It's a Cray-Cray World

Especially when you have something in common with Charlie Sheen.  It seems we both have been summoned for jury duty recently.  But was this his 5th time?  Or 3rd time since 2010?  I think not.  Nope, only I have had this good fortune.  I'm hoping the doctor's excuse I obtained from Middle Child's pediatrician has saved me.  I've already blogged about jury duty once.  I don't think you guys need to hear about my time spent twiddling my thumbs in the so-called 'Quiet Room' again.

Does anyone remember about the time last year when Middle Child read a Halloween book to preschoolers for a college literacy course and she had points deducted because a Halloween book is "not appropriate" reading?  Well, the madness continues with another professor.  This time, she submitted a song with movements as part of a lengthy resource assignment for a preschool music course.  Want to know what was rejected because it was "not appropriate?"  Ants In Your Pants.  Just so you know, please don't sing this song to any preschooler.  But feel free to play Robin Thicke if you happen to be traveling in the car.  Sheesh!

My oldest daughter went to a 3 day music festival last month.  Where's the madness in that, you ask? Well, it was the Mumford and Sons Gentlemen of the Road tour and she's about the least hipster girl you may ever meet.  And there were two nights of camping involved.  Outside.  In a field.  And this is the same girl who didn't use a bathroom for 24 hours at church camp.  And who thinks the Red Roof Inn is a special place in Hell.  Oh, the power of a boyfriend and a dozen former co-workers!  She survived (barely) despite the campsite being situated next to the busiest railroad in America and having to listen to a girl in the next tent over bragging about all her plastic surgeries in LA and how she knows David Spade and he is the biggest douche EVER!

You know how when you need to get somewhere 6 hours away, but flying would only take 1 hour, so you decide to book a flight because it would save you time and the expense of an extra night or two in a hotel?  Well, no.  Husband had a 3 day seminar to attend this week.  He missed half the first day because the flight that was supposed to land at 8:30 am arrived at 11am.  Considering he left our house at 5:30 am, he could have driven to the hotel the conference was being held and roughly arrived at the same time.  Which is, late and missed the entire morning sessions.  Then, on his return flight, his sole piece of luggage was unexplicably put on a later flight.  They offered to drive it to our house, but with two expensive suits, shirts, shoes, etc. he wasn't about to risk it.  So, he waited around the airport for 2.5 hours to claim his luggage.  Let's see.....left hotel at 4:00 and arrived home at 9:30.  A whole half hour saved!  Woot for air travel.