Lunch Yesterday
OMG, I don't know what the dealio is with my hair! After I take it down, it sumhow springz itself back in2 that uggo propellor-bun! Like sumtime between my morning convo w/Ger yesterday & lunch w/Ger & Dunc, it went "sproing" back in2 the stupid bun. Like sum1's controlling it fr. a distance! So freaky. And not fair. And so much worse than having sum1 "babysit" me. But 4 sum reason, that's what we talked abt over lunch.
Ger: I know how U feel, man. My parents have gone away an' left sum1 2 "look after me".
Me: ::snort::
Dunc: Me 2. It's not pretty.
Me: It's bad enuf when yr Mom an' Dad tell U what 2 do, but getting instructions from a babysitter is like, so demoralizing!! This morning, Connie musta told me 6 times not 2 4get my lunch! 6 times!!
Ger: Um....It looks like she made U a pretty good lunch!
Me: R U on my side, or what?
Hm, it's interesting that Ger sed his 'rents leave sum1 2 "look after me" & not "look after us". I wonder if that meanz his bro alwayz goez w/their 'rents & Ger gets left behind. That's pretty harsh if that's what they do. I'll hafta ask Ger.
Apes
Ger: I know how U feel, man. My parents have gone away an' left sum1 2 "look after me".
Me: ::snort::
Dunc: Me 2. It's not pretty.
Me: It's bad enuf when yr Mom an' Dad tell U what 2 do, but getting instructions from a babysitter is like, so demoralizing!! This morning, Connie musta told me 6 times not 2 4get my lunch! 6 times!!
Ger: Um....It looks like she made U a pretty good lunch!
Me: R U on my side, or what?
Hm, it's interesting that Ger sed his 'rents leave sum1 2 "look after me" & not "look after us". I wonder if that meanz his bro alwayz goez w/their 'rents & Ger gets left behind. That's pretty harsh if that's what they do. I'll hafta ask Ger.
Apes
posted by April Patterson @ 8:55 AM
14 Comments:
At 9:31 AM,
duncan anderson said…
Sorry that I didnt support u enuf, Apes. I was left w/ yr 'rents an' Mr Malkmus last Xmas an' I hafta say Id rather b left w/ Mrs Poirier.
L8r.
At 11:21 AM,
April Patterson said…
no prob, dunc, i know thingz can b worse & i guess i oughta keep that in mind, eh?
apes
At 12:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
april, soundz like u & duncan & gigli had a gud convo @lunch. i totally agree w/u @connie tellin’ u stuff 2 do. if she iz tellin’ u 6 tymez not 2 4get ur lunch, she’s acting like ur st00pid. sumtymez my mom leaves my future sis n charge of me, wen she & my future dad go out, & i h8 it wen she starts givin’ me instructionz. it wud b evn worse if it wuz a neighbour woman. wen duncan sed, “it’s not pretty”, wuz he talkin’ ‘bout mr. malkmus or wuz he talkin’ ‘bout yr 'rents? i guess it cud b both.
i don’t know wut iz goin’ on w/ur hair. i wuz sad 2c it back n the propellor-bun, cuz ur hair luks a lot bettah down.
there iz 1 thing i needta tell u & i hope it duzn’t make u mad. u shud prolly not talk while ur eatin’. u have sandwich bits all ovah ur uni. mebbe u wanna wipe them off n the girlz’ washroom.
At 12:43 PM,
howard said…
April,
I felt bad having to leave Becky at home today, while I went to work at the salon. I hope she feels better soon, but she said was probably going to spend the day sleeping. She was pretty tired last night, but she would wake up occasionally to say something pithy about your hair problems or about parties she has attended when parents are out of town. Then she would go right back to sleep. The things teenage girls think about when they are sick.
I know you are upset about Connie reminding you so many times not to forget your lunch. However, I remember when I used to work for Lawrence he would have conversations with Connie where she would repeat things over and over. Lawrence said he thought it was because his mother had so many conversations with your mother, where they talked only about the things going on in your mother’s life. In order to get a word in about herself to your mom, she would have to repeat herself a lot. She may think of you as an Elly, Jr. as frightening as that may sound. Of course, since Connie and her husband are both already retired, she could just be showing the early signs of old age forgetfulness.
Howard K.
