Joey Ford8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf10MvjJsH 維尼
November 14, 20168964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YrjOilZBb 維尼
Week 12: Journal 18964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zd3xGWLw7 維尼
You know how I said Bunny still will sometimes climb in bed with me? Well, she did sometime last night. And I didn't even notice her until my alarm went off. I just woke up and found her snuggled next to me. I immediately smiled and gave her a giant tickle to wake her up. Wonderful way to start a morning.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbv82szC8m 維尼
As soon as Bunny finished stretching, she looked at me and said: "Can we have tacos for breakfast?"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf10gZ4rpn 維尼
I figured a few dollars on breakfast tacos wouldn't hurt my budget too much. Bunny was pretty happy with her delicious bacon and egg tacos. 8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3H3nUxFdw 維尼
And this happened.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgQ4kLvSy2 維尼
Bunny (from the backseat): "Daddy, I accidentally spilled some eggs on the floor of the car!"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwRwq2NriF 維尼
Me: "It's fine, Sweetie! I'll clean it up when I get home."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2PDszLU3x 維尼
Bunny: "Okay."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59jfO4PV5p 維尼
Then as soon as I gave her kisses goodbye, she points to the floor where she was sitting and said: "I left the foil on the floor too. Because you said you'll clean it up later." After that, she gave me this funny-looking grin and said: "Have a good day at school, Daddy!" Then she just took off running.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85KGKJTlfr 維尼
Little smart alack.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡyflbDfmWJ8 維尼
Today she wore her favorite unicorn shirt, light purple leggings, and a light pink bow. Hairstyle today was just a simple ponytail.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQQdoxko1n 維尼
This morning I met up with my art appreciation group right after class since we didn't meet on Friday (nobody could make it apparently). Our presentation is two weeks from today and we're just now barely getting started on it. All we did was talk about who was going to what on the PowerPoint and who was going to say what in the presentation and blah blah blah. I honestly didn't care. I don't care about art anymore. Then again, I honestly never did. I lost interest in drawing cartoon characters a long time ago. I've made up my mind that I'm going to switch my major, but I still don't know what I want to do. Maybe I'll just put a list on the wall and throw a dart at it. 8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcV5Wuz6jP 維尼
Anyway, Thursday night. Not a whole lot went on. Just a wonderful day with my Bunny. We had a tea party, Bunny painted my nails, we did This Little Piggy on each other, we ordered a pizza for dinner (Bunny was pretty happy about that), and Bunny wanted to do cartwheels with me right after her bath. I can't do cartwheels for beans.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbBp5aoKES 維尼
Bunny (laughing): "Are you okay, Daddy?"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EuXhxU9TP 維尼
Me (laying on the ground): "I don't like cartwheels." (Bunny laughs like crazy)8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YhNpoewNg 維尼
After about a minute, I jumped up, grabbed her, and held her upside down. Then I gave her a belly raspberry. I do this to her SO much. I don't care how old she gets. I'll keep giving her belly raspberries until she's in her forties.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QjKRFKK3H 維尼
Bedtime story that night was The Cat's Quizzer. Another Dr. Seuss book that we always have fun with.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMZAv7zwKS 維尼
More This Little Piggy and that was the end of the day. I just love nights with my little girl. 8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0VDmWYVYT 維尼
Friday...went kind of interesting. When I picked Bunny up, she had a very sad look on her face. She ran up to me and jumped in my arms and buried her face in my shoulder. It was pretty obvious that she was really upset about something, so I asked her.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgigIG1HQR 維尼
Me (Kissing her and patting her back): "What's the matter, Sweetheart?"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡmufqAOfqys 維尼
Bunny: "The substitute yelled at me."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDZl1ShghK 維尼
At that exact moment, I felt steam coming out of my ears.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡbA3wG194e7 維尼
