Your Weekly Antics - Bring Back Dodgeball Edition...2/10/22

Well kids, now that we're past Groundhogs Day and that little bugger has determined that we do in fact have 6 weeks left of winter, we can now look forward to Valentine's Day. I'm here to warn you, it will be in your best interest not to screw this up. Not only is the general public overly crabby these days and taking their frustration out on anyone they come across, you guessed it - Valentine's Day is falling right in line with our next full moon, The Snow Moon, which will make its appearance at 11:59am on Wednesday February 16th. The explanation behind February’s full Moon name is a fairly straightforward one; according to the National Weather Service, February is typically the snowiest month of the year. And, apparently the February full moon is also the brightest moon of the year. So...should you find yourself in the dog house for screwing up Valentine's day, grab a blanket, head outside, and look skyward - I hope for your sake it's not raining or snowing, because that would really suck. Here's what I've got...

1. Dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. Don’t know about you but those of us at the Kap house will on occasion have breakfast for dinner - I’m not however, one to serve dinner for breakfast. The youngest Kap kid has ideas of her own and decided her breakfast of choice on her last snow day was going to eat her left over chicken bacon ranch grinder from Jason’s - not only because it was delicious, but she wanted to eat it before her brother got to it first. #castironstomach

2. Scrolling through the news I saw Patriots Mac Jones was participating in a Dodgeball tournament and he stated that back in his middle school and High School days he was quite the player. Got me to thinking…Perhaps our schools should bring Dodgeball back and toughen these kids up a little. A good blow to the head every once in a while may do them some good. Just a thought.

3. With that said, maybe we don’t give some of these kids enough credit…ran in to a former softball Mom this week so naturally I asked her how her daughter was. She tells me all’s well and her daughter and her crew are heading to Florida for spring break in a few weeks. Problem for these girls was going to be the lack of transportation once they got there - you can’t rent a car if you’re under 25 years old, so they rented themselves a Uhaul - Problem solved. Parenting win right there and proof that their money has already been well spent investing in their daughters college education...they’re only freshman and are already demonstrating some resourceful problem solving. Where was this idea when I needed it in the early 90's? Brilliant.

#thinkingoutofthebox or in this case, box truck.

4. Kiley Miller is a supahhhh stahhhh and got herself some air time on Worcester cable news. Gotta love Kevin Shea and his commentary…

“Kiley Miller underneath is money…”

"It’s Miller - time…”

“ There's Miller... finishing in traffic...”

Burncoat Girls Basketball #33 – keep an eye on that kid.

5. I’d like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to those who live here at the Kap house – everyone except Sam of course, because according to the middle and youngest Kap kid, he does no wrong, and with that said, he was not identified as a suspect in what was being considered a hellacious crime – even the dogs were suspect - I have, in fact, located my missing t-shirt. In my defense, on more than one occasion my t-shirts have gone missing from time to time - by no fault of my own, they end up in someone else’s closet or bureau, yet no one will admit to this wrongdoing. According to those who claim chronic innocence in any partaking in said crime, they claim my t-shirts have magic powers and can relocate themselves - at will - whenever they want - or so they'd like me to believe. This time however, I will admit that I must have temporarily lost my mind because I put said t- shirt folded with care, away in my closet. If you are a regular faithful reader of The Antics you know that the normal resting place for my t-shirts are in my color coordinated t-shirt drawer where all t-shirts lay organized by color, long sleeve, short sleeve, team, event, age etc. where they belong. Exhibit 1, missing shirt relocated.

6. I’m thinking that the above event must have happened soon after I received this text message - from those who shall not be named - but who I supply an endless supply of baked goods to. The baked goods I make homemade with love and care. I must've been so distraught by this text that I misplaced my t-shirt. Exhibit 2, text from the scrubs who mock me…

7. Are you looking for some unconventional off the beaten path gift ideas for Valentine's Day? If you're going to fall in to the trap that is the hallmark - made up - spend all your money frivolously holiday - why not be unique and get that someone special something that they'll truly love? Take a gander at these latest discoveries Beet made while out walking the streets of her hood last week...Exhibits 3, 4, 5 & 6...samplings of Beet's findings.

8. And if you still can't decide, there's always soaps. Nothing says I love you more than a soap scented with mockery and ridicule in a variety of colors and scents for everyone addressing every attitude and mood. You can purchase one meant to elevate ones self esteem, packaging laden with inspirational quotes and words of wisdom, or others noting how you really feel about the world as you start a new day while hopping in the shower. To better that gift, one can pair that soap with a candle that helps you express exactly how you've been feeling... you see something you like, lemme know - Beet can make magic happen.

9. Speaking of making magic happen - stopped in to see my friend Lou at Bravo Auto this week after being accosted at a light for having a tail light out. Now that my blinker is working again I'm finding I'm being yelled at less in traffic. This does not apply however to Suburban Road. Again, I apologize to that entire building for not being able to use my Elder Services ID to control the traffic over there. I can only do so much people - it's a name tag, not a badge - chill - ax.

10. Big News kids - since her fat shaming at the vet back in December and the abrupt halt was made to the Kap dogs Donut Fridays, my little buddy Goose has lost a whole 2.5 lbs. Exhibit 7, Goose - the vet doesn't know American Sign Language, therefore, she was not adequately informed of her new diet restrictions. This is the face of Goose being denied treats. She is not impressed.

11. And last but not least, now more than ever, the world is like an active game of Dodgeball people, so take care of yourselves. If you're constantly dodging, dipping, ducking and diving to make someone happy, maybe it's time to cut them loose. If you've got people hanging around in your life who make you feel bad, don't appreciate you, take advantage of your over all good nature and willingness to help all you come across, send them packing. You don't need that or them and you most certainly don't have time for that nonsense so bid them farewell, you deserve better than that. And remember, If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

Have a great weekend!