Understanding and defining independence with a 4 year old

[poeso]

Exactly 1 hour and 17 minutes ago Drama Llama went missing.

It took me 30 minutes to find him.

That was the LONGEST 30 minutes of my life. Longer than child birth, longer than waiting for a doctors prognosis, longer than an earthquake. I won't say it was the scariest, but it's definitely the second scariest moment of my life

Comments

[hawkfist]

Yes, yes they do.

It gets better.

[poeso]

Yeah like the next phone call in my future:

" Mom? I crashed the car"

[hawkfist]

No no no.

If you train them right, the call goes like this.

"Mom? Hiya! First of all, I am not injured, nor is anyone else. Second, I think I put a ding in the car... how bad? I suppose that depends on your definition of "ding"....

[poeso]

Oh lord that would be DL

[kailara]

Oh be happy you'd get that kind of lead in...my poor parents: "So I'm going to be late. I crashed my car...AND that was a semi, I'll call you back". (Seriously, I do NOT know how my parents survive my adulthood sometimes, let alone how they got through me as a kid...)

[poeso]

That's ALL you said! No, I'm fine or I'm a little rattled but I will be ok?

I would have come unglued.

*makes mental note to NOT do so in the future*

If THEY can call (and not the local hospital) then be grateful.

[kailara]

Honestly, at this point I don't really remember clearly, but I think that was probably about it... *looks sheepish* I did call them back not too long after to let them know what happened and ask them to pick me up though. But yes, I'm impressed at my Dad's ability to maintain his zen...