Who are you and what have you done with my Cybil???

What Have You Done With My Cybil?

We have had a strange phenomenon going on in the house.  Cybil is rising on his own, with only the initial wake up lickies by the doggies.  We send them in, then 10-15 mins later, we hear the shower go on.  More freaky is when he says Good Morning to me when I send the dogs in.  WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Milky Ways

So the week has been one of routine,  but he is finding his sass and the back and forth has begun.  Take for instance Milky Ways.  An American invention, even better frozen...but yummy chocolate and caramelly goodness, amirite?  It comes in a brown wrapper with green lettering.  Probably facts that never really stood out to you.  Apparently in Germany, it is not like this.  They are purple with stars and moons, and galactic type styling.  The only thing I can compare it to is the freak-a-deak buffet at the PepperMill casino in Reno, NV.  It is a mixture of mirrored tables,  black carpet with neon moons, star bursts, milky way galaxies and surrounded by a rain forest with a soundtrack including the occasional thunderstorm, including flashing lightening.  If you are on cocaine, you would not make it out alive...but I digress.  We had to make an emergency chocolate run to the Wawa last night and that is when it started with him and the BWOWN wrapper.  The Russo-German accent really needs to be captured here and it is difficult in print.  But Bwown and Green?  He holds up his hands in complete shock .  How can you eat something in a bwown wrapper?  This brings me to the pool scene in Caddyshack.....but that was a Baby Ruth........noonan.

Wodka

We then move on to a classic Russian topic, Wodka.  Here's a good joke...what is a 7 course meal to an Irishman?  A six pack and a potato.  Its like that with Wodka and Russians.  We are walking out to the car this morning for school and we are on the topic of martinis, James Bond and Wodka.  The boy is allowed to drink in Germany, so it has been quite an adjustment for him here. In particular this week because his buds are all on vacation this week,  apparently twisted every day and FB'ing letting him know it. He actually said he was homesick, which is rare.  Well the comment flies out of his mouth in deep Russian accent,  "Wodka, 100% Russian"   At 7am, I have no comment, but I do have a whole lot of giggle.

Healthy Lifestyle

So for the past week, he has been living a "healthy lifestyle"  I am still trying to figure this out because his healthy lifestyle includes cakes, oreos, pizza, pancakes, etc.  The healthy lifestyle really means that he has stopped drinking soda in lieu of 6 half gallons of Valencia Orange Juice a week.  I think in the movie Trading Places you could buy Orange Juice concentrate crops on the exchange, if only that were the case........

Choking on Volvic


There is a very popular spring water in Europe called Volvic. He has mentioned to me a few times about the Volvic, so I found it today at the market.  He screamed like a little girl when he saw it on the counter, hugged it and then asked if he could have some.  He is drinking his bottle of Volvic, starts to choke and says there is something wrong with American Volvic, it makes him choke.  No, darling, when you drink it like a drain, it could induce a level of choking.


Football


OK...so sappy host mom comments coming....  The boy had his JV game on Monday.  He got in to play!  My girlfriend and I were there at 3:30 in the afternoon to hope he was put in.  Remember, 8 weeks ago this kid thought the receiver was the QB.  Well, in the 4th quarter, he was put in!!!  We ran down the stands with a Flip video and my camera and he did really, really well. He went in as an offensive Right Tackle!!!! My eyes welled up and I almost cried I was so proud.  The best part was his team cheering him on and not one of them could pronounce his name.  It was priceless.......