[audio-pals] Re: Last Few Days in Review
- From: Thomas McMahan <shadowmonstrosity@xxxxxxx>
- To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:12:04 -0500
Then I guess you’re doing something right then. There are worse things to be
called.
On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey,
> We are now back from our trip to Pigeon Forge, we actually stayed in
> Gatlinburg, but all the little tourist cities are so close that if you stay
> in one you are going to end up in the other other at some point. We arrived
> back on Saturday. So, I will back up to Tuesday. We had intended on going up
> to spend the evening having dinner and going to Nascar Speed Park. We went
> to dinner at Hard Rock Café and then headed over to Nascar Speed Park. When
> we arrived in order to keep him some what on a bed schedule which eventually
> got thrown out the window for a couple of days, but that is later in the
> story, we decided before going in that he would have an hour to ride the go
> carts. Well, when we gotinside and found out that in order to ride the go
> carts we all had to pay $20 a piece just to get in or so we thought at the
> time. We cancelled that plan for the night, but told Little Man that we
> would return the next day when we had more time. Between that night and the
> next day Amanda and I decided to go up for a few days rather than just the
> day. However, we didn't hear much from Little Man the rest of the night due
> to him being upset because he couldn't ride the go carts that night. He kept
> it under control till bed time when he broke down, we, Amanda and II, both
> knew he was upset even though he was the one that said he would rather have
> more time the next day. We knew the minute he turned down a helicopter ride
> that he was upset after we left Nascar Speed Park. We also knew from a long
> conversation with Amanda's dad that he and his wife would like to join us
> for the trip to Dixie Stampede. There is a lot more to this story with the
> conversation with her dad, but that is for another e-mail when I can explain
> more in-depth us being called "Holier Than Thou" by her dad. As a matter of
> fact to not keep everyone in the dark I will try my best to send the e-mail
> that explains the comment in another e-mail that comes behind this one. Back
> to the topic though. So, I ended up trying to put in perspective for Little
> Man by asking him if he would want to pay $5 for 10 legos when he could have
> 150 legos the next day for the same price. He said he would rather have the
> 150 legos. After that little conversation he was a lot better and had a good
> rest of the night. The next day we got up and packed our bags. Amanda sent
> her step-mom an e-mail letting her know that we were going up and that we
> were planning to go to the Dixie Stampede either later that night or on
> Friday. We eventually heard back from her explaining she knew nothing about
> the trip so Amanda would have to call her dad. Amanda didn't feel like this
> was her place since they had already talked about it a few nights before so
> she waited till Thursday night to call about Friday. However, we did receive
> a good bit of news that Amanda's aunt, uncle, and cousin decided to also go
> up to Pigeon Forge for a day or two rather than heading back to Pensacola.
> We got in touch with them and ended up spending majority of our trip
> together. So, the first stop was Nascar Speed Park where Amanda's little
> cousin, 12 year old, rode go carts with Little Man. We also found out htat
> we did not all have to pay the $20 in order to get in. We did pay for a $10
> roll of tokens, 2 rolls of tokens for $16 so that wasn't too bad. When
> Amanda's aunt and uncle arrived we all decided to purchase unlimited
> miniature golf for another $7 a piece again that was still saving money when
> we consider that we thought originally we were going to have to pay the $20
> a piece in order to get in. So, we spent practically all day just letting
> the kids ride go carts and playing miniature golf. I ended up putting 65 on
> 18 holes of miniature golf. It was a par 3 course so a perfect score would
> have been 54. Amanda scored a few points under par I belive her score was 57
> and her aunt scored right around a 61 if I am not mistaken. The kids started
> out playing, but got bored with it and returned to riding rides. When we
> finished up they were in line to ride the kiddie roller coaster. We had
> dinner at aplace called Logan's Roadhouse. When we arrived to check into our
> room we discovered that they did not have the room that we had reserved so
> they gave us a free room upgrade which was nice and right beside the
> Ripley's Aquarium. The only downfall to this hotel where we stayed was the
> breakfast cost right around $45 with tip and it wasn't anything special. We
> had this room reserved for 2 nights and did not make this mistake on the 2nd
> morning. After breakfast at the hotel we went to the Aquarium and spent a
> good portion of the day there. That evening we met up with the aunt and
> uncle for a dinner show and then returned to their RV park for some smores
> by the campfire. The dinner show was called Lumber Jack Feud. The feud was a
> lot of fun and the food wasn't too shabby either. So, this is Tuesday,
> Wednesday, and Thursday. Friday we all got up and headed into the mountains
> for a picnic in Cades Cove and a drive thorugh the loop. We got up there a
> little after 11:00 AM and set up in a prime picnic location right by the
> creek. The kids played in the creek with Amanda's uncle till about 4:00 PM.
