13-year-old Cody is a real big skateboard freak right now. Part of that is because ever since he started piling up failing grades in school, we have taken away his electronics privileges. Hell, the kid doesn't even have his iPod now because he took it to school against our advice and had it taken up until the end of the semester. The rule around the house is that you only get TV/game privileges if you are passing everything. The other two have been consistently passing all year except for one brief hiccup for the oldest in Spanish.
Anyway, part of being a skateboard kid is having skateboard shoes. Apparently, when I was growing up in tennis shoes, I wasn't supposed to be able to skateboard and go to skateboard parks and do tricks and all that stuff. Somehow, though, I managed the impossible. Cody is of the opinion that if he isn't wearing skateboard shoes, he simply cannot function. Ok, fine, I'm willing to pay about 40 bucks for shoes anytime the kids need them. If he wants 70 dollar skateboard shoes, he can pay the difference.
Problem is, he has no money. He spent his last 30 bucks a few months ago on his first pair, and he hasn't been able to save up any money since despite a generous weekly allowance. He keeps complaining that I won't buy him new shoes, and I tell him that if he wants new shoes that cost 70, he simply has to save up 30, and it's a deal. So he wore his shoes out about 4-6 weeks ago, and they've been held together by duct tape ever since, more or less. He refuses to wear the brand new athletic shoes I bought him (that even resemble the skate shoes) a month or two before we bought the skate shoes.
So he keeps trying to save up money, but he can't seem to do it. The other day, while skateboarding, he crashed into the van and broke the tail light. That's a $115 repair, and I'm sitting at the car dealership right now getting it fixed. Ooops, they just called and finished the repair, so more on this saga later. Good thing the dealership has internet.
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