The one thing that is consistent about special needs kids is they cannot control their emotions. So, today I asked them to help me in the yard. My neighbor’s 100 foot tree broke in half and fell in our yard during that storm the other night and made a huge mess. Well I was cutting up the tree with a chain saw and the kids were sorting the wood and cleaning up the branches. Well my children are very competitive and even though my son is 6ft 6in tall and a foot taller than my daughter, she thinks they are equal in all regards. So he tells her how strong he is. She says, “well I am strong too”. And he makes the mistake of saying, Yes, but I am even stronger.” OK, so now the world comes to an end. She yells at him and tells him she is strong too, and he can’t stand being yelled at and so he goes ballistic and now I have the two of them going after each other like some big prize fight. I am totally useless at this point because me not being very bright, I try to explain to my daughter that my son is very strong. This of course was the wrong thing to do, and my smarter half was nowhere to be found. I tried everything my simple little mind could think of to resolve this situation, but only seemed to make things worse. Finally my wife arrived and explained to my daughter how unintelligent boys and men were and that of course she was as strong as my son, and reminded her how she should never listen to her father.
Folks, we are going to start serving inside a little. We almost have no choice but we will be very careful. We have added virus killing UV lights to our central air conditioning systems at all three places and I have installed sliding windows at Taylors and have ordered them for Country waffles and Flapjacks. This will give us better air circulation, mind you only if the weather isn’t too cold or hot.
Please be careful folks. We are nearing the final stretch and don’t want to crash on the last turn.