It was a cold, dark, rainy Monday morning. 6:30 am. I woke the boy up for school and offered to fill up his very low tire… so he wouldn’t get soaked before school. Because I’m a nice mom like that.
He got himself all ready, backpack – check… water bottle – check… $15 to get gas (he told me Friday the low fuel light came on) – check.
7am. The boy leaves: “Don’t forget to take that gas money”, I say.
“I have it”, he replies.
7:20am. My phone rings: “Mom? Something’s wrong with the car… it just stopped! It won’t move!”
“Oh my God, did you get gas this morning?”
“No. I was going to get it on my way home from school”.
“The light was on. I gave you money this morning!”
“I know how to estimate how much further I can go when the light goes on, I am NOT out of gas.”
“YOU are out of gas. I’ll come up with a gas can.”
Yes, by the time I got through the rush hour back up, I saw the flashing lights. A nice officer pulled up behind him so no one smashed into him.
Funny, how it takes the same amount of time to empty a 5 gallon gas can – as it does to have an entire conversation (in front of a police officer) about the importance of listening to you mom, being responsible and getting gas when you are supposed to.
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Thanks for the early morning laugh:)
I SO get this one. I am not threatening my children with the blog…..”It will show up if you don’t …….”
Ha! Love it! Happy Wed. to you my friend!
xo
Jen
sheila Reply:
October 5th, 2011 at 10:07 am
@Jen,
Glad I could give you a laugh this morning, hahaha! Happy Wednesday to you too!
why is it i feel this might come up for years to come…
smiles.
sheila Reply:
October 5th, 2011 at 10:08 am
@brian,
ya think? lol Yesterday he was running cross country and when he ran by us, my husband yelled, “Go Alan! Don’t run out of gas! ” lol
I’ll bet the cop got a bit of a chuckle out of your speech, too. I predict this won’t be a lesson your son forgets any time soon. LOL.
Oh Man!!! I knew where you were heading withing the first few sentences.
LOL. i love that you gave him the responsibility speech in front of the cop! guess his estimation of how far he could go after the light came on was a little off.
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Oh my, snicker. That was me several years ago
I would like to say something about the responsibilities of mom. One thing that comes to my mind is that if the boy informed her on Friday about the low fuel light then why the mom waited till Monday. I think she should have told him to fill the fuel on the same day. Anyways, this is a generation that seldom listens to parents.
sheila Reply:
October 9th, 2011 at 7:32 am
@Rosalia,
Ah yes, you are correct… but consider said mom DID give him the gas money when he came home Saturday morning and it sat on the table until he left for school Monday morning. lol. Thanks for visiting, Rosalia, nice to have you!
Now come, don’t you know teenagers know everythng? How could he be out of gas if he SAID he wasn’t? LOL
You’re a good mom, too.
sheila Reply:
October 9th, 2011 at 7:33 am
@DaisyDeadhead,
SO TRUE, I should have known that! Duh me!
Bet he won’t run out of gas again for a long. long time. Hopefully!
As ever, fun how you tell your tales!!
oxox
A good lesson for him I’m sure. Glad the officer backed you up.