Staycation - Day #1

We had a heck of a thunderstorm come through last night and the lighting was so intense, the thunder loud and the wind fierce that I had a hard time sleeping. Woke up earlier than I would have liked, but took advantage of the time because it was icky and dreary out, so I played in my scraproom most of the morning.

Connor came home from his sleepover mid morning and I could tell he'd been up late and had slept in his clothes. Even worse....the ass of his short had a big brown stain that looked like he pooped his pants, but it was from his fishing excursion yesterday...great....he slept in them.....boys...

I dragged him along with me on a couple of errands and then we had lunch at "The Sugar Shack", a local ice cream parlor that has excellent french fries, sandwiches and malts.

After lunch, he decided to go to our local aquatic center. Well, THAT didn't end well. He had his bike stolen. His $150 Haro that he helped pay for 2 summers ago. His best friend also had his Haro bike taken 2 hours earlier than Connor. He says he locked it up, but we call BS on that....had he locked it up, the theives would have no chose but it either cut the cable or take it with them. It was untouched....but hey, we can't afford to buy him another one, so it looks like he's going to be hoofing it until he gets his driver's license when he turns 16.

The police said they had one taken yesterday and two taken today. Fred and I are convinced it is probably adult meth heads looking for the expensive bikes to sell because I can't imagine parents not questioning their child if he/she came home with an expensive bike that you know isn't theirs.

It's a tough lesson to learn, I feel bad for him, but he did have some responsibility in this. What Connor doesn't know is we have a saving account for him that is for discretionary spending. This type of thing would fall into it, but I'm torn. So I need to think about if for awhile.

While Connor was at the pool and his bike was being made off with by meth heads, I puttered around the house and yard. It was HUMID today and I decided I didn't want to go over the pool, in fact, I was going to go for a walk, but it's too humid for that also. I think I'll go to the gym in the morning.

Update** Just got off the phone with my sister and she just saw the Altoona Police detaining a bunch of young boys and bikes outside of the car wash by her apartment on her way to the store, when she headed back home, she noticed that 2 of the police cars had bikes in their trunks. Maybe we'll get a call tomorrow. Connor's bike has a serial number on it and his name was dremeled onto the underside.

Picked our very first harvest today also.....sugar snap peas....