How's it feel to be 9? Fine.

Sky’s birthday was good. He didn’t mind not having a party too much. We took Jonah and him to the new Lawrenceburg skatepark. It was tempting to be dropped off at the casino while they skated. Just to tempt me more, Mau “forgets” where the McDonald’s is so we end up driving back and forth past the casino like 3 times. The skatepark was fun. I brought doggie so we walked all over and Jonah was getting the hang of skating after about an hour. He’s been borrowing one of Mau’s boards so that seems to help him. Since Sky was getting sort of jipped on his birthday due to non-paying employers, we stopped at one of the many fireworks stores and got a few goodies for that night. We can’t get away with much until closer to the 4^th so we kept it minimal (anything more than a decibal of 1 sends the child-hating lesbians that have a new baby into an uproar…they went off on Pastor Joe just the other day. This isn’t because of the baby, they’re just bitches.).

I was making cupcakes to celebrate Sky’s birthday with the neighbor kids when I heard the news that 2 teenage girls had stolen tractors from the park maintainence building and were chasing children around the playground area. Keith had his scanner on so we listened to the calls and we got the scoop from some neighbors. They knew who the girls were and told the cops but the cops didn’t care so the girls didn’t get in trouble. The next day I talked to my park worker friends and they said no major damage was done to the tractors and only minor damage to the grass but that one of the guys was in trouble for leaving the keys in them. Oopsie. So much for the excitement in the hood.

Sky got the money for a new bed from my dad and cash that he used to buy some attachment for a Super Soaker he got. Something about Max Infusion? Sounds good on these 90 degree days. Anyways, his bed was a hand-me-down and has seen its better days. The frame is barely together and now scratching up the floor, the boxspring has huge wads of stuffing coming out of it on a daily basis and there are springs poking through his mattress. It’s been time for awhile now but beds aren’t cheap…really, they’re not…and delivery is worse. We will be getting it next week hopefully and he’s very excited. We got him a little boombox and I made him some CDs. He’s been pretty happy about being able to jam to his own tunes in his room lately.