it's sunday, that means- hanging out with dad day. our day did take an unexpected twist though.
started out this morning normal enough. dad hooked me up with a huge bowl of cinnamon crunchie pillows. we hung out. i played a few video games then it was dad's turn for the tv. dad put on the football. we watched a little bit. all of a sudden the tv switched off. the lights went out. no power! what do we do? there's no power. i accused mom of not paying the electric bill. she assured me that was not the case. then you used too much and now we've run out! it was kind of upsetting. without power we can't watch tv, cook, use the bathroom, wash our hands, it's dark.
mom helped me get dresses and shoooed me and dad out the door. i was rather put out. this is supposed to be my day with dad and here's mom following us around. i tried to push her back inside but no. mom drove me and dad to the park. the traffic lights were all working so it just must be a power failure to our block. got to the park.
i ran to the public bathrooms and used them. phew. i could pee and flush and then wash my hands. i was kind of worried i'd never be able to do that again. had a good play on the slides and playground, even though it was sprinkling out. a few rain drops is not going to stop me. i got dad to push me on the swings. i went super high.
mom decided it was time to go. we drove back to the house to check on things. we saw the electric company man and his big truck parked outside our complex. he was just starting to work so mom guessed the power was still off. boooo. mom drove us to walmart. when in doubt, go to walmart. they've got everything, even power.
got a cart and dad pushed me around the store. we left mom to her own devices today. by the time we found her again, she had her own cart full of things. that's fine. dad and i used our time well. we went to the sports aisle. i got a pair of football socks and a number 3 football- it's small. i'm used to kicking around a number 5 ball. this little thing is going to go flying when i boot it. gave all the stuff to mom and she went and paid.
back home we went with our purchases. turned the corner to our complex and found not 1 but 2 electric company trucks. the two guys weren't working either, they were hanging out having a laugh. what the heck? got in the house and flicked some switches- power! thank goodness for that. the power had been restored. i'm still unconvinced it wasn't mom's fault.
dad and i snuck off in the car. we're doing guy stuff. we just left mom sitting at the table. we went to the car wash. poor car is turning yellow from all the pollen in the air. we ran it through the car wash and now it's nice and clean. of course on the way home it started to rain a bit. doh! we came home and found mom vacuuming. mr hoover sucked up all the crumbs.
now i'm just going to play some video games. let's hear it for lazy sundays.