Mission BBA(s): Wrap-Up

Yep, that's right. I'm totally lumping all remaining days into one. It's been a whirlwind since day four. Soooooooooo, let's see.

So after the early day birthday celebration, as planned, we took the kiddos to the go-cart place. With them still being so young, we had to do the double cart thing so Mistah and I could drive them around the track. All was going well until I phucked sh!t up! As I was bringing the cart into the bay, I misjudged the spacing between the space the cart goes in and the cement block that separates the lanes where the carts are parked. Here's a pic to give you an idea of what I mean.


Unfortunately for us, there were no tires in front of the thing to help soften the blow. Also, I wasn't going that fast so that helped BUT that crap still hurt!!! BBA #2 was riding with me and suffered the fate of my mind blowing go-cart skills. I was so shocked by what I had just done that I didn't even notice him crying at first. After checking him over, he said that only his tongue hurt (from where his teeth bit it) and he was off with the birthday boy to play video games for awhile. Mistah didn't help matters by laughing at me (in private) saying that I looked like a crash test dummy from behind and proceeded to demonstrate the slow motion version of our motor vehicle accident....bastid. Anyway, we went back out for round two and BBA#2 stated emphatically that he no longer wanted to ride with me but Mistah. LOL Hey, I can't blame him. I gave BBA#2 some kids med's and checked him over the next morning to make sure he was still ok. Luckily, he said only his tongue still hurt. Unluckily for me, I was sore as hell!!!! *growls* Thank goodness I have a back supply of prescribed medication to help with things of this nature. :D

After the birthday shenanigans, I took them to a few places in Little Rock the next day one of which was my place of employment. We had 'the best behavior talk' prior to going in. I swear it was like talking to deaf children because nothing I said took. They lived up to their name and showed their complete and total Billy Bad Asses!!!! After hightailing it out of there with my tail between my legs, we had another talk in the car about what was going to transpire once we arrived back home. Yep, that's right! I had to beat some Billy Bad Ass! As with all kids I imagine, they thought I had forgotten as they were asking about watching cartoons and slip and sliding again.

I made them sit in the reflection corner (thanks Super Nanny), gave them another talk (I still don't think it sunk in), made their dinner, gave baths and put.them.to.bed!

Friday was their last full day and it was extremely low key. So low key, that I can't even remember what we did other than taking them next door to visit with my (elderly) neighbors cleaning up and watching Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel. *sigh*

And then they were gone. We left around 9'ish Saturday morning to take them back to Memphis to reunite with their parents and little brother (who is oh so cute and juicy for an eight month old). He looks a lot like BBA#3 only darker (more like my complexion for those of you that know what I look like). My sister suggested that since the baby will be older next year that she send all three of them down next year. Ya'll know I'm never one to shy away at laughing at a hilarious moment so I proceeded to cackle in her face and call her crazy. She shouldn't even let that thought cross her mind again until that child is closer to three or four years of age.

While I do miss them, I am quite happy to have my life back to normal. No more cartoons, no more Fruit Loops, no more kids!!! YAY!!!!!!!

Mission BBA(s): Day Four

First, I would like to give a shout out to Gorgeous P. and K.Rock for bestowing me with the honor of the Versatile Blogger award! And here I thought I was just a one trick pony.....not to be confused with My Little Pony. Now I just have to remember where I saw that little picture so I can showcase it on the blog. :D

So today is BBA #3's big day....his 5th birthday! He informed all in the household yesterday, that once he woke up that everyone would have to sing him the happy birthday song and give him presents.

Oh really now?!

I'll cut him some slack since today is his birthday but that child (smh and LOL at the same time) has a bad case of 'got a mouth full of want and a hand full of nothin'-itis. At any rate, today has been a good day so far. I did a bit of decorating for him last night and arranged his gifts so he would walk in and see them on display. Of course, all he saw were the presents............LOL. After he played for a bit with his brother and took his birthday calls, we went to a matinee showing of 'Despicable Me'. AWESOME movie! I don't watch kid flicks all that often but this one ranks right up there with 'The Incredibles'. I still love watching that movie.

Afterward, I took them out to lunch at the best little fast food place in the world.....Chick-fil-A! We made a quick pit stop in the restroom and I got to experience one of those embarrassing moments that mother's often speak of. The stall that we went in had a combination of post BM\women folk odor. BBA #3 proceeds to exclaim, "Aunt AR Gal it stinks in here! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!". I had to laugh to keep from crying because the lady that funked it up had just walked out of the stall and well it really did stink.



