My Single Mom Life

The school that is.
Today was supposed to be another half day, and what time is it, and where are my sons?
Not here, and when I called the school, they said the students were being held for the full day, the principal thought it was best, sorry they didn't notify the parents.
That's it, sorry.
Grrr.

I went up to the corner store this morning, and spent some time chatting with the store owner about the crazies in our neighborhood.
The crazy lady who flipped out on me over some plastic light sabers 2 years ago, went in his store, and was flipping out on him because he has a guard dog in a fenced in area in the back.
She said having it caged up like that was abusive, and she heard that he beat his dog to make it meaner.
He asked me if I knew her, and I relayed the light saber story.
He said she told him she worked for animal control, and she was going to get his dog taken away from him.

I've seen him with his dog, he does not abuse it at all.
That dog is protective and loving to his family, but strangers who get too close to the fence, yeah, he barks and growls like he's supposed to do.
The lady is freaking nuts.

Then we talked about the crazy French lady who wears a winter hat and gloves in the middle of summer, and how she steals from stores.
He was pissed at her because she knocked over a bottle of wine, and when he went to get the mop to clean it up, she swiped another bottle and left the store.
He knows she did because he has security cameras, and it caught the whole thing on tape.
I told him, yeah, she's been baned from Sweetbay, Publix, and 7-eleven, and the previous owner of his store, Pete, banned her for the same stuff as well.
He (new owner) was worried about baning her because he's the new store on the block, and doesn't want to get a bad rep.
I'm all man, every store around here has banner her, trust me, nobody would blink if you said she was banned, they all know her very well.
He said thanks, that was good to know, and I got my purchases and came home.

Now I'm just waiting for the teens to get home, and whether or not it's going to rain.
I can feel it, felt it last night, and the sky just got a little darker.
Hopefully it won't downpour until after the boys get home.