Lost & Found...
Sorry for the bulleted post, but I’m having difficulty forming complete thoughts today…
I am happy to report that my son has safely returned from his Alaskan vacation. He had a wonderful time, made a lot of new friends and brought home a ton of happy memories and a ton of laundry to go along with those memories…
Funny thing, he completely lost track of his days and didn’t realize his birthday had come and gone. It wasn’t until the next day that he clued in that he had gained a year. It makes me kind of sad that he didn’t miss us, but it does mean he was having a great time and wasn’t thinking about home. I guess that’s either the sign of a distracted boy or a true holiday…
Turns out, I worried for nothing, with the exception of one thing, he actually returned home with everything he left with - his passport, camera, wallet and even some money (shocking, I know).
The “exception” turns out to be his girlfriend. Although he didn’t physically “take” her along, he did “have” one before he left, but not when he returned. I don’t know all of the details, but somewhere along the Pacific Coast, a relationship was buried a sea. According to my 17 year old, the vacation gave him some “clarity on certain relationship issues” (yes he said that) and he came to the conclusion that she had treated him badly for the last 9 months and he realized there is so much more to life than her. It saddens me to know his heart may be hurting because she was his first love, but I am proud that he came to that conclusion on his own. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t disappointed and it took everything in my control to bite my tongue and not say “I told you so.”
I do need to have a chat with him about his break up methods. Efficiency was obviously his number one priority and once his mind was made up, he decided it was best not to drag it out any longer than possible. Needless to say in his 17 year old wisdom, he decided a phone call was in order as soon as the ship came into port. Yikes!
When I expressed my concern over the phone call, he didn’t realize I was concerned with the method and had assumed I was upset with the long distance charges and exclaimed “Don’t worry mom, it was a 30 second phone call. As soon as I told her, she hung up on me!” Efficient and cost aware – who knew?
I am happy to report that my son has safely returned from his Alaskan vacation. He had a wonderful time, made a lot of new friends and brought home a ton of happy memories and a ton of laundry to go along with those memories…
Funny thing, he completely lost track of his days and didn’t realize his birthday had come and gone. It wasn’t until the next day that he clued in that he had gained a year. It makes me kind of sad that he didn’t miss us, but it does mean he was having a great time and wasn’t thinking about home. I guess that’s either the sign of a distracted boy or a true holiday…
Turns out, I worried for nothing, with the exception of one thing, he actually returned home with everything he left with - his passport, camera, wallet and even some money (shocking, I know).
The “exception” turns out to be his girlfriend. Although he didn’t physically “take” her along, he did “have” one before he left, but not when he returned. I don’t know all of the details, but somewhere along the Pacific Coast, a relationship was buried a sea. According to my 17 year old, the vacation gave him some “clarity on certain relationship issues” (yes he said that) and he came to the conclusion that she had treated him badly for the last 9 months and he realized there is so much more to life than her. It saddens me to know his heart may be hurting because she was his first love, but I am proud that he came to that conclusion on his own. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t disappointed and it took everything in my control to bite my tongue and not say “I told you so.”
I do need to have a chat with him about his break up methods. Efficiency was obviously his number one priority and once his mind was made up, he decided it was best not to drag it out any longer than possible. Needless to say in his 17 year old wisdom, he decided a phone call was in order as soon as the ship came into port. Yikes!
When I expressed my concern over the phone call, he didn’t realize I was concerned with the method and had assumed I was upset with the long distance charges and exclaimed “Don’t worry mom, it was a 30 second phone call. As soon as I told her, she hung up on me!” Efficient and cost aware – who knew?
Comments
Hopefully you'll make him understand better... if more men out there had mums as good as you then there might be fewer j*rks out there! :p
Hey, why don't you see if he'd be willing to share some of his adventures with us here in your blog? I for one would love to hear some more about Alaska and see some pix!!! :o)
I'm hoping he will at least share some of his photos and stories...let me see what I can bribe him with.