Collette

Japanese yodeling Chicken Attack song stuck in perpetuity in my head while waking… Oxbear already gone to breakfast with G.W….

Oxbear returns to pick up Yali for an appointment in South County

Prepare pan of bacon and eggs for the teenager before scooting Patience to the old school for our weekly volunteer hour

After about an hour of grading arithmetic and spelling papers for the First Grade, C.P. warns me about the germs buried down the hall… “They’ve got some mystery virus; don’t know what it is. One kid spent two days in the hospital. Seriously, don’t touch your face. Change out of your clothes…” I am advised; lather up back home

The afternoon begins neutrally… watch “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (parts omitted) with Patience… she gets very giggly…

Give Puck a call; Hidden Valley opens Friday…

Then… Yali spins into a rage volcano – can’t even remember why – leaving Patience milk-crying in the yard…

sit them both in chairs to calm…

Yali explodes into the next level… Oxbear intervenes

After he calms down some, straps into his Deadpool suit in full custom gear, running around the yard and indoors…

Sometime later, he throws a multi-colored candy cane across my bedroom; it explodes against the wall…

“Please don’t throw candy at my wall.”

“I’m spreading Christmas cheer!”

An evening darkness brings more calm as mandarin orange chicken and rice is served before Patience and I leave once again for the studio…

“Elementary” at home with Oxbear while Puck works out in his weighted vest