<p>On another thread it was called MomStar!</p>
<p>I love the MomStar stories having recently become one myself! S goes to school in Boston and began a co-op just outside of Boston in July. Against our advice he chose to drive his car the 1500 miles back to school so he could drive to work rather than commute 1-1/2 hrs each way (actually, I think it was more because of the girlfriend in Conn whom he could visit on weekends for the rest of the summer). On the morning he started work I get a call at 6:30 am: “Mom, I just missed my turn, can you quick pull up Googlemap and let me know what road I should take instead?” Easier than turning around and backtracking, I guess (although in Boston, perhaps it was!!). Fortunately I had actually gone into work REALLY early that day and already had my computer on or who knows where he would have ended up before Mom was able to master googlemapping??? </p>
<p>On the drive back to school the week before he began his co-op, S had called from just past Chicago: “Mom, what do I do if I drove on a tollroad without paying?” We are not from Illinois and he had never driven on a tollroad before, and he had accidently ended up on the IPASS lane for a short distance. Mom, of course, came to the rescue, checked on the internet and took care of paying the 30 cent toll fee within the 7-day grace period!</p>
<p>These stories are hilarious! O7dad… I nearly spill my drink on the computer laughing!!!
Perfect Christmas present for all those clueless drivers: A portable GPS!</p>
<p>But then those Moms won’t hear from their kids ;)</p>
<p>“HIS NAME, please go to the nearest white paging phone.” </p>
<p>I keep thinking about this one. Son has Asperger’s and they are very literal, so I can TOTALLY see him doing that.</p>
<p>This just happened. We received cards to apply for absentee ballots. DW called DD to let her know one was for her and to ask her preference. She stated she would just vote when she came home for Thanksgiving. It took a few minutes to explain voting occurred on a single day.</p>
<p>“My brilliant niece (honors grad of state flagship) still addresses snail mail to me as “Aunt Missypie” [no last name.]”</p>
<p>Our family does that all the time, more as a loving joke. Even now at my advanced age I’ll send mail to my parents addressed to Mom and Dad, or The 'rents.</p>
<p>OMG–OK, we need to be on the alert for folks approaching white paging phones. Thanks for the chuckle!</p>
<p>My D has still not found her mail box at school…been there 3 weeks.</p>
<p>S wouldn’t check his mail box at school unless I alerted him that had I sent something. In his world, anything worth reading arrives electronically, I guess.</p>
<p>Don’t send your kid perishables via mail if s/he doesn’t check or it could be a very BAD situation. Kids nowadays do seem more attuned to electonric than physical mail (tho mine doesn’t always read my e-mails to him either). <sigh></sigh></p>
<p>Unfortunately I alerted her that her grandmother had sent something before labor day for her in her MAILbox. I also sent an envelope…yet…she has not located it.</p>
<p>S’s school sends an email to the student when a package or anything too big for the mail box arrives.</p>
<p>My S’s school has a separate address (different zip code) for any package or large envelope. Kids get an e-mail alert when something arrives and a warning they have five days to retrieve it or the mail room sends it back to the sender.</p>
<p>I used to sit on a trading floor where everyone could pick up your phone line to ensure maximum coverage. When my older daughter first learned to use the phone she made her first phone call to me. She said to the person that picked up the phone, “Could I please speak with Mommy?” That person screamed on the floor, “I have a call for Mommy, please pick up.” Back then, there were very few women on the floor, even fewer married with kids.</p>
<p>“she will just vote when she comes home for Thanksgiving” lol</p>
<p>Saturday night my husband forgot you can open the car trunk with a key if you don’t have a remote with a button.</p>
<p>D, whose computer died yesterday and who lost her keycard/id this morning, called my H at work when she couldn’t get hold of me. Asked him to check the weather at her school so she’d know what to wear!</p>
<p>PS there IS a window in her dorm room…</p>
<p>S2 has gone back to thinking that Mom knows everything. I used to jokingly tell the kids this when they were small. Of course, as a teenager, I suddenly knew very little, although he did admit one day that H & I were about a 6 on the “cool” scale, after a friend’s parents did something particularly egregious in teenage eyes. I have received calls in the last couple of weeks that convey the expectation of an immediate response “what’s my mailbox combination?” “what times do I get back from fall break?” “how do I take the bus to the mall?” “where do I find a taxi? (after I had told him not to hesitate to call one in his urban setting if he needed a ride rather than to walk alone)” as well as various computer problems.</p>
<p>This thread + morning coffee = priceless. I am having a blast :)</p>
<p>Please tell me, that kids that used to go to far away camps are better prepared for college life away from home???
DS went to far away 3 week camp this summer. I only got one question call about laundry - had to do with separating the colors.
He did however manage to lose a pair (yes, a pair!) of shoes. Did not even realize that until few weeks post camp ;)</p>