So Mrs. Campbell was out that day and Bunny's class had a substitute. Bunny didn't even need to tell me who the substitute was, I already knew it was Mrs. Bender. Mrs. Bender is a crabby old lady that is overly strict with the students. Even with the kindergarten and first grade students. Look, if you want to be super strict, go substitute at a high school where it's a little more appropriate. Or maybe a middle school. But not in kindergarten and first grade! Seriously. She is the exact same substitute who had an issue with Bunny's nickname last year. Bunny has had her a few times since then and we both equally hate her. At least she calls Bunny by her nickname now. She knows that refusing to do so will lead to problems. However, that didn't stop her from causing other problems on Friday.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKaTH33I0D 維尼
Mrs. Bender apparently threw a giant fit because the class was being a little rowdy on the way back from lunch. When they got back to the classroom, she started to yell at them for a few minutes and told them she wanted complete silence as they did some worksheet. Bunny finished her paper very quickly and then wanted to go check out some new library books since she had already completely finished both the books that she had (she had taken tests on them and everything). When she went up to ask Mrs. Bender if she could go to the library, the old hag yelled: "NO! SIT DOWN!" According to Bunny, she was on her best behavior as they walked down the hallway. And I totally believe her. I know I've written about Bunny being goofy several times, but she only really acts that way with me. At school, she is ALWAYS on her best behavior. Mrs. Campbell has told me that she's one of the most well-behaved students in the class. Her kindergarten teacher would also tell me that she was one of the most well-behaved students in her class. Basically, Mrs. Bender was yelling at my daughter for OTHER students' behavior. Something I HATE it when teachers do. "If a couple students mess up, everyone's in trouble." That's what my tenth essay is about. It was the first time I've legitimately felt angry when writing an essay.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMr5oTNGym 維尼
And speaking of angry, I wasn't all too happy about what Bunny was telling me. She told me that she started crying after Mrs. Bender yelled at her. I already knew she did. Bunny doesn't react well to people yelling at her. I know this from personal experience. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about the times where I myself have yelled at Bunny out of anger. And how much of a horrible person I felt like when I did. Honestly, that just made me more upset about the situation. While I (thankfully) don't do it as often, I still feel horrible each time it happens and I feel guilty each time I think about a time I did it. It honestly made me just want to stand there and hug my daughter all day and keep on telling her that I was sorry.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡdum63YJ3Vv 維尼
But I didn't. I had to go give an old hag a piece of my mind.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkUZSVy4Ms 維尼
Without even thinking, I very politely asked Melissa (who was standing not far from us) if she could watch Bunny for a moment while I went inside and talked with someone. Mainly because I knew things were going to get a little ugly (spoiler alert, it did). Melissa still doesn't like me that much, but she was at least willing to watch Bunny. She even offered to drive her over to the Bloomfields, which I politely declined. Thanks for showing some sort of kindness, Melissa.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWaH58mL5S 維尼
I marched right into the school and what do you know, Mrs. Bender was walking right to the office. I confronted her and asked her if she was had been in charge of Mrs. Campbell's class, and what a shock, she said yes. And then I let her have it.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kZeIpuu8G 維尼
When I get really upset, I tend not to control what I say. I just say things without even thinking. The only time I ever actually control myself is at work, where I could get fired just for looking at one of the managers wrong. But with Mrs. Bender, I didn't give a crap. She was not in charge of me in any way, so there was no reason to hold back on her. To put it simply, I went off on her for about five minutes and actually kind of made a scene. Mainly because we were right there in the hall by the office. I didn't care though. She started throwing out a bunch of dumb excuses (stuttering, she clearly was afraid of me, good) like: "I told everyone to be quiet" and "everyone was acting up" and blah blah blah oh shut your damn mouth. That's what I said to her. I flat out told her to shut the hell up. I made it clear to her that if she ever yelled at Bunny again, I would take her to court. I then just walked away from the office and the several people that had stopped to watch. Boy, did that feel great.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkIf4GZh0a 維尼
After I dropped Bunny off this morning (after Bunny decided to leave foil in my car), I went out of my way to head over to the office to make sure I hadn't gotten myself on the school's bad side. Honestly, I was never really that worried about the repercussions. I doubted they were going to expel Bunny just because I had decided to take advantage of my freedom of speech right. It's not like I laid a hand on Mrs. Bender or anything.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EwaChQcWM 維尼