Once Mistah gets home from work and I wake them up from their nap (both of which should be occurring any minute now) , we'll do the cake thing and then take them to the go cart place once the sun goes down a bit.

I just hope he doesn't throw up again.

Until tomorrow (or something close to it)................

Mission BBA(s): Day Two & Three

I's tyred..........but I don't know why. Now that I sit here thinking about everything that we've done it really hasn't been that much but it seems like we have just been going, and going, and going. Energizer Bunny Game Proper.

The day seems to pass by sooooooooooooo quickly. The fact that I'm still waking up at my normal time of five am isn't helping matters much. First you have to feed them breakfast and keep them entertained by planning an activity or letting them watch Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, PBS or one of the dvd's they brought along. By the time I've gotten them fed, the kitchen cleaned, clothes laid out and ironed for the days outing, teeth brushed, faces washed and all that jazz, it's time for lunch and dinner. *sigh* At any rate, I'm convinced that if we ever decide to have kids that being a stay at home mom is out of the question (like we could afford it with the high cost of daycare but whatever).

Ya'll don't care about my troubles though, you want to know about the kids right? Right. The Cliffnotes version is as follows:

• Sunday we went bowling. Everyone had a good time and we all got at least one strike in.
  
• There were plans to take them to the park this morning (not an indoor activity I know but it's not so bad as long as it's early) but those were pushed back until tomorrow due to unforeseen circumstances.
• I found a cake. Actually, it's a mini-cake surrounded by cupcakes. It's really cute, colorful and fits the bill.
  
• Today we went to the place I had been hearing about non-stop since I picked them up in M-Town.....Ju-mp Z-one. It's the bees knees around here. Actually, it's nothing more than a bunch of inflated play areas in a building.
  
• I wish I had to the funds to open one. They make bank!
• I let them run free for a little over three hours. I made sure to stop by the Wal--Mart-s and get some magazines to read before I let time slip away.
• They are really some entertaining kids. BBA #3's rendition of 'There Goes My Baby' would make you feel emotion even if you had no soul. Hilarious!
• Speaking of, he got to speak with his kinda sorta girlfriend on the phone Saturday. The convo was going great until I heard, 'so are you my girlfriend now or what?'. They are gonna have issues with that one.
• He's a tattle-tale too. Three days in and now I just ignore him.

And with that, I'm off to bed. Maybe I'll sleep 'til six tomorrow. *fingers crossed*

Mission BBA(s): Day One

Soooooooooooo, Billy Bad Ass numbers two and three are here for the week. Day one was most uneventful as they spent quite a bit of time being chauffeured from their great-aunts house to my mom's house (aka my granny's (RIP) house) to hang out for a bit then to my house.

I was dreading the (two plus hour) drive because those two can TALK!!! All praises to the most high for making it so our bodies need sleep because that's exactly what they did 10 minutes after we got in the car until we arrived in town.


I still have to go get this child a birthday cake (cupcake and/or random sweet something or another). I didn't want to buy it too soon but I don't want to wait until say his birthday to get it either. I think I'll be safe getting one tomorrow or Tuesday.

I haven't a clue as to what today's activities will involve other than they will be strictly INDOOR!

I hope ya'll are having a restful weekend cause guess what? I AIN'T!

And now for a musical selection...............................
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEMIIIIXXX!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

One more year older and I still feel like a 19 year old......YEAH RIGHT!!

On the eve and day of my birthday, I've had the connection problems for hell. After purchasing a new modem (after being told that our modem had an error) we've since found out (after spending countless minutes on the phone with our ISP and router manufacturer) the problem was the router. Everything seems to be working well now so keep your fingers crossed it stays that way. We will be making a stop at the local Best Buy to return the modem and spend that money on something else....ie me!!!!! YAY!!!

Since my plans for this evening were so rudely changed on me (see previous post) I'm off to find something to get into this afternoon and evening.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!!

P.S. McCain is STOOPID!!!

FIGHT, FIGHT!!!!

Ladynay says she's a six days late on posting this month's blog theme. I've got her beat as I'm a month and six days late on posting anything theme related. I don't remember exactly what last month's theme was other than it was related to love....like ummmm first loves, first kiss, or something like that. Don't hate me ya'll! lol This month's theme is physical fights and boy do I have a doozy. Like to hear it, hear it go......

