Amazing sometimes, how the baby can be what keeps you sane… (video by Daughter Dearest)
We can pretty much count on The Boy giving us a TB03 error every weekend these days… he claims to have “band practice” on Saturday night but we often don’t see him until later on Sunday or even Monday. Most of the time, we don’t know for sure, but we can assume a TB22 during those “outings.” