1) wake between 8:30 and 9:00 am, see that all the eccentric pets are fed and watered check
2) eat something, most likely in the cereal/cereal bar +fruit family check
3) gather swimsuits off the wrought iron courtyard fence (Yep, we really are that classy.) check
4) kids dress for pool check
5) re-dress Ugha so all key anatomical parts are covered this time check
6) pack contraband snacks and bury them under towels check
7) fill up water jug with ice water check
8) stuff towels into 2 month old 20 dollar pool bag, lament the broken straps which were hasily tied together and wonder if we could possibly be more white-trash check
9) take a good, hard look at the state of the eccentric children's hair and answer #8 with a definite "No." check
10) spend 20 minutes trying to find shoes, yet only find a total of seven. I could have sworn there were 8 when I bought them. Oh well, it's only the pool. At least I have my shoes this time. check
11) pile into the dusty van. realize that it drizzled just enough during the night to give my van a nice breading of sand, like a large black chicken nugget. Think guiltily of what SSGt Eccentric would have to say about the state of cleanliness were he not busy lying on a mountainside in Afghanistan wondering why the afghanis make strange underpants-like garments for their goats. check
12) consider washing aforementioned van all the while acknowledging it is not likely to happen anytime soon. check
13)10:00 am arrive at poolside Ugha and Goat begin lessons. Dodo cavorts ecstatically like a spastic porpoise in the 3 feet area. check
14)10:30 Dodo's lessons, and Ugha and Scote put on their lifejacket suits (Spiderman and butterlflies) and head to the shallows. I read a little of Confederacy of Dunces, but mostly just vegetate in the shade.
15)11:45 we pack up and head home, hang swimsuits and towels on the fence to dry and head in for lunch check
16)1:00pm Dodo and I do Latin while Scote plays einstein Jr, rosetta stone, or zoombinis on the computer check
17)1:30pm Dodo and I do history while Scote and Ugha devise a game that involves underpants, plastic insects, a puppet named Professor Boo-tee Cack, and a broken vaccum. I decide I already know too much about this game for my own mental health, and choose to ignore it so long as they are reasonably quiet. check
18) 2:30pm I read aloud from Prince Siddartha : the Story of Buddah while the three eccentric children color and listen quietly at the table. check
19) 3:00pm Ugha plays with blocks, and Goat and Dodo are "writing books" at the table. They are allowed to do anything at this point, except TV or video games. I hit Yahoo! games and watch my once glorious Literati rating sink into mediocrity. check
20) 4:00 pm The kiddos are now "free". This means they can now watch PBS kids or videos. The video games are "broken" (i.e. "unplugged") right now from being played too much by Scote. check
21) 5:30 pm eat fancy home-cooked meal of boxed mac and cheese, fishsticks and lima beans that no one will touch except me check
22)5:45 pm kids go into the backyard for the further adventures of Professor Boo-Tee Cack. I consider cleaning, but decide I must bring up myLiterati rating first. check
23) 6:30 "Back of the House" time. Eccentric kids can do whatever they like, so long as they don't fight and stay in someone's room and don't come out to bother me. check
24) 8:30 read a picture book and read and discuss one chapter from The Hobbit. check
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