Day 7 of august

What do JC Pennys and teenagers have in common?

PANTS 50% off...... ok that was tooo funny.

Luckily both my kids wear their pants where they are supposed to be worn.
Speaking of lucky kids. I had an "unrational mom moment last night. I wasn't being unrational, but I was certainly thinking unrational. No I'm not going to go into every single detail to show who was in the right and even if there was a right or wrong. But there certainly was a lesson to be learned from it all ----- communication.
So Thursday morning Patrick had plans to go for a hike with one of his friends. I've met this friend a few times and he is a very nice, friendly, responsible young man (one of his camping buddies) The friend has done over 10 hikes this summer and is getting quite experiences. So the night before Patrick talks to his dad about the hike, and informs me he is going with this friend and the hikes is about 5 or 6 hours. I'm ok with it. Come Thursday morning, I'm busy on the treadmill so I ask Patrick to text me when he leaves (cause he'll probably just yell by and I won't hear him) and to text me when he gets off the moutain once he has cell reception. So Thursday whiz's by.... Come 5:00 pm in the evening. I'm trying to do the math in my head as to when to expect to hear from the boy. I ask Bill what hike/mountain they went - he can't remember the name. So 6:00 pm arrives - I ask Bill if the 5 or 6 hours hike should be done but he informs me it is probably more like 6 or 7 hours. (why is this the only time guys under estimate the truth) So 7:00 pm arrives and I ask Bill if I should be worried yet; he replies probably not. Time to do a little detective work of my own. Now if I needed information of a Patrick activity, who does he share the most information with. That's what I thought - the girlfriend. So I facebook the girlfriend to see if she has heard from the hiker - Nope -- I ask her if she knows where he went - NOPE she only knows the friend he went with. Ok, well that wasn't much help. So now reasons are swirling in my head as to what could be causing the delay, and I'm trying to stay away from "dangerous" ones. Maybe Patrick lost his phone over a falls (His sister has done that before) So I need to call the friend with him. Takes me two differnet phone calls to get his number. Phone it - no answer - so they must still be out of service range. Hmmmm Now this lovely storm is blowing in; I can feel the panic setting in. Having no details I can't fathom what I would do.... Then around 7:45 pm the phone rings. It's Patrick - he said just got into cell range and they are on their way home. I thank him for phoning (through my tears of relief) and tell him maybe to text the girlfriend and let her know he's on his way home.
Well one grouchy door. Seems the girlfriend is angry with him for not telling me where he was. Now I'm not getting into their disagreement, but I do advise the son, I am him mom, I am allowed to worry, and I went to the best source for my information (the girlfriend). The moral of the story, maybe if you shared more everyday details with your mom, she wouldn't have to phone around to find her son. k, that's not the real moral, but we did establish both of us didn't do anything wrong (I still plan on being nosier in the future), but really, communcation can be a life saver.

Got more news, but will share it in a different blog.
Saturday - REGGAEFEST is coming up....
Stacey