I’m out. Deliberately Avoiding Your Call.

The week in review:

Monday: My sisters birthday. Shit. I didn’t get her anything. I sent her a text message. I know it’s not the same, but really, what can she possibly use at Ft. Leonard Wood that I would send her? Nothing that’s what. So now I don’t feel so bad.

Tuesday: Joey comes home with the announcement he’s going to Stockton and he’s also competing this weekend in two events: Lincoln/Douglas debate and performing a duo. He had just gotten his duo script that day. Tuesday night is spent memorizing lines. Fun stuff.

Wednesday: The boss is gone so I can work on mundane things that need doing but are impossible to do when she’s in the office. That night, Joey comes home with his LD statement: The death penalty ought not be used by society as a form of punishment. Lovely. So we’re up until 12:30 working on an affirmative case.

Thursday: Computer problems at work. An obscene phone call from our support technician Darth Vader who promplty deletes all of the bosses personal folders. Ooops. That made for a really wonderful afternoon. 4:58 p.m. message from Joey: “Mom, I told Ms. R. that you and Sarge would volunteer to judge this Saturday. Love you, bye.” Joey stays at school until 6:00 working on his duo then promptly goes to bed. I can’t sleep because I’m worried about his debate. Ugh.

Friday: Computer problem is finally fixed and all folders are magically restored (THANK GOD). 1:00 p.m. The boss and I head downtown to see a drag show performed by one of our very own employees. Quite a way to spend a Friday afternoon. Friday night was the Homecoming game which he had to play at. It was fun but fucking COLD! I froze my toes right off. After that of course was spent working on Joey’s neg case for his debate. Until 1:15 a.m., then practicing his duo a couple of times. Then of course ironing his suit for the competition. Ugh.

Saturday: 7:45 a.m. - 6:20 p.m. - Judging various speach and debate competitions. Literally the whole day was shot. It was fun, and I’m glad I did it. Sadly, I wasn’t able to see Joey perform at all. He didn’t advance in Debate because his second round he was given a by so wasn’t able to earn enough points to advance. And the duo performance he thought was great, but there were over 150 entries and only 6 made it to the next round, so his day was over at 2:45. He wasn’t too bummed since this is the first competition of the season. He’s also considering picking up either a prose piece or a humorous interpretation. I think he’d be great at both…but I’m his mom so I think he’s great at everything.

I’m exhausted! I don’t think I’m taking my jammies off all day!

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