Day One Hundred Seventy-One

I spent the majority of the weekend putting the pond back together. FINALLY. It's like 98% done at this point, with the only thing remaining being hiding one of the filter boxes. It's a simple enough task and will only take about 20 minutes, but I can't.

I just can't.

Mila is making pond life insanely complicated.

The kid is totally and completely obsessed with chasing frogs around. She catches them and frees them and then catches them again. It's a relatively simple task, honestly, because there are A LOT of frogs. I didn't put them in there, for what it's worth, so I consider them fair game for Mila. Don't crash a party unless you're willing to mingle with the people who were invited, you know?

Besides, I can't stop the Tiny Terror.

The kid can't be stopped.

First of all, she magically shows up whenever I go outside. I don't even know how she knows considering I've been sneaking out of the house. Somehow she magically appears the second I start hauling rocks around or digging or whatever. EVERY TIME. Maybe she has security cameras set on the pond? I wouldn't put it past her.

So, Mila shows up and starts chasing frogs. Because I'm nice, I have a "designated Mila zone" around 2/3 of the pond. There are rocks strategically positioned for her to stand on, but a rule that ... STOP CLIMBING IN THE DAMN POND, MILA.

I swear. Every time I look over, she has her head tipped upside-down so she can peak under the rock she's sitting on. How she hasn't fallen in is a complete mystery because she sure is trying. She's had her feet in the water a whole bunch of times as well. And the 1/3 that's off limits? HAHAHAHAHA. She forgets constantly. CONSTANTLY. Although, I'm not sure I believe the "I forgot" line considering that if I make eye contact with the kid and ask, "Where's the purple leaf?" the kid FREAKS THE HELL OUT.

She knows she has wandered past the purple leaf (there's a bugleweed plant that marks the border on one side).

I sent the kid to time out for breaking the pond rules three times in less than an hour today. How is that even possible? I DON'T KNOW. I do know that the 20 minutes I need to hide that filter box will take approximately 8 hours in Mila time, so whatever. WHATEVER.

It's never happening.

Or at least it's not happening until little Bindi Irwin decides to harass some other animals.