Joey Fordcopyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82jqQ72mIl
November 21, 2016copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ByWdmVwph
Week 13: Journal 1copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kVdeE5ekW
My art appreciation group isn't planning on meeting up at all before the project. We're just supposed to send everything to Lauren (the girl that helped me out a while back) and she'll take care of everything. Then that's pretty much it for this project. I finished my part last night, so I guess all I have left is that test that I'm probably not going to study for until like two days before. I just checked the study guide. It's one of tests where literally every question on the study guide is the exact same on the test. And he already gave all the answers. This test will pretty much be nothing. Kind of like this class.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtYgTPoVb7
Okay, enough about that. Let's talk about the weekend.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfIPbWb6sB
First thing Bunny tells me when I picked her up on Friday: "Daddy, Mrs. Underwood got a bunny!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCVjPaXUoh
Mrs. Underwood is Bunny's art teacher. She goes to art every Friday and LOVES it. She's brought home some really nice art projects in the past and had a painting (or rather a drawing made with washable paint) show me today. A flower with a bee on it. I remember Bunny telling me about that painting a while back and how she got to put it on the wall outside of the art classroom. And now it's on the wall of our living room. Next to a few of her other art projects.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlKPCEF1AQ
It's been quite a while since me an Bunny did some art projects together. We've had a lot of fun together making art in the past. Last summer, the two of us spent hours drawing every one of the MLP characters, cutting them out, and putting them all over the living room wall. That came out pretty nicely. I eventually took them down to make room for Bunny's other projects, but I ended up putting them on my bedroom wall. When Josh saw this, he said: "I didn't know you were a brony." I said: "Wait until Madison is a couple years older."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8R5RHhNSog
Anyway, back to Mrs. Underwood's rabbit. Bunny was pretty excited that she has a rabbit in her classroom now. I find it kind of weird that an art teacher would put an animal in her classroom, but okay.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMSp5Iz3DX
And now for the obvious joke. Bunny is excited about a bunny.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuj5kWKZXk
So I worked Friday night and had the day shift on Saturday (Jerry on Friday, Brenda on Saturday). Bunny's normally pretty tired when she has to wake up early in the morning (I had to go in at seven) so that she can go to the Bloomfields, but that doesn't stop her from being a goofball. Right as we were about to walk out the door Saturday morning, Bunny pulled her shirt over her face and started yelling: "Ahh! Help! I'm blind! I'm blind!" and purposely bumped into walls (not hard enough to hurt herself). copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6cVXTdLLB
Me (laughing): "Come on, you little goofball! We gotta' go!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1foUFuCexg
Bunny (bumping into the couch and falling on it): "But I can't see the door! I'm blind!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSKwX4sI3p
Me (laughing): "Come on, Sweetie! Please!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TwePt72eT
Bunny (getting off the couch and walking into another wall): "Help! I'm blind!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg92aOwN34
There was only one way to end this. I walked over, grabbed her, and gave her a belly raspberry. And then we both fell on the couch laughing. Thank God I wasn't late for work.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fWOLUSdCW
I got home around four-thirty, and I was tired again. Which meant time for another nap. Before I fell asleep, Bunny asked if she could use my phone to listen to music. She knows how to go to YouTube and search up music and I've lent her my phone to listen to some of her favorite songs before. I gave her the phone and told her to wake me up when the alarm went off. I ended up waking up about five minutes before the alarm was supposed to go off, so I decided just to get up right then. I saw no point in trying to go back to sleep for just five minutes. I went and checked on Bunny in her room. She had put Bruno Mars music on full blast (it was on my phone, so it wasn't that loud) and was dancing in her room. When I opened the door, she had her back to me and was shaking her butt.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFQ9TFD1IR
Me (speaking loudly over the music, and Iaughing): "What are you doing?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm74piSW6V
Bunny turned around in complete surprise. She put her hands over her mouth start giggling pretty hard.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09bXYWSQau
Bunny (still giggling): "I was dancing."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOaDY3iB50
Me: "That's some pretty weird dancing."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0nB4MTXJ0
Bunny (still giggling): "I thought you said you wouldn't wake up until I woke you up."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJa5H82zYd
Me: "Well, I woke up a little early."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M1ep0iICn
Bunny: "You want to dance with me, Daddy?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5o6HtTBrC
Me: "I gotta get started on dinner."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkmLq3TsDS
Bunny: "Just for a minute! Please!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHEHV3HeLk
Me: "Okay, just for a minute."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuq0A7tuIU
We continued listening to Bruno Mars music and danced crazily together. At one point we did one of our usual dances where where we took each other by the hands and started hopping around the room in circles. Which was pretty freaking hard to do in Bunny's bedroom, which doesn't have much room to have a crazy dance. I kept on worrying that I was going to knock over her lamp or her bookcase. That didn't happen, but I did step on a hair brush at one point, which actually hurt a little. I yelped in pain a little bit and sat down on Bunny's bed.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jfs5FwY79
Bunny: "What happened, Daddy?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNQvuMyc1k
Me (putting my hand on my foot): "I hurt my foot."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCOWDp46TN
