The boys seemed slow in getting their weekend gear into Grandma's so she thought she'd better
check and, "Goodness sakes, are you guys staying for a month!", she exclaimed,
as they had their school backpacks and overnighters and could barely lug and tug.

Jacob explained that they both had homework to catch up on
and so they just brought everything and anything.
Grandma went to Matt and lifted his backpack for him.

"Ouch! That has to weigh a ton. Do you have bricks in this thing?"

"Feels that way all the time, Grandma", said a forlorne Matt.
"And riding the school bus and getting up so early and the whole thing is a pain in the ..... "

"Brain!", cried Jacob covering for Matt.

"Hmmm, get some milk, boys. We need to talk more about this!



Matt said between sips, " We have bullies on the bus, too.
They really pick on some of the kids like Brittany.
She's chubby and shy. They say she's as big as the country!"

"And that she could be a whole island herself", added Jacob.
"One of the big guys poked her and called her the dough girl."

Grandma was listening very carefully to the gripe list and making notes on the blackboard
next to the fridge that she used for family notes and shopping needs.

"You know, Grandma," said Jacob, "we have to call those chalk boards
and at school, they are green."



Grandma just shook her head and silently counted to 10!
"OY, how totally pc ... that means politically correct and not the personal computer
which I'm going to use very shortly! Now what color is a newspaper?"

"Black and white", said the boys in unison.

"If you have a bruise it's what?", queried Grandma.

"Black and blue", the boys responsed.

"Well, of course ... surely not green and white or green and blue.
Folks get carried away these days or should be."

The boys giggled. "Grandma, you've got a bee in your bonnet!", said Jacob.

"Yes and you two buzz back to your room and stow all that stuff
while I do some searching on that computer ... and don't try taking it all at once
or you'll strain your backs and start moving like chimps and don't monkey around with me!"

Off they went chuckling and onto the computer went Grandma.



Later at dinner, Grandma said she had something different to serve for dessert. An idea.

"What! No pudding?" cried Matt.

"Later. Have you heard about home schooling? That's when someone teaches you at home
and you don't attend a regular school but must learn all those things just the same.
There are very strict rules about that and I know what they are."

"Are you saying we could be with you each day and learn right here?", asked Jacob wide-eyed.

"Yes, that's what I'm proposing to you boys but you know it will be by the rules
and I thought perhaps Brittany could join us. I checked with her parents
and made some other calls and we'd have a regular classroom and recess, too, of course!"

"I'll bet you already checked with our parents, didn't you, Grandma!", said Matt.

She nodded yes. Jacob looked at Matt and Matt at Jacob
and high fives were done and the deal was set.

"Might be a good idea if you two went out and figured out where the bases will go
for the softball games we'll be having and then we'll have some pudding. Now scram."

"Bam" went the screen door and Grandma went to her blackboard and wrote
SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY.

© Connie Good
a/k/a "Grandma"

10/06/2007

Dedicated to my friend Dale who
says, "We don't have problems;
we have solutions!"

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