The Michael Swayne Story V: King of his Castle

I have been having things go missing lately. First, a bag of candy I had a few weeks ago was stolen. Actually, the candy in the bag was missing, but the bag was still there. The crime scene also my chair brought up against my dresser, as if to use it as a ladder. It turns out Jesse took my candy and ate it all. His Mom spanked him when it was discovered.

A blue marker of mine disappeared recently. I found the cap this morning. No sign of the marker though. When I was putting the cap where my other markers were, I discovered another missing thing. I had two tubes of toothpaste in a box. The one I had been using was capless and dried out, and the other was gone. I had just bought last week, because I knew I'd be running out soon. Anyway, that one was nowhere to be seen. I searched everywhere I thought it could be. Maybe it was found and put in one of the bathrooms. It wasn't. I checked in and around the sinks, and still no luck. It wasn't until a few hours later when I was here alone that I found it. After some snooping through lots of places I shouldn't have looked through, I found it under the couch in the living room. I don't know how it got there, and the box was still gone. But I don't care about the box. It's the tube I care about.

And the next one isn't a theft story, but a destruction of property story. A few days ago, I was letting the kids hold the PS3 controllers to make them think they were playing, when really Joey was the only one playing at the time. All of a sudden Jesse threw the controller he was holding onto the floor. I told him not to do it again, and gave it back to him. It wasn't two minutes when he did it again, this time breaking it. I escorted him out of my room, and tried to repair the controller. It was beyond my capability. The entire left side was unable to respond. It would still turn on, but once it did, there was no way to control anything. It would scroll through menus quickly and not be able to make a selection. So I gave it Autumn and said it was hers now. I have no use for a broken controller. So now I am shopping for another. I have my eye on one, but it's $25. The one that broke was an official, and I want the replacement to be an official one as well. I have two non-official ones, and they don't work anywhere near as well as the official ones.

So now I don't let any of the kids in my room. If they enter, I shoo them back out. I will eventually let Joey back in, but his sister and brother are no longer allowed in. I can't afford to replace my things. I will have to hide things or put things at a high elevation so there aren't as much a chance to have things go missing. I shouldn't have to because a shut door means to not come in without permission.

I wish I had posted this before I went down the hill to Larry's house. Because I am actually typing everything from this point on Notepad. Autumn once again disconnected the wi-fi, and I have the feeling she wouldn't have done it if I had been here. I am so tired of that happening. I even posted about it on Facebook. But I did it out of frustration, and made it visible to everyone except Carma. Once I get wi-fi access again, I will make it fully visible and hope she sees it.

So yeah, I went down to Larry's this evening. Tonya called and asked me to come get some meat for Luca and the puppy. She also gave me a bag of treats she had left over from her church party thing. We then chatted some. After Larry gets better (he's been having knee troubles lately), we'll be working again. Which will be good. I could use the money. I asked about buying Tonya's bike. Since the left pedal crank arm on my bike is starting to crack, I am looking to get a new one. I wouldn't want to be left walking in the winter. So this week I will deposit the money I had been saving in my coffee can so I will have the extra funds to get a new bike when I need it. It ruins the whole 52-week money saving challenge, but what's the point of money but to spend it?

Well it is now Tuesday morning. I deliver tomorrow, and it will be so cold. It just has to be the coldest day of the week tomorrow. Most of the time I will outside, it will be less than 20 degrees Fahrenheit. I will need to bundle up.

Well, that's about it for now. I hope to see you around the forums, and until then...

Later!

Michael