C is for Curmudgeon.
That would be me.
I’m back. The boys did their community service, along with the fire and rescue department, the JROTC, and the beauty pageant contestants. Tom was underwhelmed by the latter group; Bill was conspicuously silent. “Miss Mint Hill Madness” probably propositioned him :-).
I got James a ream of paper for Christmas; Pat a laser pointer (from the pet store) for his birthday or the day he finishes his Greek workbook, whichever comes first; and Sally a new penguin calendar. Saves ordering it from “Antarctic Connection,” but maybe she can have a penguin sweatshirt from National Wildlife.
Maybe I can do up a Hephaestus outfit to wear...
That's my story, and I'm stickin' too it.