<p>mootmom. Glass houses, stones, etc. We will make sure the marmots are on duty.</p>
<p>91 on math regents = super mom.</p>
<p>My H always said that we need something to bribe our kids with. Mootmom- Good job on the motorcycle. Taught him that he needed to work for something he wants versus having it handed to him. Contract (written even, I am impressed) with consequences is great. Am sure you will follow through as needed.</p>
<p>Pour yourself a drink.</p>
<p>Whew, I am SO GLAD my father doesn't read and post here, he'd be appalled at you all, supporting his daughter's enablement of his grandson's risky behaviors wantonly like this. (He wouldn't call everyone "brazen hussies" out loud but he might think it. ;) ) Thanks, all you moms and mothers above, for the supportive thoughts. We <em>did</em> try to think it out before letting him follow through with it. (And he even cleaned out the 3rd (unused except for storage) garage, to demonstrate that there <em>is</em> enough room to roll it inside during the winter rains. I can't think of any other way we could have convinced him to clean that out, heh.)</p>
<p>Now I'm gonna try feeding him a frozen pizza for breakfast, since it clearly produces such great results! Oh wait, no more early morning math tests for him, and besides, how can he eat-on-the-run on a ... motorcycle? ;)</p>
<p>Himself is now heading out to the garage to check on the new battery he is charging there for his new vehicle. (Can you say "money pit"? I thought that was supposed to be a house or a boat...?) Have a good day, everyone.</p>
<p>I have to say I have never seen a motorcycle driver trying to talk on a cell phone, read a map, apply makeup, or eat while driving!</p>
<p>Hey regulars - where are y'all? we're in danger of dropping to page 3 and leaving things to the lurkers is pretty dangerous.<br>
Maybe you're all buried under piles of FAFSA paperwork?</p>
<p>have to confess that I have been thinking about getting a mcycle - it gets pretty boring riding behind the H all the time. I just don't know if I could ever get the hang of leaning the opposite direction of the turn - I know it's a physics thing - but it just seems so wrong. :)</p>
<p>Vrooooom- Mootmom congrats on the cycle! (You sounded as excited as your son must be!!!) All the Babes in SA will be sending smooth roads his way!</p>
<p>Mathmom - congrats on son's Regents results...sons are wonderful...:)</p>
<p>Georgiamom - thanks for the rescue! RE: FAFSA- Husband has been sent to the salt mines, horse has been auctioned off, and I've painted up my trailer with suns and moons and shall be travelling across the land reading tea cups, and palms, giving fortunes (only happy ones), and writing my memoirs before the Alzeimers kicks in ... ;)</p>
<p>Memoirs? Memoirs? As if the best bits were behind you? BHappy! Stop talking nonsense and shoo those fairies away from your aura.</p>
<p>Crikey dick.</p>
<p>Hey cheers! - thanks for the wake up slap :p, what was I thinking??really- I'm just waiting til DS is launched...and then yes Best Bits yet to look forward to! </p>
<p>Bartender - break open a bottle of Bubbly, for no good reason at all, and some clean glasses for georgiamom & cheers...I'll just keep drinking out my glass slipper...;)</p>
<p>Bhappy: I'd join you in the champagne cause I believe in celebrating for no good reason but--it's just too cold!</p>
<p>We're finally having winter here--cold, wind chill, snow almost every day (just a little bit, to freshen up the old dirty stuff.) </p>
<p>So could I have a hot toddy instead of champagne? Just pour a little rum in my hot tea--now for some lemon & a cube of suger--ahh, perfect!</p>
<p>LFWB just got assigned his ship for the next part of his Sea Year. Everybody's invited to virtual drinks! 70 days beginning in March 5. </p>
<p>10 different bars! One for each week!</p>
<p>There will be a whole differnet set of dangers on this ship than the last one he was on -- <a href="http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=283280%5B/url%5D">http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=283280</a> -- which made two trips to Iraq. I don't know which scares me more! ;)</p>
<p>LFWB dad--As a famous pirate said, "Wherre's the Rum??"</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>LFWB dad - In my secret guise of "Sea Hag" (see Popeye) I will raise a mug of Grog to you and yer youngin! The Marine Marmots have been ordered to follow and frollick keeping all dangers within reasonable bounds (a little excitement?)! :)</p>
<p>Best Wishes.</p>
<p>Mommusic - It's not cold here, but perhaps I'll have an Irish Coffee to sober me up after all the champagne!! :D</p>
<p>Bumping up the Alley for WashDad. WashDad, come make a couple of your famous slightly sardonic comments for the crowd. We will set up virtual champagne for WashSon to celebrate his eventual acceptance at what will then of course become his first choice.</p>
<p>For you, the dad keeping any sorrow absolutely out of sight from the loved son, you can have the real stuff. </p>
<p>It is possible that it really does hurt us more than it hurts them.</p>
<p>Heh. I just spoke with Jr, who is home sick today. He said,
"Yeah, it sucks, but I knew they weren't going to accept me anyway."
How do you feel, son?<br>
"My eye still itches, but it's getting better."
I mean about Olin?
"No big deal. I'll be good."
Are you bummed?
"Dad, you know stuff like this doesn't bother me."
Promise me that you'll still remember me for a day or two after I die, OK?
"Dad, you're not a college. I'll remember you for at least a couple of weeks."</p>
<p>It's unnatural I tell you...</p>
<p>classic........</p>
<p>While it's good to want something very badly, it's also good to sometimes have a "que sera, sera" attitude. Do your best and then let the chips fall where they may.</p>
<p>Sometimes we parents make our kids crazy! More often, of course, they make <em>us</em> crazy.</p>
<p>"Dad you're not a college." Could have come from the lips of Aluson too. Teenage boys. Someone should bottle them:).</p>
<p>Have any of you seen the commercial for a wireless phone service with the family around the table? The dad keeps texting his kids? The teenage boy looks at him and says, "Dad. No. Seriously. Stop."</p>
<p>SO the lexicon of Aluson....</p>
<p>send washson's attitude to the east coast! My daughter is still pouting over an ED deferral. Is the ability to bounce back another mars-venus difference? I always thought I'd be a better mother to boys, but the fates decided otherwise...</p>