Title It Yourself, Baby

I think we have a theme going this week; but, frankly, I am way too buzzed on Snickers and Coke to even care.  Both teens are out this evening at a corn maze event, which means that I can sit around and knit without feeling frumpy.  I can also rummage through all the Halloween candy without having to share.

Not enough people handed out Twix this year.  There was a paucity of Almond Joys, also.  What is this world coming to?

Anna almost didn't go tonight, as there was a last-minute wardrobe crisis.  She tried to pull me into it, but I just looked at her and said, "You look dressed to me."  That was the last I heard of it.  So, why didn't I think of that line 2 years ago? 

Larry and I made Theo get a haircut today.  I could see him thinking, "One more year...just one more year..."  It's rough having people care about how you look.  I swear, that kid will never get his hair cut again once he leaves home.  I've been trying to get him to apply to a military-type academy, just to make sure he visits a barber while he is in college. 

So! How 'bout that election, huh?  I don't know what I will do with my time now that it's all over.  I mean, I don't have to check the news sites and the poll data every hour anymore.  I keep explaining to the teens that normally elections are not this exciting (or amusing).  But, of course, they don't believe me.  After all, old people don't know anything.  It's a wonder we can even manage to survive.

Comments

[Ilona]

"There was a paucity of Almond Joys" made me laugh out loud. "Paucity." What a great word!

Theo will probably look like a Yeti for two or three years after he moves out, and then he will have to Get A Job -- and guess what? Most of the employers out there have about the same appearance expectations as mom and dad. (Hm. Maybe you DO know something after, all...)

My young cousin, in his final year of college, grew a long, long beard. At Christmas, he fashioned it into 3 braids, each of them with one red, one green, one white strand.

It was his last hurrah. He started his first Real Job in January, a neatly clean-shaven young man!

[Jenn @ Juggling Life]

Since my away-at-college-son and I are friends on Facebook I can tell you that he is not following my admonitions to shave regularly. He's lucky I don't write a reminder on his wall.

[Ramona]

I will try that line.

[Kalynne Pudner]

You know, there's another great idea for dealing with wardrobe (and other teen-type) crises: write solutions on their Facebook walls. They'll delete it, of course, but not knowing who might have seen it in the interim. And the fear of a reprise (which is almost as cool a word as "paucity," in my opinion) will keep them on the straight and narrow.

[Shellie]

What IS the deal with the almond joy? I bought a huge bag of a mix of Reese's PB Cups, Whoppers, Almond Joy, Kit Kats and Hershey Bars. There were at least 2 of most, but only like 5 Almond Joy.