As usual, the PMA is up and down. I found out yesterday the W is going to be gone most of today, tomorrow and Saturday. She's doing some extra work for the school after work and they have a big tournament this week.
She has continually volunteered for this stuff. She gets paid for it, but I've asked her not to do it right now since it means she's gone a couple of nights a week...in addition to other nights when she goes out with her friends shopping or whatever.
It ticked me off yesterday and I'm still mad about it. I don't want to get into an argument so I'm trying to leave her alone. She keeps asking me what's wrong? Have I told you guys that I hate when she does that? As soon as I tell her what's wrong, she gets mad and walks away anyway so it's better if I just keep my mouth shut.
Last night was Ash Wednesday, so I did something I haven't done in a long time. I went to Church. She didn't want to go so I went by myself. Long story, but I grew up going to Catholic School, and went to Mass pretty much everyday as a kid. Maybe I just got burnt out, but I've pretty much avoided Church as an adult except on some holidays but last night was OK. We have a new priest since last time I was there.
I came back home and there were 7 cars/trucks in our driveway, five of which I didn't recognize. YS had some of his friends over playing PlayStation football and eating all our food. OS had shown up with two of his friends as well. Of course none of them had eaten.
I ordered pizza. It was fun and they all hung out for awhile. The dog was going nuts since she's not used to so many people all at once. And she has a thing about guys in particular. She barks and growls at them a lot. Must get that from W.
The kids finished the food and then trickled out. YS went into his room when his cell phone started ringing. It took me a while to figure that out, but I've realized that after 9pm, cell phone calls are free so the girls all start calling then. It explains why he hides in his room at night. During the summer and fall he'd go outside, but it's kind of chilly at night now, so he goes into his room.
That left W and I and I didn't feel like just sitting there pretending that everything was just great. Instead, I cleaned up the mess and went to bed. I don't usually go to bed until much later but, as I said earlier, I'm really trying to avoid an argument.
Well, gotta go. I have to stop by the store and replenish the snack supply in case the horde stops by again tonight. I never know, it goes in spurts. I think they wear out there welcome at one guy's house then take the show on the road. And OS might show up again too. He's getting ready to deploy and I think he's getting more time off now so he's started showing up a little more often. The natives get restless without food.