Bunny: "Here!" copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ106gscVZa3
Then she kissed me right at the bottom of my foot.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81QZwlM5xN
Me: "What are you doing?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4qe03E59y
Bunny: "Do you feel better?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡSazZr2bn1m
Me: "Why'd you kiss my foot?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9oh9UCV0a
Bunny: "Because you hurt yourself. You said so!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqe9Ffckkm
Me: "But my foot is dirty. It's been all over the floor."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcxscZunmw
Bunny: "But my floor is clean! It cleaned your foot!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNF74P2HK3
No, her floor was not clean. There were stuffed animals, Barbie dolls, and Barbie stuff all over the place. And a brush. But...I guess it wasn't dirty?copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtt6D9lPtG
Whatever. I told Bunny to make sure she didn't kiss people on the feet anymore. She said: "I'll only do it if people hurt their feet." Let's hope we never travel to a less-fortunate country where people don't wear shoes (no offense to anybody in a less-fortunate country).copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmTKP5Jjt5
Dinner: We just made leftover spaghetti. Why not? We had plenty of it from the other day and we like spaghetti. Also, I really need to stop saving leftovers for more than a few days.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdSvlWlnE5
Bath: Nothing unusual. Bunny splashed me a couple of times and she played with a couple of her swimming Barbies.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwzUCc4Y2x
After her bath: We watched some Netflix together. Man, if only watching cartoons was this easy when I was a kid. Not having to sit through commercials for five minutes. I used to hate commercials when I was kid. This would have been a dream come true. I was born twenty years too early!copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfUyZJEI37
Bedtime story: Another one of Bunny's library books. Doctor De Soto. A book that I actually got when I from the library when I was in second grade and failed the AR test. That's how much of a sucky reader I was. Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse was about ten times harder for a little kid to read, yet Bunny made a 100 on her AR test on it. I created a monster.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTkGpFDK3h
So that was Saturday. Not that much really went on honestly. Sunday was a tiny bit more eventful. And that's mainly because of a surprise visit from Uncle Josh.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuNqpqDtpF
Most of the day was just nothing but me and Bunny playing together. Barbies, a game of hide and seek, painting each other's nails, playing with her stuffed animals, drawing pictures together (my drawings aren't nearly as good as they were when I was a kid, what the hell happened?), just a lot of our regular father-daughter activities. Right as I was about to get started on dinner around six, Josh showed up. Completely randomly. He showed up on his own, which made Bunny pretty disappointed. copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14UWDUFhCJ
Bunny: "Why didn't you bring Madison?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqDK62pKNt
Josh: "I wanted to, but she was sleeping."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DXP4ngHRF
Bunny (frowning): "Please bring Madison next time."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSKiOocuGP
Don't worry Sweetie. I've already told Josh I would punch him if he doesn't bring Madison again. Which probably means he'll just stop coming over.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5fSPmUf6I
I find it kind of funny that Bunny was acting this way about Madison's absence, but didn't bring up Courtney once. Good lord, she LOVES that baby.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8mGYq3e7U
But at least Josh and Bunny got to have some fun together. Usually Bunny cares much more about Madison than anyone else (including me) whenever she's over, but she and Uncle Josh are so cute and hilarious when they're left alone together. While I was making dinner, I constantly heard Bunny laughing and Josh shouting like a moron. I guess because Bunny was purposely trashing on several movies and video games that Josh likes to annoy him. I think Josh started talking badly about Trolls and Frozen and that led to what sounded like a slapping fight. And I had to shout at them to calm down like they were both my kids. I'm starting to wonder how Josh will be like with Madison once she gets older. Poor Courtney.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuNFMC3Z7J
Oh, and when I went told them dinner was ready, I found Bunny riding on the back of Josh's back like a horse. And Josh was making (really awful) horse noises. Man, they're SO adorable together.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmO4eEq9Tx
During dinner, me and Josh mainly talked about our plans for Thanksgiving and Josh at one point started whining about having to drive for several hours. Hey, I have to do the same thing and I'm not complaining. At least you'll get a break half the time (we're planning on taking turns, he was whining like he had to drive the whole way there). Sure I don't like it, but I'm sucking it up. Be a man, Josh. Okay, I'm kind of a hypocrite. I sometimes whine when I have to drive long distances. Kind of like every single time I go to work.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBFdhDEkSM
If only Courtney would take turns with us, but noooooo. According to Josh, she didn't want to drive for no reason other than "she hates driving." Seriously? I hate going to work, going to any of my three classes (I know I've mainly complained about art appreciation, but all of my classes suck to be honest), having to clean up the house, DRIVING, having to wake up before eight in the morning (in the past, it was rare for me to be awake at any time before two on weekends), going grocery shopping, having to pay bills, and bunch of other stuff that you're required to do when you're an adult. But I'm just going to stop doing these things because I hate them. Seriously Courtney?copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNg3s3Fv3M
I'm not planning on complaining to her face, but it's just irritating. Stop being lazy Courtney and take turns with us. Be a woman.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR83VmHmvA
