On the fourth day of vacation.....

Last night my 14 year old (this is important) son tried to poke his ear out.
He's in my bathroom (because his is too clean now) and I hear a yelp of pain.
 He come into the kitchen with a towel around his head.
 "Son," I say, "What are you doing?".
 He says, "I was cleaning my ears out and I poked the Q-tip in too far and poked my ear out!"
 Stunned silence. "Are you bleeding?"
 "No. It just hurts."
 OK, I'll bite. "Why where you cleaning your ears out?"
 "Because my head hurts."
 Now I am trying to keep from laughing at his obvious distress. "So what's with the towel?"
 With all seriousness he says, "To catch all the stuff that's gonna come out."
 I can't breath now. "You think that much will come out?", I choke out.

Yesterday I got the living room and the kids bathroom clean. Today I get to feel the bi-weekly experience of going broke. The bill collectors got paid today. Hopefully I will have time (I don't get paid that much so it shouldn't take long) to get the master bedroom and laundry done. I've also got to sit down and make a list of ingredients I need to cook for Christmas. Everyone gets baked goods this year.