Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

Ahh another Friday night, another week of school completed. Brutus is now close to 30 pounds! His coarse overcoat is starting to come in. Over the next few months his coat color will change but he should keep his black face mask.

He loves rolling in his blanket:

We’ve found that if we keep a leash on him while in the house he then cries at the door when he needs to go out. Can you see his overcoat? It is fun to guess what coloration he will actually have; will he be Blonde with a black saddle? or will he turn golden? Time will tell but the guessing game is on.

This afternoon the boys went roller skating with our homeschool support group. Massive group; lots of kids the boys enjoy being with. One rule this group has is that you must be a member to attend their activities. Fine, I don’t have a problem with that although it isn’t like they are forking money over from our dues to pay for the skating. But I digress. So we walk in and I fork over the money, and tell the nice HS mom my last name. She checks the list and states, “No, you aren’t on the list.”

I looked at the list and point to my name. “There it is —-and I state my last name—.”

“Oh no, YOU said ‘XAxxxx’ so that means it should HAVE AN E. Since it HAS AN ‘A’ it should be said —-” and she states a different version.

Now this was a first. Well, not a first for having someone mispronounce my last name as she pronounced it, but truly a first that someone had the nerve to tell me that we are mispronouncing our last name. Transplant us out to the Midwest and no one ever mispronounces our name, unless of course they are not from the Midwest. But to tell me that I am mispronouncing it. How rude!