The next weekend was the last weekend before school started. After Tuesday I started to worry about how I was going to have time to earn points during the school year. I had 90 points saved up, but facing 9 months of schooling, that didn't seem like much of a reserve.
Wednesday I worked all day and earned enough to get a handjob and still have 20 point left over. Thursday I worked most of the day again and earned 37 points, putting my total to 147, but I decided to save them all. I knew once school started I would have to go a lot longer than a night without it.
My dad was going out of town for the weekend. I knew that him and my mom had figured out what had been going through my mind.
Thursday night he sat down and drew up a huge list of chores I could tackle over the weekend if I wanted to earn more points before school started. Some of it was mundane stuff like taking clothes to the dry cleaners (3 points) or the car to the mechanic (5), but it also contained a bunch of big landscaping stuff, like pulling out the old stump in the back yard and its roots (30), putting stepping stones (20) as well as building a brick retaining wall around the small hill next to the drive way (50).
He gave me one of his credit cards when he gave me the list, to buy supplies and stuff. He told me I could have 20 extra points if I gave him a ride to the airport at 4:30 on Friday morning.
After I dropped him off I drove back to the house and decided to get straight to work. I was eager to earn as many points as possible, and I figured it would be best to do as much work as possible before the hottest part of the day.
I went up to my room and grabbed my notebook. Folded inside was the list my dad had made the night before. I took it out and looked it over, as well as glancing at the regular chores list.
I started some laundry and did a few fairly quick cleaning chores before heading outside to mow the lawn.
After I finished mowing I got out the axe and pry bar and went to work on the roots of the stump in the back yard. After an hour and a half of chopping and digging I managed to get most of the roots out. The stump was stubborn, but with its roots gone I eventually managed to get it out with the prybar. I dragged the stump and the roots out to the front of the house and then went inside to get some water and a bite to eat.
I poured myself a glass of water and took a big drink. I heard my mom coming down the stairs. She joined me in the kitchen, wearing only her bathrobe.
"I didn't wake you up with the chopping did I?" I asked.
"No," she said, "don't worry about it." She poured herself a glass of water. "So how many points have you earned today?"
"39 so far," I said.
"Hmm . . ." she said, "Impressive. It's not even 9 AM."
"Yep."
"Trying to save up for the long winter ahead, huh?"
I nodded.
"I'll tell you what," she said, "I'll help you work this weekend and you can have points for my work too."
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah."
After breakfast she put on shorts and a tank top and we headed to the Home Depot to pick up some stepping stones.
It was already starting to get hot by the time we got back to the house. We laid out the stones until we got them where we wanted them.
I went and got a shovel and a trowel. I dug the holes and then she placed the stones and filled around their edges with dirt.
A little past the halfway point, my mom went inside to get some food. She came back with two glasses of lemonade and sandwiches. I tossed the shovel aside and took a glass of lemonade. We both sat down in the shade of a nearby tree.
I took a huge drink and then leaned back and basked in the shade. I grabbed a sandwich and took a bite.
"Mom?" I asked.
"Yeah?"
"How come Dad came so much on Tuesday?"
"I don't know exactly, but he always cums that much."
"Really?" I asked, a little surprised.
"Yeah. Way more than any other man I've ever been with." I laid still in the grass for a moment.
