Sometimes the consequence really can be feeling all of that, especially if he wasn't throwing the rock at another kid purposely.

When I was in 4th grade I lied to my mom. She made me look up what the word "trust" meant in the dictionary and told me she couldn't trust me again. I still remember this.

It's a horrible feeling. It's the one thing I've never been able to change in Jake -- he lies on first instinct most of the time, and it just baffles me, because 95% of the time it backfires on him anyway.

Which is not to suggest that will happen to Noah, though! Jake is sort of ... special.

I know I often have the mind of a 17 year old male, but SERIOUSLY...these are phrases used multiple times a day at my place of work. Just read them and see how hard I have to work to not make "that's what he/she said" jokes and/or just be generally rude

- Can you turn on the 6 inch?
- I/he/guy's name is blowing him off
- We're almost done blowing off
- How many am I gonna have to blow today?
- He'll blow that load.
- I've got the 6 inch going.

My two kids are totally different. Casper has a minor sneaky streak (about candy especially), but I think can be honest when necessary. Dillo is totally transparent - he has like no guile in his entire body - and is so obsessed with fairness right now. For example, as we were getting changed for soccer last night Casper came down with a candy in her mouth - she'd gotten a candy bag at a birthday party over the weekend, not said anything about it, and hidden it in her room. Dillo freaked hard about how unfair this is. In the course of the 20 minutes spent calming him down, he confessed that when I go to the basement to do laundry, he and Casper each eat a sugar cube. He was very clear that it was her idea (which, duh) but he was very guilty about the fact that he had gone along with this scheme! (I was not angry. If sneaking a sugar cube is the naughtiest thing they can think of, I am okay with that.)

mac has kinda learned that lying will backfire, so what he does now when he knows the truth is not a great thing is to go silent. He is quickly learning that is not gonna fly with me either.

"I did this thing."

Bam, there you go kid. easy. and done. 1 consequence.

Lie or don't answer me? You win the prize of hearing me go on for a bit. and now you get 2 consequences.

Watching Scandal finale. Whiplash from watching all of the West Wing.

I just had to run out and buy contact lens solution because I suddenly realized that, while I had checked last night to see if I had enough travel size solution, I didn't actually pack any.

I travel enough that I got complacent about my packing skills.

today's catchy phrase is "denying me the opportunity to see my grandchild"

Lunch was slow cooked ribs, brown rice, and sweet potato. Why do I forget I can cook and then the food will be right there, and cheaper? This week was a menu week (tomorrow the slow cooker chili) so next week will be consumption week.

I am behind on dessert, though. I kind of did that thing where you eat your disappointing offspring and nommed the failed oatmeal cookies in 2 days (10oz of butter? That seems...)

I want to spend today curled up waiting for the mail and rolling around in inspiring artwork. Artwork that inspires me to art, not inspires me to be a nicer person or anything like that.

Oh, and get feels from fanfic. That too.

Anyone have inspiring artwork?

Speaking of lying, we have a lying cousin. When I told her I needed to eat brown basmati rice for low gly anti-migraine reasons, she said sure, she has some at home, she'll bring them to the villa. Now, I travelled with my own flour and sugar, so adding rice to that is nothing. But no! M's got it handled.

She got all the way to the villa before saying no, she never had any, maybe I wanted some white rice? I asked her flat out--do you disbelieve that I might get a headache, or do you not care? And she flat out stared at me and then went to do something else.

That's a psyche I don't understand.