At 1:01 PM,
April Patterson said…
uh-oh, jeremy, u were rite abt the crumbs on my uni. i ducked in2 the washroom & got 'em cleaned up. how mbarrassing. when i ducked in2 the washroom 2 wipe off my uni, i noticed the bun was back again, just like yesterday, so i took it down again. i guess it's prolly a lost cause, but i'm taking it down whenev i notice it's spun itself back up.
howard, i hope becks feelz better soon. yeah, i guess we spend a lot of time thinking abt stuff like parties & hairdo's.
apes
At 1:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
Boozhoo (Hello).
I read your writings about your lunch. Since your writing yesterday was about your breakfast, I expect tomorrow you will write about your supper. I am looking forward to what you have to say about meatloaf.
Since I work the late shift at the Otter County Provincial Police detachment, lunch for me is usually at midnight. Sometimes my partner and I go to the late night coffee shop to get something to eat. It breaks up the monotony of patrolling the highway for people sleeping on the side of the road and they make a pretty good lunch for a coffee shop at midnight.
Last night we saw a teenaged girl walking by the side of the highway in the middle of the night. We pulled up beside her. My partner said it was not safe to walk on the highway in the middle of the night. She should get in our car and we would drive her home. I think my partner must have told her 6 times to get in the car and she didn’t move. Then my partner said to me, “Are you on my side, or what?” Getting instructions from your partner is a little demoralizing, but she was right. So I had to get out of the car. When I did, the girl immediately got in our car. We took her home and her parents were very upset with her. It was not pretty. But at least the girl was safe.
Gi'-ga-wa-ba-min' na-gutch! (See you later!)
Constable Paul Wright
At 2:00 PM,
April Patterson said…
hm, paul, u r prolly rite abt me writing an entry 2morrow abt last nite's dinner. that's often the way i end up writing abt stuff, 4 sum reason. glad that girl u found was ok.
apes
At 5:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
Don’t you wish you had naturally curly hair like I do? If you were as lovely as me, you wouldn’t have to worry about why your hair looks the same every day. My hair has looked the same for over 50 years, and I cannot complain. I don’t know why you are complaining about your parents going away either. Maybe you are just crabby today. No one has ever seen my parents. You can hear them, but they sound like someone talking through a trombone. Sure an extra brother shows up every once in a while, so I know my parents are doing something. However, when you have natural beauty, you don’t really need parents. My advise is: Cultivate your natural beauty. That will be 5 cents please.
Lucy Van Pelt
At 5:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
You think you have hair problems! Golly gee, let me tell you what. I have a cowlick on the back of my head that only mom can fix with a lot of hair grease on Sundays. Not only that, but my hair is so thin; you can see my eyebrows through it. I am going to be bald when I grow up for sure. Lucky for me, I don’t get older.
I love it when mom and dad leave me behind. I get to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson next door. Mr. Wilson is a sourpuss, but Mrs. Wilson is a great cook and always has fresh-baked cookies. The next time your parents go out of town, you should stay with the Wilsons.
Dennis Mitchell
At 5:46 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
You are so lucky to have your propellor-bun. I have to deal with pigtails on both sides of my head every day. I would love to have a propellor-bun.
If you really don’t want your parents to leave you behind when they go on vacations, I have an idea for you. My parents were going on a trip to France once, but then I suddenly realized I had a sick cat that needed an expensive operation which used up all their trip money. That trick works great, particularly if you can get your cat to play along with it.
Hilary Forth
At 6:02 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
I wear my hair in a ponytail all the time. My mom used to have the same hair all the time, but she changed it in the 1990s. I don’t know what you mean when you say your parents have gone away. Can that happen?
Dolly Keane
At 6:19 PM,
Anonymous said…
April,
I would love it if my momma went on a vacation. Then she would stop nagging me to get a job and to stop sleeping all day long. I would even put my hair in a propellor-bun, if that would get her to take a vacation. Any suggestions?
Francis Hobbs
At 7:10 PM,
April Patterson said…
thanx 4 all the advice abt hair & parents, peeps. i guess thingz cd b worse than they r.
apes
At 8:34 AM,
duncan anderson said…
Yah, Apes, u cld b going 2 drama club 4 nites a week an' doing a traffic study @ the Shelbyville Credit Union 4 March break. But drama club wasnt 2 bad 2day most of the time I just had 2 watch Zandra sleepwalk.
I tried 2 buy Kimmi a card @ the mall but they dont have a congrats card 4 finding yr vocation.
L8r.
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