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It looks like all the snow and ice this winter so far has exposed a weak spot in CVS's budget for facility maintenance. Or, there has been a zombie apocalypse.
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| If they can't fix whatever is happening with the roof, corporate could at least invest in some traffic cones instead of using upended shopping carts. |
Update: I went back later and saw that caution tape had been draped around the shopping carts and the pillar to complete the appearance of an active homicide investigation.
—2—
I don't mean to be harsh on CVS, though. It's like that everywhere. The 14-year-old, who goes running around town every day after school to train for the indoor track season, reports that it's like "trying to run on a treadmill covered in butter."
—3—
After an especially annoying day with one particular child who was, as the Boomers say, "cruisin' for a bruisin'," I was definitely not amused to check my email and find this in my inbox:
Not my best week? NOT MY BEST WEEK?
The kids say I "crashed out," but I think yelling "screw you!" at the computer is a perfectly reasonable response when you're a grown woman with zero craps left to give getting scolded by a cartoon owl.
—4—
I found her. I found who I want to be when I grow up:
I've actually wanted to do a plank contest with my family for a while (that's probably why Facebook showed me this video, the sneaky little spy) so maybe I can convince them to learn this with me. It's going to be a hard sell, but I think at least one or two of the kids might take me up on it.
—5—
An item on my to-do list this week was scheduling an appointment for my 11-year-old, and I'll tell you about it in the style of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
If you want to schedule an appointment, you've got to look at your calendar.
Looking at the calendar will remind you how crazy life is and you'll decide to schedule it during an upcoming school vacation week.
Since it's vacation, you feel like you should bring all the kids and make a day out of it, so you'll get online and start researching hours and admission prices for things to do in the area.
You'll find a few museums, but some will appeal to certain children in the family more than others so now you'll have so many questions. Should you schedule the appointment on Wednesday while the teenager is at work so you can then visit the museum for the younger kids? Or should you do the other museum on Monday when you can all go? No wait, that one is closed on Mondays. Okay, but how about if we...
Two hours later, you'll check "make appointment" off your to-do list, and you'll also have completed an entire side quest of planning every day of a week-long school vacation.
And that is how you give a mouse a cookie.
—6—
I needed a rest day from lifting weights and it was too cold to go running outside, so I went to YouTube and searched for "fun cardio workout" to find an exercise video.
My results seemed a little weird, but I shrugged and kept scrolling the results until I hit this one with 4 ½ minutes of tactical lunges you can do while holding your rifle.
At that point I was like, "What the heck?" and looked back at the top of the page to see that I had inadvertently searched for "GUN cardio workout."
—7—
We've been teaching the kids to play the piano at home, but lately our best efforts have been pathetic. I'm all for doing it yourself to save money, but even I know when it's time to admit defeat and give my money to someone who can get the job done.
The 11-year-old starts lessons with his new teacher next week, so he and I were at the piano trying to choose a few samples of music to show her what he can do.
I kept getting this panicked feeling like "Oh, crap! He hasn't really been working on anything, I'm such a bad mom!" but then I had to remind myself that piano is an OPTIONAL activity. She's not going to think I'm a bad mom or call CPS on me for a lack of musical rigor at home. It's not like I've been forgetting to feed him.
Although he is our scrawniest child.
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