Saturday, April 24, 2004
How did I get here?
Apr 24 2004 1:56 pm
Lost that other message, about Lee. What's she doing, swearing at you?
Anne
Okay, you know about the trip. For the rest of you, Lee and some of her friends have been planning a 2 week college tour this summer. I thought it was a fabulous idea, but it's on her father's time, so I didn't even consider giving her permission. And she never actually asked me. One of the other girls appears also to have neglected that detail, and now they're scrambling in the face of an irate parent vacillating between demanding either to go with them and forbidding her daughter to go at all.
Well, yesterday, I couldn't get in touch with Lee for hours, as she didn't have her phone. Friends A, B, and C were not answering their phones. No one was answering at FriendA's house, where another of Lee's friends said they all were working on a proposal to appease all parents. Then DH came home and metioned that Lee was staying over FriendA's house. He hadn't given her permission; he had just asked her why she had a tooth brush. I don't remember giving her permission, but I could have. I would have.
When she finally called me around 7, I was pissed and she was snippy. DH and SIL said they were fascinated watching my face turn from white to pink to red. I ended up in one of those conversations I hate, detest, loathe, abhor, and despise:
Lee: What well else do you want me to say?
Me: I want you to assure me it won't happen again.
Lee: Fine, it won't happen again.
Me: I'm not feeling assured, Lee.
Lee: Well, what else do you want me to say?
Me: I want you to agree to give me ten bucks every time I can't reach you on the phone.
Lee: I'm not working.
Me: Not my problem.
Lee: Fine, Mom, I'll give you ten bucks.
So, what's the phrase going around? "How did I get here?"
jane