> At 4:00 PM we headed into the loop where there are deer, wild turkey, bears
> and other wild life. We spent about 4 hours in the loop which is 11 miles.
> In addition to all the wild life there is old log cabins, churches, and even
> an old general store down from the visitors center at the half way point. At
> the end of the loop just before getting ready to head out we seen what
> everyone comes to Cades Cove to see other than the beautiful scenery in the
> mountains. I enjoy the tranquil setting and even got to enjoy what everyone
> comes to see from the sounds it made. Up in the tree we seen a Smoky
> Mountain Black Bear working on pulling down a limb that apparently had some
> good food on it it from the amount of effort this bear was putting into
> breaking off the limb. Thursday night we decided we were going to stay
> antoher night, but we found out that our hotel was sold out so we had to
> move. We moved to the other side of the Aquarium to a hotel that didn't have
> great reviews, but I am glad we didn't listen to the reviews because the
> room was great and I imagine that the reviews kept the price of the hotel
> down too. Saturday we were forced to leave because we had a foster parent
> training class. So, we got upand checked out at 10:00 AM. We had planned on
> stopping to to grab a bite to eat for breakfast, but luckily we had snacky
> type stuff that we could eat for breakfast such as little hostess muffin
> minis because traffic was horrible. We were working our way to the
> interstate, but received a text from Amanda's aunt that they had been
> sitting in traffic for nearly 45 minutes just crawling. The interstate
> should have ony taken roughly 15 to 30 minutes to get on to from where they
> were staying, but by the time they finally reached the interstate they had
> been sitting for an hour in traffic. I am glad that we received the text
> when we did because it enabled us to take a bck road into town. Even sitting
> in the traffic we did until we got to the back road prevented us from
> stopping for breakfast. We dropped Little Man off at 12:40 PM and the
> training was at 1:00PM. We pulled in for the training at 12:55 PM and by the
> time we got our stuff set down it was 12:58 PM. We cut it close, but rather
> we were there at 12:00 or 12:58 we were on time and set up by the 1:00 PM
> class time. While on a break Amanda had received a text inviting us to
> dinner. Ordinarily we would like more notice than a roughly 2 to 3 hour
> invite, but since we got Little Man we try our best to make whatever they
> have going on and I have always tried to be flexible, but the in-laws are
> the type if they received that kind of notice then they would automatically
> decline due to not having enough notice. So, that night we ended up getting
> home right around 10 and then we were back up the next morning for church
> since we had missed the last 2 Sundays due to being in Kentucky one weekend
> and the next weekend family was in from Pensacola so we thought that would
> be the last time we saw them till next year which didn't turn out to be the
> case. All in all we had a great time even with being called Holier than thou
> by her dad over some butting of heads when it comes to Little Man.
> -
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh [mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:05 PM
> To: 'audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [audio-pals] Re: Week in Review
>
> Thank you and yes it is a lot of fun for adults too. I love the skeetball
> game. He is having a blast. Either Amanda is feeling a little better or has
> just gotten use to the pain *LOL*. I haven't heard much about the incident.
> I just found out today that he is tall enough to drive on three of the
> go-cart tracks at one of the places up in tourist town Pigeon Forge (Nascar
> Speed Park). So, I think we are going to try and take him up there one day
> this week. We have school supplies to buy also. Another thing that I believe
> is in the plans is Dixie Stampede.
> The latest incident involving him is we are finding out that people that
> use to be our friends believe their daughter does no wrong. I say that use
> to be our friends because once a new couple moved into our apartment complex
> they dropped us and went with them. Well, their daughter is quick to run and
> tell on anything that Little Man does. Some things are his fault, but the
> more we observed the more we started realizing that she instigates him to
> try and get him in trouble so that they can exclude him by getting him into
> trouble. When all this first started happening he would get in trouble and
> nothing would happen to the "angel". However, L.M. has since learned that if
> he tells us the complete story then we know how to best help him. Tonight is
> one of those situations. They were throwing one ofthose stress balls. They
> eventually came and told that he threw the ball hard and almost hit the
> little girl in the face. His story is when he first got down there the
> little girl said well are you going to throw it or what. This part of the
> story came about because he is bad about trying to make people do things
> rather than asking them. However, this time was not the case as he pointed
> out she made her comment. So, they started launching the ball at him hard.
> Well, he too was throwing the ball. He said that when the ball almost hit
> the girl in the face no one said they were threw throwing or anything, but
> rather than trying to catch the ball she stood there and looked at it and
> that is when the ball almost hit her in the face.
