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Sam Explores Motorized Sports - Saturday, June 12, 2004
Sam was introduced to motorized sports today. Kyle and Andy (our neighbor from across the street) came over. They were engaged in some serious male bonding over beer and a chain saw. Andy’s wife was sleeping so he brought the kids—AJ, Aitlin and Orion—over. Brought the mini bike and the 3-wheeler over also. Sam has no skills for the mini bike. But he has discovered the joys of the 3-wheeler. At times he passed by the window so quickly all I saw was a blur. But Kyle and Andy were out there (have I ever said just how “out there” they are?), so I didn’t worry.
Then a little while later Sam came in. “Dad, I have to change my shirt.”
“Why, what happened to it?”
He waved it at me and showed me this hole that had to be a good 6” across. “I fell off the 3-wheeler and it ripped a hole in my shirt.”
“Did it rip a hole in you, too?”
“Nah, just bruised a bit. I’m getting another shirt.”
Ok…
A little while later Kyle comes in.
“Did you see his shirt?” Excited expression. “He rolled the 3-wheeler. Landed on top of him. He asked me what to do. I told him to just kick it over and go. So you know what he said?”
Didn’t give me a chance to reply.
“He kicked it over, and said, ‘Ok man, I’m going!’ Did you see that shirt?”
I nodded. “Yeah, I saw it.”
Kyle was gone in a second later. Back outside to play.
A little while longer, Sam comes in again. “Gotta change my shirt again.”
“Why?”
“Went over the handlebars and ripped it. No biggie.”
No biggie… Wasn’t a biggie when AJ found the bramble bushes with the mini bike either. No biggie when the two of them collided. Just a small collision. “Take a chill, Luc!”
I probably should have taken something.
And in and out of my house ALL DAY was a steady stream of little girls. Aitlin—who is Sam’s girlfriend, though I’m not sure she knows that—and her little sister, Orion—who ran around the house yelling “BOO!” at every cat. She reminded me a bit of Boo from Monsters, Inc. except she is blonde.
Girls seem to need to use the bathroom a lot. I have a guy bathroom. Seems a violation to have it visited by girls every 10 minutes. I mean… there are guy things in there…
At one point Aitlin wanted to see Sam’s room. Sam was going to let her. Idiot. I told Aitlin that Sam’s room had been condemned and until the bulldozer and the backhoe and the decontamination unit had been there, it was off limits to humans. Sam was embarrassed. I have done my job as a dad. He is really going to need that counseling. Again, I have done my job as a dad.
Kyle and Andy look very silly racing each other on a mini bike and a 3-wheeler. But since they were both completely ****faced, it was a definite improvement over trying to fix the chain saw. True, driving while intoxicated is not the best option. But they were not on the road, they were low to the ground—and they were not playing with small VERY sharp cutting surfaces that spin at a high rate of speed. Major improvement as I see it.
Sam is now asleep in the chair. Kyle went to get a change of clothes about 2 hours ago. I suspect he is passed out on the bed. Sam has more scratches on him than I can remember ever having seen before. He has a nasty bruise on his stomach. He was limping around and saying he really hurt himself when he fell off. “But I didn’t cry, Dad. That’s because I am one tough ****er.” His exact words. The tough ****er is asleep in the chair, as I said, with one arm around one cat and the other around a stuffed dinosaur. Yeah, one tough ****er there.
So for one day at least, I have actually been the ADULT in the family. God! I really hope this isn’t going to become a habit.
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And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered "I Myself amd Heav'n and Hell"
Omar Khayyam
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