Refried Beans (Served With a Side of Grumblecakes)

My day at work consisted of the following routine: 1) Answer a call from someone very high up on the corporate food chain (or someone who thought they were) who would be grumpy, downright mean, and demand exorbitant amounts of time to fix what would otherwise be a simple problem. 2) Take one last tongue lashing for good measure before hanging up with said person. 3) Wait an unusually long time for the next call. 4) Rinse and repeat. I swear, I did not have one single pleasant person all day, and more “High Priority” tickets in one day than I usually take in a week. This, combined with the long periods of nothing made for a day that just seemed to GRIND along.

I was only too happy to return to the chaos that is home. Colin had not been turning in his homework the past few days, so he is grounded from anything fun through next Friday (equal to the time he’d refused to turn in his homework). I had him sweep up in the kitchen while I tanked Clara for a few minutes. DeAnn got home and fixed up some dinner – fajitas and refried beans.

This, of course, meant that Clara would use dinner as make-up, and before long was covered hair to toe in refried bean. DeAnn decided to use the opportunity to give her a bath. Apparently, Clara had some ‘refried beans’ of her own to serve, for shortly after signaling to D that something was awry, she proceeded to go number two in the bath and mash it with her hands. At least D got her out before she had a chance to use those beans as beauty products.

Colin was sent to bed early as well, so we had the kiddo-less evening to ourselves. Dynamis – Beaucedine tonight, and was somewhat more harsh than it normally is. We had some rough pulls, the running team had a wipe that nearly ended in a failed run and the BLM team got stranded at one point behind an NM and his buddies. We finally were able to fight the NM fomor for Jevot’s attestation, but, as always, the NM dropped the wrong one.

I finished the application to Alamo Community College, and I’m told they will start reviewing everything after they stop taking apps. I’m hopeful.