18 March
2014
Siblings
Children are
naughty. It is a trait they learn from day one. They will test their
parents to the limits and then push those limits further because they
can. Some children learn “momma” or “dadda” as first words
but you know what word gets used the most? No. Once a toddler learns
no, you are ruined. And don't think they don't know the difference
between yes and no because they absolutely do. Don't test a toddler,
they will make you look like the stupid one. Children don't get less
naughty the older they get, they just get smarter about it.
When I was
about 10, Darren was 8 or 9 and Christian was an itty bitty 2 year
old. We were no more naughty than other children but together, we
were extremely mischievous. At that time in our lives our dad wasn't
much of a parent and our mom worked very hard to give us a nice
apartment near our good schools, to keep our bellies nice and full
and to give us anything we could want or need. She worked so hard
sometimes she had to work nights. In the summer this meant that we
were home during the day when she needed rest from a 16 hour shift.
Being 10, I
was responsible. We could watch TV and play with our toys so long as
we let mom sleep for just a couple of hours. Once got sleep she would
take us to the pool or take us to the park we just needed to give her
some rest. Simple correct? It was, at first. One day we realized that
mom would always answer “yes” to any question we asked her while
she was sleeping. That got the ball rolling slowly at first but we
made sure to pick up speed.
“Mom? Can
I have a candy?”
“Yes”
“Mom, can
we have some ice cream?”
“Yes”
“Mom? Can
we play with the bubbles?”
“Yes”
“Mommy,
can we take the bubbles outside?”
“Ya”
“Mom, can
we take Bubba to the creek?”
“Uh huh”
This is
where we maybe took too much advantage of sleeping mom. We liked to
catch crawdads at the creek and Christian (Bubba) couldn't go with us
unless mom was outside. We took Christian and walked up the little
hill by our apartment and played in the creek. We watched the
crawdads, we played in the mud, we threw rocks at the prairie dogs
and generally had a really great sibling time. Just as we thought the
day could not get any better, we got what was coming to us.
“Javaneh!
Darren! Christian!”
We didn't
need to hear more than my name, we ran down the hill as fast as we
could. Mom was up and we weren't home. In the back of our minds we
absolutely knew we shouldn't go outside without mom knowing but we
thought we had pulled one over on her.
“Where
were you? What were you doing? I thought you were gone! You aren't
supposed to go outside without me knowing,” and that was the one
hat perked us up.
“But mom
you said we could,” I honestly don't remember who said that.
“What? I
never said that! You had me so worried!”
“We asked
if we could go to the creek while you were sleeping and you said
yes,” ding ding ding! That was the winning answer that ruined that
scheme for the rest of our youth.
We were sent
to our rooms. The new rule was that we weren't allowed to ask mom any
questions while she slept and she even got a top door lock so we
couldn't leave while she was sleeping. I still don't know if we
didn't get in serious trouble because my mom knew we were being
clever or because no one really had gotten hurt seeing as we were
playing happily together for once. Needless to say that was not the
end of us being naughty but that was my favorite and most memorable
time with my brothers.
19 March
2014
Knee Vole
Nikki has
been my friend for many years now. I believe 9 years to be exact. We
have many great memories, some we can't remember but luckily those
days are behind us. I would say one of my favorite memories would
have to be the time we stole Rowdy.
In
our younger days, we liked to hang out at my apartment and drink some
crazy mixed drink I made. It was half vodka, half orange juice, a
pineapple round with juice and a splash of cranberry juice in a pint
glass. It tasted like heaven and made us laugh a lot! Earlier in the
day we had driven (completely
sober at that time) past an apartment that had a VERY realistic
German Shepard statue outside its door. It scared the living hell out
of me.
Later, after we had a couple drinks, we decided to hang out at the
park. We took lots of pictures and had a great BFF time. After a
while we walked home. Now by this point we were just having way too
much fun and I decided that I was going to steal the dog statue. With
as much stealth two drunk girls can have, we opened the apartment
building door, (the dog was not associated with any one apartment, it
was more guarding the building itself) Nikki kept a look out and I
snatched the dog. We ran full speed past 4 buildings, up 3 flights of
stairs and inside my apartment without detection!
Once inside, we realized Scott would be home soon. Since the dog
scared me so bad we just knew it would scare Scott in a dark
apartment. We went to the bedroom, turned the lights off, put the dog
at the door and waited. He came to the bedroom and saw the dog. It
was beautiful how scared he was! We played this game for a while, we
would move the dog around the apartment and scare each other and our
guests.
Nikki and I decided to name the dog Rowdy after the stuffed dog on
Scrubs. Rowdy was a great companion that ended up guarding our yard
at the Fox Street house. A few months before we moved Rowdy died.
Literally, his head fell off and he crumbled to pieces. I am now a
more functional adult and Nikki is almost 2 years sober with a great
boyfriend and a wonderful life in California! Rowdy will always be
one of our fondest memories together though. At least until I get to
see her again next month!
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