School has started and they have gotten him off to his first day, so they need no longer keep him away from me. And my wife's admonition to stay away from that kid no longer operates.
Why the embargo in the first instance. Well I made the mistake of telling the local adults of my plan to give him the straight up goods. Which goes like this.
Mikey: You march into school on the first day and you meet the love of your life, your Kindergarten teacher and you spend the next year of your life in her warm embrace, such a wonderful woman , you eat cookies and drink apple juice and color with crayons and you meet others of like mind and you all play together in a wonderland of toys, and at some point in your day you get to lay down and take a snooze. They have hooked you sucker. Cause the love of your life will toss you over next september to some harpie who demands that you sit up straight, color in the lines, learn to read, to write and makes you work and for the next 12 years there is no let up. You work longer and harder and then there is an end and they throw a big party and give you stuff. For two weeks you think you are special and are king of the world.
But that is a little trick cause then they send you off for four more years.They pack all your stuff in a U Haul and whisk you away. But that 4 years is different, cause you go to football games, live down the hall from your best friends, party like rock stars and your parents pay for everything. And just when you think life can't get any better they tell you that you are done. They throw you out the door make you go to work, nobody pays for your stuff anymore and if you want to come home they make you live in the basement. You are welcomed into what is known as the BIG UGHH, where you will work like a dog for 45 years non stop.
So, Mike---take my advice ---don't go and don't ever get started. You will thank me later.
I still don't understand why they said stay away from the kid.
