Have I finally quit tweaking this freshly created template for my new live journal?

Yes, I have. Now it is time for me to get on with the day and get away from the computer.

But first I have to do a little catching up.

When I went to lie down yesterday for my nap, Sonny remained in his bedroom doing what I wanted to do: he was resting in a deep sleep. Which is what I likewise did for about an hour and a half. Hooray for me! I needed it. I felt so much better afterwards.

Nevertheless, I never did get much accomplished. I get in these unproductive modes of behavior where all I wanna do is play on my computer or watch television.

I did manage to clean myself up, and I did manage to clean up Creekview somewhat. I washed some towels and clothes too.

But I also watched a couple hours of television, that is, a tape of Sunday night shows that Lynn Marie recorded for me on her VCR. It was a tape I have already watched, but since I was in a sit-on-my-ass mode of course it had to be viewed again.

Of course.

Meanwhile there was a long list of a million better ways of passing the time that scrolled through my brain that the television adventures of Homer, Malcolm, and those X Files FBI agents helped me ignore.

I did manage to get up and argue with Sonny. His only chores I insist he do are washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen. He has to do them daily at my insistence. I tell him he that's how he pays me back for paying all of the bills around here. As far as I am concerned I think he is getting a pretty good deal. Yet he still gets upset over this and complains.

He better get use to this. Because not only is he going to have to wash dishes, I'm planning on giving him more chores to be responsible for. Sonny has got to pull his weight around here. That's all there is to it. Or he is going to have to move out.

Enough on that. I get tired of being a bitchy parent.

"Well then, don't be a bitchy parent!" I tell myself.

"Okay, I won't be! From now on whenever I attempt to guide my son towards his responsibilities, I'll be more encouraging. And all the while I'll try to keep looking for all the good that he does."

"Didn't you just make those vows to yourself not too long ago?"

"Yeh, I did. Okay, So I back slid. Now it's time again to get myself back on track."