It's last day of 2012...

and OU still sucks.  Hahahaha, that never gets old.  At dinner the other night, my sister and I were discussing the upcoming Cotton Bowl, and how it was so hard to choose who to cheer for because both teams are considered the enemy.  In fact, her husband has asked her (possibly on more than one occasion) if it's possible for both teams to lose.  Sadly, this is not possible, but wouldn't it be great?!

I think my sister and I are in agreement that cheering for A&M is the lesser of two evils.  Two reasons: Johnny Football and his Heisman, and it's a Texas team.  As several of my Aggie friends know, it was hard enough cheering Johnny Manziel on for the Heisman...to actually hope they win a bowl game?  Unheard of.  I must admit though, it was kind of awesome to see them beat the crap out of 'Bama.

I think I threw up a little when I typed that. 

The boys and I absolutely had to go to the grocery store today, and I (tried) to bribe them into behaving by promising to hook up their Xbox when we got home if they behaved.  Five chances and a bunch of tears later, B pretty much sealed the deal on not being able to play...possibly ever, and N still had a slim chance.  I don't know what it is about going to a store, any store, and acting like a total fool.  While they're both coming off of a week at dad's, and deprogramming takes time, I was over it by 3:00 this afternoon.

But the fun?  Well, it just kept coming.  After we got home, and I told B he was going to have to take a nap if he didn't stop and actually SENT him to take a nap, my mom came over to hang out for a little while.  I gave B the option of helping me make banana bread in lieu of taking a nap, and he jumped at the chance...all the while complaining that it wasn't fair that N was able to play Xbox.

Newsflash: Life isn't fair, buddy.  B just had all kinds of problems today, and then N started in, too.  I won't go into detail, mostly because it will just piss me off (again), but to say I considered what life would be like if I had done things differently, would be putting it mildly. 

To those of you who called me this afternoon/evening and I ignored your calls/texts, it was for the best.  I promise.  The boys were permitted to stay up until midnight, but at least one of them was on last warning.  I bet you can't guess who!

I don't know what his deal is...no, actually, I do.  But it's not realistic, nor is it fair to unreasonable thoughts in a child's head.  To attempt to manipulate a child into making a different choice isn't right or fair to the child.  And honestly, it doesn't do any damage to anyone but the child in question. 

People are so stupid sometimes.  Seriously.  I just don't get it.

Here's hoping that 2013 will be better than 2012, which was better than 2011, which was better than 2010, which was a jillion times better than the six years before that.

Can I get an "Amen" on that?

Aubs