Picture it, small town AR, 1996. My friends and I had come home from college for our month off during the holidays at the end of the year. Being in small town AR left a lot to be desired in the way of nightlife, so we all decide to venture out to the main juke joint in town, the Ebony social club aka the Ebony. *pours out a lil liquor for the now defunct (ie burnt to a crisp) club* Now during this time, AR Gal was single, always ready to mingle, and had her eye on two young gentlemen.

Now one guy who I'll call ummmmmmmm Juicy Fruit (blame his lips please) had a lot of drama associated with him (ie a crazy ass baby mama). During the summer just prior to the winter break, we hung out a lot with one another. Come to think of it, our interaction only came when I was at home on break or visiting. I don't even recall talking to him on the phone while I was away at school.

The other guy who I'll call Juicy Booty (he had a big butt for a guy, lol) was someone I knew of in high school (he was a few years ahead of me) but we really didn't meet one another until graduation day.....well night (that's another story for another day). I talked to him here and there while I was away at school and he would come up to visit on occasion during the weekend. He was just down the road @ UAPB so it wasn't really a big deal for him to come up.

While making the circle with my girls around the club to find our spot, I noticed Juicy Booty was there and we were in each other's face from that point on dancing and talking. I eventually noticed that Juice Fruit was also there and waved when I saw him. It's getting late and the club starts clearing out so we all make our way outside. I say my goodbyes to Juicy Booty and head over to my friends car where my girls are waiting. Juicy Booty yells something out to me so I turn around to yell something back. As I turn back around Juicy Fruit's crazy ass baby mama is in front of me and knocks me smooth in my face. WTF???!!! I reach for my face (yeah I'm vain like that) and the chick swings at me again but I duck out of the way and swing at her face. Now I don't know if she fell because I hit her or she lost her balance but what I do know is that hoe came tumblin down. My friends say I clocked her but let's face it, we were all a bit inebriated so whose to say what really happened at that particular moment. All I know is she was on the ground and something in my head just clicked. lol I proceeded to kick her in her guts with my four inch boots until my friends made me stop. By then Juicy Booty has made his way over, pulls me over to his truck, and tells my friends to meet us at Dodger Dog (it's a gas station folks). While in the truck, Juicy Booty is trying to calm me down as I'm cussin all kinds of sailor ways and here comes this crazy chick again bangin on his truck window. This not only pisses me off but JB as well. I reach over across him to roll the window down (stupid I know but I was in the moment of it all, lol). She reaches in to get me but I grab her hair and proceeded to bang her head against the truck door. He pushes me back across the seat, rolls the window up (not before getting her told), and rides out. We arrived at the gas station to wait on my friends and ole girl eventually makes her way up there. The gas station was nine times out of ten the spot to go after the club so this was really no big surprise. I see her, she sees me. She's still talkin trash and her friends tell her to and I quote "shut her drunk ass up". I was just ready to get to the house at this point (especially since I couldn't really see my face in the vanity mirror in JB's truck). My friends pull up and I sit in the truck talkin with JB a little bit longer and we roll out.

*Updated*I'm adding this late as Kat asked some good questions that made me realize I had left out some important stuff regarding the crazy baby mama

I never had contact with the girl prior to that night at the club. We went to high school together (she is a year younger than me) but we ran in two different circles. I had heard that JF's baby mama was the jealous type but they were not together at the time (at least that’s how it was told to me, lol) although I'm willing to bet he gave her reason to believe that they still were (especially since they ended up having another kid together). *rolls eyes and sighs* He talked to other girls and without fail, I would always hear about her fighting someone over him. So in essence she was young and dumb as was he. That's basically all this messed boiled down to. All I did that night at the club was wave @ JF but I suppose that was enough to light a fire under her @ss to make her want to take action and fight for what was hers. lol Please believe that she had him after that 'cause AR Gal ain't want no mo' parts of that mess.

So that's that. As long as I live, I will never forget that night. As harsh as it sounded, it has provided my friends and I with laughs to last a lifetime (I actually lol quite a bit putting this event into words just now). As far and JF and I, ummm yeah let's just say that communication with him ceased soon after this event and truly affected how I viewed dating guys with children going forward. JB and I stayed in contact quite a bit after that as he and I were together for the next 5 years. Perhaps I'll share should there be a relationship theme in the future. :-)