Day 24

We had a rough start this morning. Grant was up with the birds starting his work, but his work was reading comprehension which is not his favorite and it shows. After 30 minutes of trying to explain what the word mind means in the sentence "no, you didn't mind me yesterday" meant - I finally said - "What would you do if you were at school?" He grinned and said "I would think real hard and then we would work in partners!" So you want me to be your partner? "YEP!" Here is the problem with this group project - one partner is pulling a lot more weight than the other!

Elizabeth woke up and ran for 20 minutes and then took a shower. And here we went again with everyone working at their own speed wanting breakfast at different times. Do you know what happens when you eat breakfast at different times? You want lunch at different times! My lack of being able to put a schedule in place is frustrating to me!

It was chicken nuggets for everyone for lunch. Brandon had bought a big bag at Alwan's which turns out taste exactly like McDonald's. I'll let you decide if that is a pro or con. After lunch it was weed pulling time. Phrases that might have been overheard..."We are Paulis. We play hard because we work hard." "Perspiring does not mean you need a break - it's hot - we are all hot, but unless you are stroking out on me - toughen up!" "Just go inside." "No, you can't change jobs again, you have only been doing this one for 2 minutes." There was pouting, shouting and tears. Want to guess those emotions up with the right person...Grant is the pouter, I am the shouter and Elizabeth is the crier. We got through it but it wasn't pretty.

We worked on another section of the fence and had dinner at 7:30. Apparently Grant told Briggs - "I got to eat another snack - we don't eat dinner until like 8:00!"