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It takes a village....
we also deal with the friends of our teenage drivers.
The Saga continues....teenagers and driving
The boys get out of school approximately twenty minutes before Lexi is dismissed
from her school. If all things fall in to place, meaning the boys have no
detention for saggy and bagging pants, they then drive by Lexi’s school when the
kids are just leaving class. Conner drove by at the speed limit.... his old
teachers were on cross walk duty. His friend Joe also drove by in a fairly
cautious matter. Joe stops at the cross walk and madly waves to his old friend
Spencer while attempting to look cool (elbow resting casually on window sill
while flashing his “grill”). The “grill” is your smile in teen speak. Spencer
returns Joe’s wave and they proceed to entertain each other while Joe revs his
engine and pops his clutch in and out. Let it be noted that Joe has a new
muffler which makes a very loud noise. I am sure many people are impressed with
his non-moving vehicle skill feat. In his attempt at the all important cool
factor, Joe inadvertently pops his clutch and runs right into the rear end of
Conner’s car. Not cool, cool factor is now zero. Crosswalk guards guffaw and
people point. Joe calmly pulls over to the side of the road to inspect the
damage. Conner’s little cousin witnesses the entire event and is the first one
on the scene. The boys are not pleased to see her with her gleeful smile, they
know this means trouble.
Five minutes later Craig receives a phone call from little cousin’s father. The
boys have no time to make up a really good story and have to fess up to all the
details. Joe hangs his head and admits to being rather humiliated. One would
think that this was the finish to the day but the boys were just getting
started.
We receive a phone call at approximately eleven at night. This usually means
there has been a change of plans with one of the boys. One time it meant that
the police were at the door but that was another story. Conner and Joe are now
at “Fright Fest”, have no idea what this is excepting that it is approximately
30 minutes away by auto. Boys assure me that they are fine but that there is a
slight problem. A person has backed into the side of their car in the parking
lot. There is damage. What shall they do? Hand phone over to Craig. He contains
himself and gives the boys instructions. Phone call over. Ten minutes later, the
phone rings again. Craig answers and gives boys same instructions again with no
shouting. Am suitably impressed with spouse. Boys make it home before curfew. An
eventful afternoon and evening for them to be sure. I am sure the saga will be
continued.
Update: It is raining......hard. The saga has continued. Will follow up later
with another tale of older teenage son.
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