Ethan was home sick today. But instead of resting, he spent a significant amount of time searching the house over for the bag of Halloween candy that belonged to him and his brother.
Yes, that's right, he's 12 and we hid it.
In particular, he spend a good deal of time looking through the boxes underneath our bed but all he was able to find were blankets which, by his own admission, made him very angry. Eventually, he found the bag.
How much did he eat? Who knows.
How sick was he really? Not enough.
How much trouble was he in? Plenty.
It's a good thing he has a very high grade point average or this might be his eulogy. Now let's see, "Dear Attendance Secretary, please excuse Ethan from school today because..."
- 4 November 2015
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