Post-Mothers Day Update

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Who's In Charge Here, Anyway?
The guy who runs this blog hasn’t been posting very much lately. What a deadbeat.

Mothers Day (or is it "Mother's Day"? Or "Mothers' Day"?)
On Mother’s Day, we had a fun get-together at our house. Mom and Dad came, and Mary, Jeff, Laura, and Daniel came down from Williamston. It was great to see everyone.

Soccer - Rain's Favorite Game
Over the last two Saturdays, we’ve watched two soccer games, and had two more rained out. We went to K’s in the morning on Saturday, and there were big puddles of water on the field. M’s game went on as scheduled, though, and his team won their first game of the season. The previous Saturday, M’s game was rained out in the morning, and K’s game went on as scheduled. His team lost a close game, it could have gone either way.

Science Olympiad Update
Science Olympiad night at Lawton Elementary is Wednesday evening. It should be a great time. The students have an opportunity to show everyone what they’ve learned in their practices. The final teams that will compete on June 5 will be finalized by next week, and the kids can train in earnest for the next three weeks. We’re very fortunate to have these events and opportunities at our school and in our district. Science Olympiad is self-sufficient, so it doesn’t require tax dollars to pay for it. With so many cutbacks, this would probably be an easy target.

How to Deal with Bill Collectors
If you ever want to escape from bill collectors, I have an easy way for you to do it. Don’t renew your cell phone, and get a new number. It completely confuses them. Of course, you all know I’m referring to my recently-new phone, whose number used to belong to a guy named Robert. I don’t like to judge people I’ve never met, but I can confidently say he has trouble paying his bills. When I get calls for him, about one per week, the person on the other end of the phone seems confused that people aren’t born with a single phone number that follows them all their lives. They ask me if I know Robert – yes, yes, I do know him, he’s er, he’s right in the front yard, oh no! he’s gone now. Just hopped in his car that he hasn’t paid for and drove to the jewelry store to buy a watch he can’t afford. I’ll have him call you RIGHT BACK on his gold-plated telephone from his Jacuzzi.

No, I would never do that because then they’d keep calling me. The thing that bothers me the most about this is that I’m the one who ends up having to call back the collection agencies to notify them that Robert no longer has this phone number. I’m sure Robert has a black mark on his credit report, but I doubt he has to worry about anyone actually finding him. I found a guy on facebook with the same name who lives in this area. I’m betting that’s him, but I don’t want to contact him. Yet. I should just tell the people at the collection agencies if they want to find him, they should use the internet like the rest of the civilized world does.

Early Christmas List
You know the movie "This is Spinal Tap"? It's one of my favorites. Which makes me want to buy this.

I'm not sure what I would use this knife for, but I'm sure I could find something.

I don't want one of these to keep at my house, but I'd like to use one for a while.

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