parents are crazy...any wonder our kids are too?

have you ever taken on an event/project and then gotten killed by it in the opening minutes? that is what happened yesterday to jen and i...when we decided (ok..really... jen wanted to, i was sitting in the garage happy as a bug in a bag when i got the text about it) to go bowling with a 12 and 2 year old at "leisure lanes" in whitby.

i was chilling in the garage taking care of my body (i chanced into some kush...it kills all nasty feelings in my body...i thank God that He put this plant on the planet) when i the following text convo started...

"wanna  go bowling?"
"im feeling tired"
"too bad"
"why?"
"i wanted to go" <<< it was at this point the dad/crazy in me woke up and i responded...
"ok get my camera ready"

so i finished what i was doing...i felt good enough to think i was capable of going out (which i clearly wasnt...but the crazy in my life convinced me otherwise) and we climbed in to the van and headed out for the 15 minute drive through oshawa. it was very bright out (gotta love the vitimin D) and i played a bit with the camera...the windshield was dirty so they are a tad shitty but aside from that and the ginormous sun spot...i like them.


we arrived at "leisure lanes" (we have never been btw) and found a spot to park near the door...the front door presented the first problem...aside from all the smokers right in front of the door that we had to hack our way past (sometimes i think smokers do it on purpose... polluting whatever door they are standing near i mean) there were no ramps to be seen for my wheelchair...now i had to decide how much i love the people i was with. i guess i love them tonnes cause i left the chair in the van and grabbed my cane and headed for the front door (so you know, i am about 5 years past being able to walk effectively with a cane). the steps were...well...steps...big enough for me to have issues with but small enough that the pride in me will at least TRY to conquer them...and the pride won with major difficulty...but that was only hurdle #1 (i couldnt believe there were no handiman spots or ramps).

hurdle #2 :

we go in side to find that jen picked a league night to go bowling on, so there were only 4 available lanes to bowl on. that was cool because we got the last lane and here i thought our luck was about to change...UNTIL...he said it was lane 46. we were at lane 5 so i had to walk to the other end of the ally 41 lanes away. now for anyone else this is fine but for me i need assistance...my assistant was dealing with a hyper little girl and a 12year old nob. so it was slow going to say the least.

hurdle #3,4&5:

after arriving at lane 46 the fun really began, there were a set of 3 steps i had to go down to get to the actual lanes...my 12 year old decided he no longer wanted to play because everyone looked like leftovers from the 70's and there were no kids (jen paid for 2 games for 4 people) so while we fought with him to get his shoes on, abby decided she was going to play without us... she proceeded to gutter 4 balls, 3 on one side and one on the other. so when jake finally put the shoes on we had to get an attendant to clear our gutters...but at that point the stress has engulfed both jen and myself and we decided it wise that we cut our losses and pack it in after not even one complete frame.

the funniest:

when we decided to leave there was another door way at the end we were at...it was handiman accessible (thats a kind gesture for me to say because the ramp was as steep as everest...lots of brain power went in to its creation i could tell )...screw you life, your a dick! so nobody was killed or hurt in this outing but there were 2 tired and frustrated parents.

§TëVë™