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Ugh, what a day so far. Since the parents are away, Clarence is a disaster. I went to school to pick him up and he was standing in a pee puddle--they had not been watching him and he must have had to go to the toilet and no one was around. How annoying! Luckily he has another change of clothes at school so we put those on along with his pee soggy shoes and began the walk home. I decided to cut through the park since it is a beautiful day and he loves to run...so off he went and within a minute had fallen face first on the ground and started screaming his guts out. I picked him up and he had badly skinned his knee--blood oozing everywhere. Had to then carry him home with pee soggy shoes and a bloody knee--both substances probably ending up on me. Of course it is hot and he is heavy and it was horrible. Lunch continued to be a disaster as he pouted about me not feeding him. I was only to happy to put him in bed for his nap so I could have some much needed alone time. After reading a story and going to lay him in bed he started to cry again about his recent boo-boo. I explained to him that after some sleep he would be all better...he said that sleep wouldn't make him feel better, Pin-Pin would make him feel better (Pin-Pin is his stuffed rabbit). I told him that was true, and if he was lucky Pin-Pin would sing a song in his ear to help him fall asleep. He got a very sad look on his face and said very quietly and matter of factly, 'but jess, Pin-Pin has no mouth'. We almost cried together out of sympathy for Pin-Pin's lack of a mouth. I of course pretended to stich on a mouth for Pin-Pin and Clarence looked and said, 'yuck! ugly mouth for Pin-Pin'. Oh well!
I survived the morning though and to make myself feel better I went all out and made myself chimicungas for lunch...fried and everything. Mexican food always seems to improve my mood.

These are the normal, everyday things that I deal with here. Usually it is not very exciting.