The principal wasn't really upset with me, but she did tell me to act "a little more professional" the next time a problem like this happens. She told me I should've gone straight to her rather than Mrs. Bender. Good point, but it wouldn't nearly have been as cathartic. The principal then told me that she had already talked with Mrs. Bender and they would ensure that no problems with her happened again. Awesome. In the end, neither me or Bunny received any sort of repercussions. Hallelujah, take that you old hag.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNiH3Ci6E7 維尼
I'm glad we won't have to worry about Mrs. Bender again. Or at least I hope I never have to worry about Mrs. Bender again. I'm going to be honest, I don't know if I can actually sue someone for yelling at my child, but I'm willing to find out for sure (if needed).8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4CVoJuqfx 維尼
Saturday I had the day shift, so I got to spend another night with my Bunny. Kind of. I got home from work around five and I was really tired and kind of stressed out (had to work with Ruth). So I took a nap on the couch for a short while (setting my alarm so that I wouldn't sleep too late). But...it wasn't the alarm that woke me up.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPdMEHbVdj 維尼
I guess Bunny just thought it would be funny, but she decided to wake me up about fifteen minutes before my alarm went off. By giving me a wedgie. I'm not kidding. I woke up to the back of my underwear getting pulled really hard and hurting like hell. I opened up my eyes and saw Bunny right by me laughing like a hyena. Oh brother.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbSqGAsqjF 維尼
I'd be lying if I said that I DIDN'T want to yell at her for doing that. But I managed to control myself. I guess because I immediately thought of the incident that happened the previous day and I would've felt like the worst father in the world if I would've shouted at her. Instead I just sat her down (AFTER I fixed my underwear, good lord she pulled on them pretty damn hard) and had a little talk with her. I told her that it's okay to be funny and goofy, but doing things like pulling on people's underwear is going way too far. I know for certain Bunny will never do things like this to people at school, but she still needed to know there was a limit to how silly she can be. I really, REALLY didn't want to wake up that way again.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CZvnygNWj 維尼
Bunny (with a huge frown on her face, she probably felt a little guilty about what she did): "I'm sorry, Daddy. I won't do that again."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5AZAiT5cn 維尼
Me: "It's okay, Baby. I love you so much."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdXjnRA4I8 維尼
We then kissed each other. Bunny then immediately wanted a piggy back ride around the house. Sure, why not? It was frozen dinners night anyway. I wasn't really on a short time limit.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJZGFkKeKj 維尼
After dinner, Bunny wanted to show me something. She took me by the hand and walked over to her room. She then told me to wait outside. I waited for a few seconds and Bunny leaped through the door shouting: "Ta-da!" and wearing a pair of sunglasses. She started doing a bunch of sassy poses and making me laugh. Oh man, she is just too adorable.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQxSGcU5fi 維尼
The sunglasses were just cheap kids sunglasses that Daniel had given her yesterday (Kaitlyn got some too). But she looked so cute wearing them and doing her poses. I pulled out my phone and started taking pictures, which I put on Facebook. Daniel was the very first one to comment, saying: "I think I made a mistake." I love you, Daniel.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5KmhcwDhh 維尼
We had her bath right after that (Bunny farted in the tub AGAIN, I really don't know where she found out that's funny), we decided to do some crazy dancing in the living room, and then we ended off the night with some Cat In The Hat Comes Back. Yep, two Dr. Seuss books in a row. Why not?8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡlppcV7vDwN 維尼
Remember when I made friends a while back with Bunny's toe and bellybutton? Well, the same thing happened Sunday morning with Bunny's hand. Well, sort of. After I woke her up for church, she held up her hand to make it look like it's talking. I got to meet Bunny's hand "Leo," only he didn't like me.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxRMRVRCAq 維尼
Bunny: "Leo hates everybody, so he hates you too."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kVPh4ksBB 維尼
Me: "Ahhhh, why?"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT9IUDhbWg 維尼
Bunny (making her hand "talk"): "I hate people. People are stupid."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡBafHkiTf9E 維尼
Me: "Why do you hate people so much, Leo? There are lots of good people out there."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCwgskPkqH 維尼