Eventually Josh and Bunny just got into a conversation about MLP. Josh is obviously still learning about that show. Once again, wait until Madison is older, Josh. You will know EVERYTHING about MLP. Then again, there a lot of guys my age without daughters that know everything about MLP. No, I'm not a brony hater. I'm just saying.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnczAtdfO6
So after dinner, I gave Bunny her bath and Josh and Bunny got to spend some more time together while I worked on my art appreciation crap. I worked at the dining room table while Josh and Bunny talked in the living room. Josh never told me when he was planning on leaving, but I guess it's fine for him to stick around up until Bunny had to go to bed. At first the two just started talking, going back to their MLP conversation. But then that somehow turned into a wrestling match. I had my ear phones in with music on while I was doing my work, but then I suddenly heard a bunch of screaming that was louder than the music. I walked over to the living room and found Bunny and Josh rolling around on the floor. They were wrestling pretty hard. I started worrying that Josh was going to suffocate Bunny. But she seemed to be having the time of her life. Her face was as red as a tomato and she was laughing like a million hyenas. Once again, I had to be a parent to both of them and tell them to calm down.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14Ti7lmMQp
Josh and Bunny finally let go of each other and just kept on laughing. Bunny was laying on the floor still laughing quite hard and kicking her legs. copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5gI9c5QyB
Josh: "We're just having fun together!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsYD2z7fOW
Me: "I just don't want one of you to end up in the hospital."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP1f88AuVr
Seriously, it was like a parent talking to their rowdy kids.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvxaeGmjwV
Bunny then stood up and yelled: "I'm gonna get you!" and jumped on Josh's back. They started rolling around the floor some more. Good lord. Once again, I feel so sorry for Courtney in the future.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYnTCpsKFh
Josh and Bunny finally rolled off of each other after about half a minute. Josh then yelled: "I see London, I see France, I see Bunny's underpants!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡG17IgfRRJN
Bunny got an awkward look on her face and pulled up her pajama bottoms. She then giggled and turned red again. Oh man, she's so adorable.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCiPMwv9Q2
I really wanted to just stand there and watch them (it was honestly about as adorable as Bunny playing with Kaitlyn and Savannah). But I really needed to get that art appreciation crap done. I doubted I was going to do any homework during the Thanksgiving break.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K0sDCS6nx
Bunny: "Daddy, come join us!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3zuMQJDHt
Josh: "Yeah, join us Daddy!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡq05IQSfm15
Oh great, Josh is now calling me "Daddy." I guess I do have two kids now. What a blessing.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6Qpyu2qAp
Actually, at that point, there was no more time for wrestling. It was time for Bunny to go to bed. Which, as a surprise to no one whatsoever, was kind of a disappointment for Bunny. copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYtxsfncS5
Bunny: "Can we play for a few more minutes? Please Daddy?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj5L2WDhiF
Josh: "One more minutes?" (Yes, he was referencing Tarzan. Ha ha ha.)copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGLe6jI8Ki
Me: "No Sweetie, it's a school night. It's time to go to bed. Say goodbye to Uncle Josh."copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIh1gJhEVa
Good lord, it was like telling her to say goodbye to a friend or one of her cousins (it's always pretty heartbreaking when Bunny and Brooke have to leave each other). It felt a little weird to be honest.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBtQmvM0N4
Bunny and Josh gave each other a pretty big hug. Bunny then asked Josh (with a giant frown on her face): "Are you going to come back soon?"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbKqpRK8Zv
Josh: "Of course. I'm going go with y'all to Uncle Justin's and Aunt Michelle's. Me, Aunt Courtney, and (gets close to Bunny's face) Madison!"copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxeIzvrQ9n
Being reminded that she gets to spend a few days with all three of her cousins and Uncle Josh in the same house this week (though I already know that the instant that Bunny sees Brooke and Audrey, she's going to forget about all of the adults) immediately put a smile back on her face. She gave Josh one more hug and then told him goodbye. Me and Josh then hugged each other, said goodbye, and Josh left. Me and Bunny then went to her room for her bedtime story.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UZtKlZwlN
Story that night was "Oh Say Can You Say?" I'll probably be reading that to her until she's in her twenties. We're never going to get tired of it. We gave each other goodnight kisses, I Iove you's, "you're the best daddy in the whole world," and that was the end of the night. And the end of another weekend.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0Ylroccwc
So...it's Monday. The same day that the social worker is supposed to come over. I was really hoping that they wouldn't call and push the visit to...never. But they called me this morning and reminded me about the visit. I'm not looking forward to it. At all. Then again, I also want this whole thing to be over as fast as possible. copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXKWFjr79B
I haven't told Bunny about it, but I'm planning on doing so when I pick her up later. I'm really, really hoping she can handle this.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡuavtEfPDLa
For the record, Josh doesn't know about this and neither does anybody else in the family. I've made up my mind that I'm not going to tell anybody about this crap until it blows over. The last thing any of us need is for our Thanksgiving to be ruined because everyone becomes worried about me and Bunny. I know Justin pretty well, he WILL be worried if I tell him about this. No matter how much I say that this whole thing is just moronic and only a complete idiot would think that Bunny is being neglected.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlbpHDOTPk
Whatever. Let's just get this crap over with. Hopefully it's all over by the end of today.copyright protection50ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xiPtX9V4i
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