Entrepreneurs day (again)

Quintus informed asked if he could take part in Entrepreneurs day at school (again).  When is this day, I ask buying me time to get out of this.  Friday he says.  I already paid my deposit he says.

No!!! I think.  Sure we can, boy.  Let’s see what we can come up with this weekend. 

Ai and he is only in Grade 2!  We did come up with a great plan though.  Easy, not a lot of work and hopefully something that will bring in good money :)  Gotta love those type of plans.

 

Where do YOU live?

Yesterday as every single day in the life that is mine was hectic.  I asked Tommie if he could do me the huge favour pick up Quintus after his extra lessons at school.

Sorry.  No can do.  Why?  He has to go play golf!  Oh the tough life of the husband of mine.

A while later I get a call…. “BTW what extra classes did Quintus go to?”

You got to be kidding me right!?  This is his second year that he has extra classes on Mondays and Wednesdays! 

Separate worlds people.  We sometimes live in separate worlds.

 

How do you know?

Jason is really sick.  I considered taking him to the ER over the weekend because his cough sounded so bad.  He also had a fever but I could keep that under control easily.  Yesterdaymorning early I made an appointment for him and he has bronchitis.  He is sounding horrible. Obviously he is not at school and basically confined to bed.  (I do not have the time or energy to sit in hospital for days, so I’ll do what I can to prevent that)

Quintus on the other hand decided yesterday morning that he is feeling sick as well.  Too sick to go to school.  I thought he was giving it a bit of a lie but thing is, I’m not in his body.  How do I know if he is feeling sick or not.  So I let him stay home.  He was not sick.

I was so disappointed in him.  It’s not like him and I will not allow him to get into the habit of skipping school for an ingrown toe-nail no reason at all.  I told him that in the future if he doesn’t have  40 + fever or crawling his way to hospital he will be going to school.  Okay that’s a bit extreme but I don’t take lying well.

 

Blame

There’s so many things he should have done to protect my dog.  I have spoken to him so many times about being careful.  Rather putting the dogs in the bakkie when he drives in.  Letting the kids hold on to them. Just to be aware that they could run under the wheels of his car.

He thought I was being a pain and a nagging wife.

He was wrong.

I just want him to apologize.  Yet I also don’t want to lay the blame on him.  Not because I think he is not to blame but what is the use?  It won’t bring Benji back.  It will just cause hurt and anger and emotions that will lead to nothing.

Quintus found out today and thought his dad was joking.  It took him a while to realize that it really did happen, that Benji really is dead.  Like me, he wants to cry alone.  I went to him and gave a big hug, comforted him but let him go when he moved away.  Later on I saw him sit by Benji’s grave. 

I feel better now that he knows.  With that anxiety of how he will react now gone, it feels like I can begin to accept this.