Since the drivers license this new found freedom has been embraced and Alex heads off without my having to run around after her (or get up at the crack of dawn) part of me loves it. The other part hates every moment! I want control! I accept that I need to attend Control Freaks Anonymous, but I still want it!!
I have tried to remind (nag) Alex that she needs to tell me she has arrived certain places, especially when she leaves well before dawn to go to rowing. She, for a variety of reasons- all interesting, some amusing and some even plausible, regularly forgets.
I worry. Its what Mums do.
In the last two weeks, I have become a txt stalker. (see how cool I have become saying txt instead of text?? It's a big step for me!!)
Txt 6.39am "are you there yet?" Better be, should have been there before six
Txt 7.01pm "So you are upside down in a ditch, I take it?"
Reply 8.21am "I am here. Sorry i was late"
Two days later- txt 6.47am "So, same ditch or different ditch?"
8.50am Reply "I txt u when I got to school" - Yeah right!
The next rowing morning-
txt 6.24 am "there yet?
Txt 7.12am "Kooooszio"
Txt 7.21am "What is that?" Yes, if you have worked out the pattern, txt means I sent it. I had sent the weird Koooszio and then asked what it meant. At that hour of the morning I can't blame the drink!
Next day I was prepared, so as she left I txt her
Txt-5.17am "don't forget to text"
Txt 6.25am "Alex???"
Txt 8.20am "Next time you forget, you lose the car of 3 days, this is not good enough alex"
Then!! only 3 days later!
Txt 6.16 "so how are you getting to rowing for the next 3 days"
I don't think I am unreasonable (although others in my house do!!!) I think I am winning.
This morning, I got a txt that she had arrived, but no goodbye as she left, just gone.
Then a cryptic txt arrives from Alex at 7.53 "I am sadly walking to skewl"
What the...????? I ring.
"What? What is wrong?? Why are you sad?? Why are you sadly walking to school?" a little panic hysteria creeping in. I can hear it in my own voice. Something is wrong!
"No Mum, that should say safely- safely walking to school. You told me to txt, I'm txting- I just can't win, can I?"
Damn you auto-correct!!
I have tried to remind (nag) Alex that she needs to tell me she has arrived certain places, especially when she leaves well before dawn to go to rowing. She, for a variety of reasons- all interesting, some amusing and some even plausible, regularly forgets.
I worry. Its what Mums do.
In the last two weeks, I have become a txt stalker. (see how cool I have become saying txt instead of text?? It's a big step for me!!)
Txt 6.39am "are you there yet?" Better be, should have been there before six
Txt 7.01pm "So you are upside down in a ditch, I take it?"
Reply 8.21am "I am here. Sorry i was late"
Two days later- txt 6.47am "So, same ditch or different ditch?"
8.50am Reply "I txt u when I got to school" - Yeah right!
The next rowing morning-
txt 6.24 am "there yet?
Txt 7.12am "Kooooszio"
Txt 7.21am "What is that?" Yes, if you have worked out the pattern, txt means I sent it. I had sent the weird Koooszio and then asked what it meant. At that hour of the morning I can't blame the drink!
Next day I was prepared, so as she left I txt her
Txt-5.17am "don't forget to text"
Txt 6.25am "Alex???"
Txt 8.20am "Next time you forget, you lose the car of 3 days, this is not good enough alex"
Then!! only 3 days later!
Txt 6.16 "so how are you getting to rowing for the next 3 days"
I don't think I am unreasonable (although others in my house do!!!) I think I am winning.
This morning, I got a txt that she had arrived, but no goodbye as she left, just gone.
Then a cryptic txt arrives from Alex at 7.53 "I am sadly walking to skewl"
What the...????? I ring.
"What? What is wrong?? Why are you sad?? Why are you sadly walking to school?" a little panic hysteria creeping in. I can hear it in my own voice. Something is wrong!
"No Mum, that should say safely- safely walking to school. You told me to txt, I'm txting- I just can't win, can I?"
Damn you auto-correct!!
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