You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when two days before the 8th grade dance you receive an email from the room mom of your child’s class reminding you that his class is one of those chosen to provide snacks for the dance and your child has already signed you up for a snack.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when it is the first you have heard of it.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you discover he has not signed you up for cookies, cupcakes or brownies all which you can whip up fairly easily but instead has committed you to bring Krispy Kreme donuts.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when he has no idea how many donuts you are requested to bring or which variety or where/when they should be delivered.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you spend 2 hours researching on the internet (stolen signal provided by unnamed neighbor) the exact location of each Krispy Kreme franchise in London.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you spend another 30 minutes researching the bus routes to each London location of Krispy Kreme to find one that does not require change of buses to get to said location.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you discover it will take approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes on the round trip bus ride to get these donuts.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you do it.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when 1 hour before you are supposed to meet your husband and his work associate for dinner, you are wandering the halls of the school with Krispy Kreme donuts trying to find someone to take responsibility for them.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when he comes home from swim practice and announces he is not sure he is going to the dance.
You know that you are the parent of a 13-year-old boy when you are sure that they don’t put as much wine in the bottle as they used to.
2 comments:
industry secret - the bottle is the same size, now they just fill it two thirds full- Funsucker S
Thanks for the insight Funsucker. I knew it couldn't be that I sucked down 1/3 of the bottle without even realizing it!
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