Last night I went with Holly to Gage’s school’s open house thing. It was real awkward, and I tried to keep Roan interested in talking to me so he wouldn’t leave me standing alone, feeling dorky. I talked about the Death Truck with him, and what we needed to do to it still. When he lost interest in that, I switched the topic to building houses. Gage’s one class had a bunch of models of balloon framed houses, so I naturally checked them all out and started critiquing design and code violations. I tried to explain to Gage that if he made a model with a balcony (like one of the models had) he would need to use cantilevered joists, or it would never pass code.

I asked Roan if he’d like to build a house like the models there, expecting an enthusiastic “Oh Yea!”, but he said he wasn’t interested at all. Then he said if it was a house big enough for him to go in, he’d want that. The conversation ended with us agreeing that he needs a club house with a platform he can jump off, and onto the trampoline. I’m going to suggest we design it in Sketchup, but I know if we do that, he’ll want to build it for real.

Roan and I went outside while Gage’s teachers talked to everyone, and I tried to teach him to juggle. He didn’t do too well. He kept trying to throw all three rocks at the same time. Then Holly took us for ice cream!

When we came back, Roan and I added some spikes to the wheels of the Death Truck, then coloured it. I let him choose the colours, but I think I will colour another copy how I want to. I might also look for some camo textures. It would look pretty cool in camo.

On the walk to school this morning, Roan bet me a million dollars I had been at a restaurant and there was a meat beside me, and it was one I never had, and then if I had of ate it, I’d have loved it. It took me a while to understand what the hell he was talking about, but I finally got it and told him I would never eat any meat, no matter what it tasted like, because I just don’t like the idea of something losing it’s life for me to eat it. He said, ya but we eat a lot of meat that just died, then they made it meat. I told him meat that just dies, is probably diseased and nobody eats it. He makes me laugh, and I really like walking to school with him.

Today I plan to get lots of work done because Holly and the boys are gone all day. I’m fully stocked with all the essentials for a productive work day, and as soon as this sentence ends, I’m getting to it.