{"id":4548,"date":"2019-10-19T22:38:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T02:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agaaga.blog\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2021-10-21T18:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T22:25:23","slug":"saturday-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/19\/saturday-shenanigans\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We woke up late this morning – 8AM. Felix was unwell and remained resting on the couch. Someone requested banana pancakes for breakfast, which everyone else thought was a great idea. Since I was already using the big burner on the stove for pancakes, and we had plantains ready for cooking, I decided to roast the plantains in the oven at 450\u00b0F. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything was chugging along smoothly. I was dividing my time between the banana pancakes on the stove, the waffles in the waffle iron on the counter, and planning a vertical garden on the living room floor – I know that sounds weird but that’s where it was being done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Took a short break from the plants to pour a very generous amount of Kraken all over the plantains, stuck the pan back in the oven, and went back to contemplating the wall garden on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several minutes later, there was a loud BOOM! from the kitchen. We all converged on the kitchen amid the kids’ cries of “Mama, what are you doing??!!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oven door had been blown open and huge blue flames were dancing merrily all over the pan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yup, that was pretty much my reaction!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Neil shut the oven door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We waited a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checked the oven again – still giant blue flames. Closed the oven door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neil pulled this out and made preparations to use it. Fortunately, the fires burnt itself out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These were the tastiest toppings for our pancakes and waffles this morning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We progressed with our day. Felix continued to worsen – feverish and lethargic. He still hasn’t put on his processors and we’re communicating on paper with him. After breakfast, the kids do some homework, and I do a short yoga. Just as I finish, Neil sneaks up on me and scares all the calm that I just cultivated right out the door! I’m convinced he spent quite a while after that chortling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After homework, Nolan, Lara and I headed to the library. At the self checkout, Nolan decided to try something new: he scanned some books instead of just his library card, causing the computer to regurgitate an ugly error, which resulted in a 15 minute ordeal while a librarian went through all 31 books a couple of times to ensure they were properly checked out. We finally make it home about 45 minutes later than planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend, who was coming over to play in the afternoon, was already at the house. Felix was fast asleep, Neil working on drilling holes in the exterior wall for a new outlet for the car. No problem, everything still good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I start preparations for dinner, get the veggies on the barbecue. Nolan and his friend are having a great time outside. We’re back to chugging along smoothly. Then Lara, sitting at the table having a snack, pipes up, “Aren’t we supposed to be at the party?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oooohhhhh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The time is 5:05PM. Lara is supposed to be at a birthday party 30 minutes away, and the party starts at 5:10PM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything did work out … except that in the chaos of leaving, I forgot to tell Felix (possibly asleep on the couch) that I was taking Lara to the birthday party, and Neil and the boys were outside. Neil found him wandering the house at some point looking for a parent to hug and very upset. \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 Parenting fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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