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You have reached the desk of Kimdergarten... I will be out of the office until Tuesday February 21st. And this time I won't be answering my cell phone if the office calls!
P.S. Sorry to those of you who missed the picture of Ms.Blue. I took it down for her safety while I remain in the blogger’s witness protection program. The first week of my vacation was great. It was neat visiting w/ her at graduation week. We adopted another airman whose family couldn’t come and toted the both of them around for four days. It was great to hug my daughter again. I cannot begin to describe the smile on her face, she is so sure of herself and so proud. She should be, she’s earned it. At one point in the weekend, the two girls insisted that they could secure and defend the Alamo all by themselves just the two of them. LOL. She looks beautiful in her uniform and is truly happy. Her manners are impressive. She’s always been tidy, but now she’s immaculate. Unfortunately, the little shit still acts like she knows EVERYTHING (oh to be 18 again!!). We have had an ongoing conversation which has prickled both of us for the past week and still has me in giggles.
When she turned 17, DH and I bought her a cell phone. We paid the bill. When she left, the cell phone was recycled down to the boy, who is now 17 himself and has been chomping at the bit for her to get the heck out of dodge so he could have a turn at the cell. Anyway, now that she’s in tech school, she can have a cell phone. She did not want us to take her to get one while we werethere, and she didn’t want to get online at the hotel and order one. She also did not want me to order one for her. Not at all. She wanted to do it herself. I tried to offer advice on the subject, and she prickled so I shut up and left it alone. Fine, let her figure it out herself. So she called me the other day. “Hey Mom?” “Can you get online and order a cell phone for me? I can’t use the computer yet and really want to get one.” (She also can’t drive a vehicle at this point in time, cannot leave the base, she’s kind of in a pickle!) Since they won’t ship to PO boxes and she’s on base, I told her it would have to be shipped to the house and then I would send it to her. Hell, she doesn’t even have her address there yet, it will be tomorrow before she knows that LOL. ...so I asked her what kind of phone she wants. “I want one with a camera that doesn’t do text messages”. Yeah right good luck. Ok. So I asked her how many minutes she wants in her package. “Uh, ummm.... what do you think is a good number?” DUH child. How much are going to be talking on the phone?? Multiply that by thirty days, subtract the free nights and weekends and uh, yeah, that many minutes. Then I asked her how much she wants to spend a month on her bill. “Mmmm...uh, er... How much do you think is a good amount??” Oh Lord help me please. I tried so hard not to laugh. She was so insistant that she would get her cell phone all by herself when we talked about it. I’m still giggling. I ordered her what she wanted ... But you know what? At the rate she’s spending money, I’ll be kinda surprised if she has enough left in her account when it comes time to pay the bill. Gosh it’s gonna be hard letting her learn the hard way and make it on her own rather than just packing up her old cell phone and sending it to her and continuing to foot the bill.
Ok. Heading out shortly for the rest of my vacation. See ya next week!
P.S. Sorry to those of you who missed the picture of Ms.Blue. I took it down for her safety while I remain in the blogger’s witness protection program. The first week of my vacation was great. It was neat visiting w/ her at graduation week. We adopted another airman whose family couldn’t come and toted the both of them around for four days. It was great to hug my daughter again. I cannot begin to describe the smile on her face, she is so sure of herself and so proud. She should be, she’s earned it. At one point in the weekend, the two girls insisted that they could secure and defend the Alamo all by themselves just the two of them. LOL. She looks beautiful in her uniform and is truly happy. Her manners are impressive. She’s always been tidy, but now she’s immaculate. Unfortunately, the little shit still acts like she knows EVERYTHING (oh to be 18 again!!). We have had an ongoing conversation which has prickled both of us for the past week and still has me in giggles.
When she turned 17, DH and I bought her a cell phone. We paid the bill. When she left, the cell phone was recycled down to the boy, who is now 17 himself and has been chomping at the bit for her to get the heck out of dodge so he could have a turn at the cell. Anyway, now that she’s in tech school, she can have a cell phone. She did not want us to take her to get one while we werethere, and she didn’t want to get online at the hotel and order one. She also did not want me to order one for her. Not at all. She wanted to do it herself. I tried to offer advice on the subject, and she prickled so I shut up and left it alone. Fine, let her figure it out herself. So she called me the other day. “Hey Mom?” “Can you get online and order a cell phone for me? I can’t use the computer yet and really want to get one.” (She also can’t drive a vehicle at this point in time, cannot leave the base, she’s kind of in a pickle!) Since they won’t ship to PO boxes and she’s on base, I told her it would have to be shipped to the house and then I would send it to her. Hell, she doesn’t even have her address there yet, it will be tomorrow before she knows that LOL. ...so I asked her what kind of phone she wants. “I want one with a camera that doesn’t do text messages”. Yeah right good luck. Ok. So I asked her how many minutes she wants in her package. “Uh, ummm.... what do you think is a good number?” DUH child. How much are going to be talking on the phone?? Multiply that by thirty days, subtract the free nights and weekends and uh, yeah, that many minutes. Then I asked her how much she wants to spend a month on her bill. “Mmmm...uh, er... How much do you think is a good amount??” Oh Lord help me please. I tried so hard not to laugh. She was so insistant that she would get her cell phone all by herself when we talked about it. I’m still giggling. I ordered her what she wanted ... But you know what? At the rate she’s spending money, I’ll be kinda surprised if she has enough left in her account when it comes time to pay the bill. Gosh it’s gonna be hard letting her learn the hard way and make it on her own rather than just packing up her old cell phone and sending it to her and continuing to foot the bill.
Ok. Heading out shortly for the rest of my vacation. See ya next week!
posted by Kim at 9:23 AM
5 Comments:
I got the two pics... they are beautiful!
And hey, I recognize that building...lol
Pebble
I am so glad that you stoped by my blog. You will have to send me an email at newmanlaw2@nexband.com when you get off of vacation. I too work for an attorney (business bankruptcy) and yes I have the most wonderful boss in the world.
I have added you to my blogroll, and will have to keep checing in on you and your daughter. Please let me know if there is anything at all I can do for you.
OOOOOOOooo yeah the good old,, TOUGH LOVE,,, HERE IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD BABY!!!!! Enjoy the rest of your vacation,Have a great weekend,,Miss ya!!
See I never really understood that. I talked to my dad when we were always going over our family minutes bc I knew someone who had a better family plan then we had, and we switched, but I know that my parents are smart people and they had done pretty well for themselves- why wouldnt I want to know what they think about important stuff?
Of course I also took some crap from friends about how I would ask my parents advice about things too.
I so totally know what you mean about letting them learn on their own. It kills me but I have to keep my mouth shut, or he will never learn.
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