Remember the blog yesterday when I said the cop came to the door because the back door of the truck was left open ALL NIGHT? I had asked him that night if the horn honked to let me know the car was locked and he said yes. Okay granted, he got away with that sorta but dude, the consequences we could have faced...
Then he does odd chores at my moms place for a few bucks. Usually he does the best he can and only screws it by a little. Like loading the dishwasher but leaving every single cup on the counter. Or vacuuming the floor with the brush pulled up so it doesn't sweep the carpet. Or washing the mirrors with plain water instead of actual glass cleaner. Well last night he loaded her dishwasher and she told him to dump the collard greens left in the big pot into the toilet. He said he did. he confirmed that he did by flushing the toilet (I was at walmart when this happened) So she went to pull the dishes out of the dishwasher this afternoon and the whole machine is caked with collard greens because he never flushed them he just put the pot in. He knows better. His job here is the dishes so he KNOWS how to load a dishwasher.
Tonight he stayed out until after dark playing football. He knows the streetlights come on he comes home. THis is not an unreasonable rule. I know of several other mothers who have this rule. Come lights on tonight, there was no Jovaughn. I even gave him a grace ten minutes. The sun was fully down and the sky nearly full dark when he decided to drag his butt back home and then he was upset to find that I locked him out. I have rules for a reason and he's flouting them. His reason was he didn't notice that it was getting dark.
A normal liar would have said he was having too much fun and thought maybe I wouldn't mind. A normal liar would have said he missed some collard greens or something.
I can't stand it! He's not creative at lying. He has more tells than an amateur poker player. And he lies over the absolute stupidest stuff.
We've done this before. We went down this road. The last time, it was hard on both of us. I wasn't prepared to deal with a kid that blatantly lied to me. Now, however, the road is going to hard on mostly him. He's the one that's going to suffer.
I even have a bit of a plan
Not Making bed:
- First offense: Loss of outside playtime as well as no dessert and television
- Second offense: The first punishment plus art supplies
- Third offense: loss of bedroom; must sleep in living room on floor
- First Offense: Loss of outside time and no dessert or juice
- Second Offense: The first punishment as well as no television.
- Third Offense: extra kitchen duties as well as the first two punishments.
- First Offense: Loss of ALL privileges (Outside, juice, dessert, art supplies, toys, television)
- Second Offense: All money in his posession gets turned over to me.
- Third Offense: The first two punishments as well as loss of bedroom, loss of any income earned for one month.
He thinks that I am going to allow him to live with his father where he won't have to be one of three face in a house, he'll get his cell phone back, and various other things his father gives him when he's visiting. But that's just it, when he's there, he's VISITING. Randy is a whole different person when you are with him day and night and sooner or later, The other woman is going to resent having to be mom to a great grown child thats not hers.
I don't know. I will let you know how bumpy the road gets.
My sleeping pill is kicking in so, Terminally Single and Blogging is going to snuggle her covers! night all!
