. We'll see. I do need to call Neville's mom, and see how he is doing. I like the kid, I just hope he does well at school. Neville had similar troubles with mean kids too. Harder for Neville since most of those kids are in the same middle school too. Stinky lucked out since we are just in the dividing line for the other middle school. We wanted this school, we just found the house we want very close to the line. Longer distance to school for us, but it seems to offer more for Stinky. I hope he blooms there.