OK, OK...we don't  want to hear grandchildren stories from politicians...but these happened this week

1.  We had seven of eight over for spend-the-night activities two nights ago.  We put them to bed way too late...10:30.  So I have all seven in one bedroom.  NOTHING is going right...I charged the air mattress pumps up for four days and they are not blowing the mattresses up.

I am trying to wire the DVD player to an old TV in this bedroom...it's not working out.  Nothing is happening here for Papa John...He's about to have a meltdown in front of seven grandkids, ages 3-10. 

Sweat is pouring off me as I mess with those DVD wires when four of the younger boys I have on the bed go berserk.  My back is to them. Yelling, play-fighting, jumping up and down...I lose it.  I turn around and let it go.  You can't imagine.  They know I am not kidding.  They're stunned.

I turn back to the TV when I hear the three year old, Chase, tell the others.

"Wow, I think Papa John has some anger problems."

2.  Now before anyone gets their tighty whities in a wad...remember this...I went to Jackson nine times last month and the Coast three.  Three of those Jackson were unreimbursed, as were the Coast trips.

It doesn't matter.  If you can't explain it to a kid, you can't explain it to anyone.

I took Xander and J.T., the Shreveport grands, to Jackson yesterday to go to the

Natural Science Museum and while there to get with Tammy Cowart, our committee assistant, on the progress for a North Mississippi legislative members trip to the Coast --- 20 members split into two groups over next two weeks and also unreimbursed -- AND, sign in to get paid for the day.

Went to the clerk's office to sign in and say, "hello."  Left....Got on the elevator with the two grandsons.  "Papa John, are we going to your office now to do some work?" says Xander (for Alexander).  "No," says I.  "I forgot my key to the office, so we'll go to the museum."

You cannot get anything by a child. And, after a slight pause.......

"Let me understand this," he says.  "They pay you for saying 'hello' to people?"

When was the last time you ate humble pie?