The aliens have landed and other ramblings

Remember Tattoo from Fantasy Island? That's whose voice I hear everytime I see the boys after the are with their father for any amount of time. Except it's not 'De plane! De plane!' it's 'De Aliens! De Aliens!'

They leave as sweet silly boys and return as quarrelsome, screechy, mean aliens. And that's putting it nicely. It takes about 4 days to level them back out and I'm only on Day 2. Then it starts all over again in 2 weeks. I think part of it is the separation and schedule change but he also lets them eat junk they're not allowed. Especially Turtle. And the sad thing is he *knows* his dietary restrictions and what it does to him to eat HFCS, red 40, caffeine and chocolate! I think it's a subconscious effort of *f-ing* with me and being the 'cool dad'.

Pirates of the Caribbean-I have to see this movie. N.O.W. The boys lost the privilege of going tonight for Turtle's birthday so now tomorrow is hanging precariously by a thread. I hate suffering because of their behavior-If I didn't know better I'd think they were trying to break me and see if I'll stick to my guns. I just want a large Diet Coke, buttered popcorn, Mr. Depp and Mr. Bloom-That's it nothing more nothing less. They're old enough to buddy system it to the restroom if need be because hook me up to a catheter I'm not leaving my seat until its over!

Crash leaves for camp on Saturday. Somehow $200 for camp has turned into $300-Between gas/food fees, spending $$ for snacks & souveniers..Ugh ugh ugh..He'll have a killer time though. He's scheduled to do First Aid, Swimming, Woodworking, Fishing, Art and Mammal Exploration. Gotta love Scouts.

The best news of all? I signed up with Direct TV today and got a Killer deal with the DVR and FOOTBALL package!! Woohoo!! Oh and did I mention it will also include like 14 HBO channels so I'm never too far away from Entourage? Or Dane Cook's Tourgasm-He's a whole other thread. He is hysterical!

Now with my Fall and Winter television watching firmly in place I can focus on other things like fall camping and finding Turtle a new Cub Scout pack since I am not I repeat NOT going to be a Den Leader this year.I've done 2 years it's time to be a parent and help that way.

I've rambled enough for now-Considering I have a safety program to put together by the end of the week, along with quarterly financials etc.