bad wake-up today

My 3 1/2-year-old grandson got up early today, didn't wake up mommy or
grandma and went downstairs to play.

I had been cleaning my 55-gal. cichlid/turtle tank, didn't finish and left
the self-priming siphon tube in the tank. He pulled a chair over to the
tank, fished around to get the siphon, fiddled with it until it started and
siphoned all the water except the bottom 8" or so out of the tank. Watered
the dormant plumeria sitting next to the tank, washed oh maybe 3 or 4" of
dirt out of it to add to the mess, then played in the dirt in the pot with
his Fisher Price people.

I woke up late, and by then much of it had dried and soaked into the
concrete floor and a large rag rug. We had previously pulled up the carpet
in preparation for laying hardwood, thank God.

What a mess. I had told his mama to buy a hook-and-eye for the inside of
her bedroom door, as he has made a habit of this and will not wake us up.
She had them, but didn't put them up. Damn damn damn. So I'm cloroxing and
mopping and have fans running and having a hell of a good time. Made her
take the kid to daycare today too so I didn't beat him or something.

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:05:28 GMT, "Cindy" wrote:

My 3 1/2-year-old grandson got up early today, didn't wake up mommy or
grandma and went downstairs to play.

I had been cleaning my 55-gal. cichlid/turtle tank, didn't finish and left
the self-priming siphon tube in the tank. He pulled a chair over to the
tank, fished around to get the siphon, fiddled with it until it started and
siphoned all the water except the bottom 8" or so out of the tank. Watered
the dormant plumeria sitting next to the tank, washed oh maybe 3 or 4" of
dirt out of it to add to the mess, then played in the dirt in the pot with
his Fisher Price people.

I woke up late, and by then much of it had dried and soaked into the
concrete floor and a large rag rug. We had previously pulled up the carpet
in preparation for laying hardwood, thank God.

What a mess. I had told his mama to buy a hook-and-eye for the inside of
her bedroom door, as he has made a habit of this and will not wake us up.
She had them, but didn't put them up. Damn damn damn. So I'm cloroxing and
mopping and have fans running and having a hell of a good time. Made her
take the kid to daycare today too so I didn't beat him or something.


I teach at a vo-tech high school and ofen when something bad or
annoying happens with my students I (when I get over being furious)
can trace the source back to something I didn't do. Didn't put
something away, didn't have a student move something to it's proper
storage spot etc. Or didn't cut off some mis behavior before it got
out of hand.

Anyway, without meanng to be overly cirtical review who it was that
didn't put the siphon hose away? Oops Grandma.




Errol Groff

Instructor, Manufacturing Technology
H.H. Ellis Technical High School
613 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:41:41 GMT, Errol Groff wrote:
I teach at a vo-tech high school and ofen when something bad or
annoying happens with my students I (when I get over being furious)
can trace the source back to something I didn't do. Didn't put
something away, didn't have a student move something to it's proper
storage spot etc. Or didn't cut off some mis behavior before it got
out of hand.

I have four boys, 3+. That is exactly how I find our relationship.
As for leaving things out, it does not help that I am a night person,
and they (for the most part) are morning people. I just make efforst
not to leave accessible, anything they should not access.

And the older I get, the more it seems the same oversights cause me
problems... Didn't put it away, now I can't find it. Took a shortcut
and broke something. Left the soldering iron hot and burned myself or
something set down on the iron. Loaned a tool (or dvd or...) without
setting time expectations for return, and have to retrieve it. Etc.

Other people can and do cause problems, but I must admit that reasonable
expectations of their behavior leave me responsible for most of them.

sdb

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I teach at a vo-tech high school and ofen when something bad or
annoying happens with my students I (when I get over being furious)
can trace the source back to something I didn't do. Didn't put
something away, didn't have a student move something to it's proper
storage spot etc. Or didn't cut off some mis behavior before it got
out of hand.

Anyway, without meanng to be overly cirtical review who it was that
didn't put the siphon hose away? Oops Grandma.

Errol Groff

I know, I know.....I realized that after I finished venting about what
everyone ELSE didn't do.....
sheepish grin

Cindy