Something I need to remind myself of more often, honestly.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOY2WJ6Exr 維尼
Bunny (making Leo "talk"): "People stink! They smell bad! They smell like rotten eggs!"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3csC9kd55 維尼
Me: "I'm about to take a shower. I won't smell bad."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkctMRCung 維尼
Bunny (making Leo "talk"): "I'll still hate you. Because you're a person. And I hate everybody."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfzI9vLAyX 維尼
Me: "Ahhhhh."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0gbjwFgMC 維尼
Bunny (holding up her other hand): "But Leo has a twin! Cheeto! And Cheeto loves everybody!"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3R62HkSX1 維尼
Cheeto?8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfdCMnEUOd 維尼
Bunny (making Cheeto "talk"): "I want to be your friend! Can I be your friend?"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8nqlW4yhP 維尼
Me: "Ummm...sure." (I was pretty weirded out by the name)8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡzShiuvTlJv 維尼
Then Bunny put her hand on my cheek and make a "mwa" sound to make it look like Cheeto was kissing me. I love my little girl so much.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SSpjuPUce 維尼
Church went great. Bunny had her head on me almost the entire time. We went home and had ourselves a little nap on the couch. Then Bunny grabbed one of the couch pillows and whacked me with it, which led us to having a pillow fight with the couch pillows. The couch was a huge mess after that, but we didn't care, we were having too much fun together. THIS is the type of silliness that I'm perfectly fine with. And I love it.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4VP8qSeXX 維尼
Since the living room was already a big mess, we decided that we might as well turn it into a fort. Which we did. We sat under our fort for a while just talking to each other about school, friends, and other things. Bunny went on about some more of the things she is learning and some of the Barbie games she's been playing with Kaitlyn. She brought up Leah at one point and asked when she could see her again. I was thinking about giving the Wilkerson's number to Crystal, but that would require an explanation and I don't want to give that explanation. So I tried making the call myself at one point on Sunday and they didn't answer. I'd be lying if part of me didn't feel relieved. Hopefully the Wilkersons at the very least leave a brief message or something saying they'll drop Leah off at the Bloomfields. And refrain from making any insults.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWH3rvxvGw 維尼
After a long talk about My Little Pony, Bunny wanted to play with her My Little Pony toys and me to join. So that's where another good chunk of our Sunday went. After that, we had ourselves a tickle fight and it was time to get started on dinner. "LASAGNA!" That's what me and Bunny started shouting together as I pulled the box out. "LASAGNA! LASAGNA! LASAGNA!" We love lasagna so much. We didn't have any green bean casserole, but oh well. At least we had "LASAGNA!"8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡouShub4GYs 維尼
After Bunny's bath, we had ourselves some beautiful serious daddy-daughter dancing. I turned on some music and we danced calmly together for a while. And THEN we did some crazy dancing! With Bunny wearing her new sunglasses! If only a third person had been there so they could videotape us.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUySCv1OM7 維尼
Bunny (after we were finished dancing and I was out of breath): "I wish you had sunglasses too."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡxayfyZMvqa 維尼
Me (laying on the floor): "Yeah, that would be pretty cool."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr5v3YHV3J 維尼
Bunny: "Next time I'll tell Kaitlyn's dad to never forget about my daddy!" She then pat me on the stomach.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcWeVQPjtk 維尼
Me (laughing): "Thank you, Baby."8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfwScyy9ne 維尼
Oh believe me, Kaitlyn's dad doesn't forget about me. That's why the Bloomfields are such an important part of our lives.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBwid3hHCn 維尼
Bedtime story was one of Bunny's library books, Harold And The Purple Crayon. A book that I remember getting from the library when I was a kid (and my grandma reading to me, mainly because I wouldn't read it on my own). Pretty cute book.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj9TS1vQ8o 維尼
Goodnight kisses, hugs, I love you's, and that was the end of the weekend.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1nKvIvmf2 維尼
I guess I might as well start working on my part of the art appreciation presentation. I can't wait to get this whole class off my back. Like I said, I'm SO freaking done with art. I really hope I can figure out what I want to do.8964 copyright protection309ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbksLlWSgt 維尼
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