Saturday, August 28, 1982
Utterly exhausted from cooking & picking up after Dave all day. He took Bill across the river & then walked from Boger’s line up the river so all clothes (including tennis shoes with spiked bottoms filled full of mud) had to be washed. Told him not to go in river again but after supper they did.
I went to Mt. Gilead to an auction (got there too late for bookcase & filing cabinet for Society) and as I came back he was riding his bike in the middle of the road with his head down coming up the hill S of the bridge on 746. I saw his red cap just in time to slam my brakes on. Bill was along side as he should be. Later I had to stop him from making bill ride down the front bank by the flowering quince. No way he could keep from going in the road & no was he could see if it was clear. I set a midnight bed time & refused to let them go out after dark. After I went to bed I smelled matches burning. They were lighting “pocket rockets” in the living room. I blew up & made him call Kathi & tell her what he did. Of course I can’t sleep after all that! Had to stop him from nailing up a “Keep Out” sign on the 2 acres across the road. Had not asked permission. Couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to antagonize neighbors.