I was out at Kohl’s tonight buying Justin some dress pants for his Orchestra Holiday Concert tomorrow night and I got a frantic call from J.R. to come home NOW! I dropped what I was doing and went home.

Justin and his friend got busted “ding dong ditching” and the guy that lives in the house chased them all the way home to our house. He was screaming at J.R. and cussing out Justin and his friend Bobby. He had left by the time I got here, and Bobby went home.

Robert, Bobby’s dad, called me and said that Bobby had a bloody knee and a bruise on his face. Apparently the guy caught Bobby and pushed him to the ground. Robert was pissed and asked if it was okay if he came over and called the police. Justin was BAWLING and freaking out saying, “Mom, I asked him to not hurt my friend, and he wouldn’t listen,” so I told Robert yes.

He came over and the cop came. He listened to the boyz story, and then drove down the street to talk to the guy. The guy turns out to be security at Green Valley Ranch Casino and denies that he pushed Bobby to the ground. He said he grabbed Bobby by the hoodie and he lost his footing and fell down. When the boyz heard this they started crying again and telling the cop the guy was lying.

The cop was totally for the security guard for obvious reasons as they work together on a nightly basis helping each other get the trouble makers out of the casino. He told the boyz that they could be arrested and thrown in jail for harassment! Bobby’s dad didn’t push the subject and said okay, just forget it, then and left. I thanked the cop for coming out, blah blah blah, and talked to Justin.

I wanted to tell him the cop was a fucking asshole (not for just tonight, but for all the nights I called them when Johnny was threatening to kill me, and they told me, “until he kills you there is nothing they can do”) but I didn’t mention any of that and just talked to him about ding dong ditching, etc. He and his friend won’t be doing THAT anymore.

The cops out here really can be assholes. We did the right thing by calling them, but the next time maybe we won’t since they don’t do anything for you. Maybe I’ll just go down there and beat the shit out of the guy. Not really, but DAMNIT!!!!!!!!! How can you be an adult, push an 11 yr old to the ground, and get away with it?

Well maybe tonight he got away with it, but I was a kid once and I remember the assholes on 36th Street where I grew up! They were the target of eggs, toilet paper, and pumpkin smashing. My kid won’t be doing it, but I know for a fact the story will get around at the Junior High School.

Call me immature, but that makes me just giggle inside…thinking about the neighbor guy wash egg off his car, picking up smashed pumpkin off his lawn, and yanking down toilet paper from every tree in his yard.

On this day..

• I Raised Geeks and I Am Proud - 2006
• Hotel Reservations - 2006
• Does Music Ever Bring Tears To Your Eyes? - 2006
• Las Vegas Plastic Surgery - 2006
• Merry Christmas From Me - 2006