> Due to his emotional reaction when I tried to trip him up a time or two
> and the consistency in his story I have no doubt in the world that what he
> is telling me is the truth as he sees it. This girl knocks on the door
> constantly so he is now being informed to start knocking on her parents door
> when she tries to start things with him. Amanda sent the momma a text and
> her only response is the girls say that he hit her in the stomach with the
> ball and they let that go (CYOA). Amanda texted back nad told the momma that
> us adults all know that kids are going to leave out the parts that would get
> them into trouble and we all know that kids aren't angels all the time, but
> we do not believe any of them are innocent with this incident. Amanda asked
> the momma why this part of the story was left out, the part with hitting her
> in the stomach with the ball, when she came to tell on him since she has no
> problems telling any other part of the story when he does something. It
> seems logical to report the actual hit rather than the almost hit.
> There was no response back because there is no answer for this illogical
> response in the first place. She knows her kid is in the wrong, but refuses
> to admit it. However, Little Man went and apologized for the unintentional
> almost hitting her in the face with the stress ball. He even apologized for
> yelling back at the girl that yelled at him.
> The interesting part is the parents of this girl complain about her mouth
> and her actions all the time toward them. They say she doesn't come home one
> day that she doesn't get into trouble for her mouth. I feel bad for coming
> down on him so hard in the past when more than likely she instigated him as
> I have observed her do on a couple of other occasions in the past. If they
> don't lose this set of blinders they have on this girl is in for a lot of
> trouble in the future. We had him tell the story an number of times and the
> trips were thrown in at different areas and the story remained consistent. I
> know he is capable of getting into trouble with his mouth, but I also can
> tell when he is trying to get away with something. This time he isn't 100%
> guilty, I am not sure he is even 25% guilty, but nonetheless there was an
> issue so there had to be at the least a discussion. so we just talked to him
> about not throwing the ball where it will hit someone in the face. I am glad
> that he didn't get into trouble with this incident because I am looking
> forward to heading up to Pigeon Forge tomorrow or the next day.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heather
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:42 PM
> To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Week in Review
>
> Hi Josh, it sounds like lm had a great time. Chucky Cheese is cute and fun
> even for adults. I do believe Bethie and I would take the boys to Showbiz
> Pizza years ago. I used to shoot the teeth out of the clowns mouth without
> even being able to see the teeth! There were cute dancing characters that
> would sing Elvis! Ah the good ole days! Bet he had fun at the zoo. I hope
> Amanda is not hurt and is feeling better now. Have a great rest of the
> summer.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 8:04 AM
> Subject: [audio-pals] Week in Review
>
>
>> Hello ,
>>
>> Well we will start with Friday. On Friday morning Amanda got up for
>> a training that lasted 3 hours, she has to have so many hours of
>> training each year to keep in good standing at her job. After she got
>> home we had some running around to do, last minute stuff, before we
>> headed up to Kentucky.
>> Amanda's uncle, Little Man's great uncle, invited L.M. up to be the
>> bat boy on his travelling team of 13 and 14 year olds. So, L.M.
>> thought he was big stuff this past weekend running around on the
>> baseball field. So, Sunday morning we set off headed back home and
>> actually enroute to a birthday party that was for Amanda's co-worker's
>> son and L.M.'s friend. The party was at a place called Chuck E Cheese,
>> I am told it is much like a Famous Dave's if anyone is familiar with
>> that. The previous name of the establishment was Show Biz Pizza. The
>> place is a kid's dreamland full of arcade style games and characters
>> that get on a stage and perform. So, after a long, but fun weekend we
>> returned home. Monday was semi uneventful other than L.M.
>> having
>> Vacation Bible School starting up which ran from 6:00 to 8:30 each night.
>> Friday was the program night and the last night of V.B.S. Tuesday we
>> spent some time at the allergist office finding out that the
>> pediatrician that he went to the first time was incorrect in her
>> diagnosis of him having allergies to wheat, eggs, and dairy. We found
>> out htat he only has an allergy to Maple Tree Pollen. Wednesday we
>> went to the library to return some books and then headed up to a drive
>> through safari that is nearby. .
>> When we returned back to town we went to the zoo and purchased season
>> passes. Thursday we went skating. I did not skate. Amanda did skate
>> and ended up getting injured, no broke bones that we can tell right
>> now, but she is still limping around as of this morning. Today we,
>> Amanda and myself, have DCS training in order to stay in good standing
>> as foster parents that starts at 9:00 and runs till 3:00. After the
>> training is over we have to go to her dad's house due to family being
>> in from Pennsacola, Fl. While we are at training L.M. is going to
>> Super Hero Day at the Zoo with my Dad and Mom.
>> So, it has been a really busy week with minimal down time. Amanda is
>> off for the upcoming week, last week of summer vacation for her. Then
>> one more week and L.M. goes back to school ending his summer vacation.
>>
>>
>
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