Kelsey and Ryan were in a soccer tournament over the weekend. Saturday the weather was terrible. I sat in the van for the second half of Kelsey's game and watched Happy Gilmore with Maggie instead of watching the game. I am more of a 70 degree kind of soccer mom. We went to 5:00 mass on Saturday. I knew it would be easier with all the games we had on Sunday. Our Saturday mass is usually pretty crowded. We got there just a few minutes before 5:00. The church was pretty crowded. We wandered around looking for an open spot. The usher directed us to the front of church. We always sit in the back. They had some open spots right in the front row. Shannon, Kelsey, Ryan and Maggie sat in the very front row, and Dave and I were directly behind them.Everything was fine until our priest started his homily. Maggie kept leaning over onto Kelsey' s shoulder and the next thing we knew Ryan's had was bobbing up and down, he was sound asleep. His head kept falling over. I don't know who was more fun to watch, Ryan "the human bobble head," or Dave, "Mr. uptight." Oh my God my kid is asleep in the front row of church. Dave tugged on Kelsey's pony tail to get her attention so she could wake up her brother. We decided that maybe church at the end of a long day was maybe not such a good idea after all. Sunday we had a little free time in between games since we took care of church on Saturday. I had time to clean my bathrooms and my hardwood floors. Dave was outside doing yard work. He asked Kelsey and Ryan to pick up all the dog poop before he cut the grass. I went outside and Kelsey was standing there with an empty plastic bag. She said "is he kidding me, how am I supposed to tell where the poop is?" We had our yard aerated the weekend before, picking up poop was proving to be quite difficult. Sorry Dave, it will have to be extra fertilizer this week.

Yesterday was our school picnic to Six Flags. We were supposed to send the kids to their classrooms and go to mass as a school then they would hand out the tickets. Kelsey's friends decided to not go because the weather forecast called for thunderstorms. For an additional $10 you can trade your ticket for another day. Dave took the kids to school so I could get ready. I told him to ask around to see what the majority of the families were doing . I didn't want to get out there and be the only family walking around Six Flags in the rain. Dave called me around 9:15 frantic, he wanted to know which kid I sent the ticket order form through. Like I would possibly remember which kid seemed to be the most responsible on that particular day, 8 weeks ago. To make a long story short, they figured out our tickets were in Kelsey's backpack sitting at Cracker Barrel twenty minutes away. This went over like a turd in a punch bowl with my less than patient husband. This years school picnic had the potential of being the day that mom killed daddy because he can't handle stress. He left to go get the tickets from Kelsey and we finally hit the road around 10:30. We were cruising along and then traffic stopped, the highway was shut down because the president was in town. Could anything else go wrong??? We finally arrived at Six Flags at around 11:45, we took the scenic route. The kids had a great time and the weather held out. I do have a favor to ask of any readers out there who have junior high age children. If your kids ever go to any type of amusement park, please make sure they wear extra deodorant. When they ride these roller coasters, they get so nervous that they sweat and then they stink and I have to smell them the whole time I am in line. Not pleasant!!!I survived the day and headed to pick Shannon up from her eighth grade Mystery Trip. They all had a good time as well. When we got back in the car I found out from Ryan that Shannon broke up with her boyfriend. If I remember correctly, Ryan was the one who told me she had a boyfriend in the first place. I swear, Shannon and I are practically soul mates. I guess she feels sharing the fact that she cut of the foot of the frog in science class and kept it, was more important than sharing her love life with me. After all, I'm old, what could I possibly know.

Kelsey called me from school this morning and asked me to try to get a hold of grandma to bring her homework that she left on the kitchen table up to school. I had an afternoon dentist appointment so I only worked a half day. I had to get all of my old fillings replaced. They are doing one side at a time. We started with my right side. Lucky for me they only had to replace 6 on that side. Yes I said six. I have been taking Advil like candy, I feel like someone punched me in the mouth. I have to go back in three weeks for the other side. I think my dentist may be getting a new car when he is finished with me. I had about an hour to kill when I got home before I had to pick up the kids. My neighbor came over to tell me that he saw a 7 foot snake in our back yard when he was doing yard work. He said the snake slithered under my deck. Great, I have the equivalent of an NBA player living under my deck.

Ryan came out of school carrying nothing but a straw. He forgot his backpack this morning. How do you forget your backpack?? I asked him why he had a straw. I am sorry that I asked, he proceeded to demonstrate how he used it to make fart noises with his armpit. Sometimes the talent that my children possess simply amazes me. Tomorrow is our school picnic to Six Flags. It is supposed to rain. Maggie and Ryan have never been there so they are pretty excited. Shannon has her eighth grade mystery trip tomorrow . She is mad at me because I wouldn't let her spend the night at her friends house tonight. Reason being, the old cell phone bill came today. She has improved a bit, she only had 3000 text messages this month. I'm thinking that she may not be going to high school with a phone if she doesn't at least cut that number in half.