Let's be Frank...

Good morning ya'll! Are you enthused that we finally made it to Friday! I am; if you could see me right now I'm droppin' it like it's hot...well...honestly, I'm only droppin' it like it's luke warm, but that's only because I have a long day ahead of me, most of which involves shopping so I guess I shouldn't be dreading it...I just hate the driving part of it. I've always hated driving, even as a teenager - when you're supposed to be most excited about driving - I was wishing (and still do) that I was a Rockefeller and could afford a chauffeur. A girl can dream.

Things are busy here in the Florida panhandle but I wanna crank out a post, as I feel a bit neglectful to this here blog lately. 

The kids had Monday off, they were stoked about that. Me? Ehh. I love my kidlets but I knew they'd have a falling out before noon. Anyhoo, we decided to go fishing... 


Gathered our stuff. Looked like we were going on a month long vacation. Packed car. Put dog in car. Started car. Realized Ethan was still in house. Told Ethan to hurry up. Said he was looking for his boogey board. Told him we don't need boogey boards to fish. Ethan got in car. Annoyed that boogey boards weren't a part of fishing. Started driving to beach. Bear stuck his head out window. No big deal. Rolled window down a bit more. Bear stuck his front leg out window. No big deal. All three kids started talking at once. Phone rang. Looked down to see who was calling. Still trying to listen to all three kids' stories. Looked up. Bear's whole front torso was out window. Start screaming. Tried to pull over. Looked like he was going to jump out. Kids were laughing. Bear was happy. I was panicking. Got in slow lane. Bear still hung halfway out. Big deal. 

Made it to beach in one piece. Kids and Bear had a good time. Bear tried to eat a seagull. Seagull screeched at Bear. Bear got the hell away from seagull. Kids built sandcastles. I set up poles. Tangled lines a million times. Finally got poles all set. Kids fished. Didn't catch anything. Tried to play it off. Said there just must not be fish in that spot. Two seconds later guy next to us caught a fish.   Thanks guy-next-to-us for making me look special. Finally laid down to tan. Bear laid on top of me. Gave up on tanning. Hung out. Laughed. Talked. Got cloudy suddenly. Packed our stuff. Headed to car. Owen straggled behind. Said what he was carrying was too heavy. He was carrying his shoes.

Got home. Got baths. Got dinner. Told kids to brush teeth. Stayed downstairs to wash dishes. Heard giggles from behind me. Turned around to see Owen smiling, pop a sucker in his mouth and plop down on the floor. Was wearing my flight cap and boots. Owen said, "Look! I'm Captain Rumbarger". Ethan said, "No, you're Sergeant Rumbarger". Ariana said, "No, you're Cadet Rumbarger". I said, "No, you're Lieutenant Rumbarger." Snapped a picture. Instructed troops to get in bed. 


Monday wasn't so bad...that pre-noon falling out never happened.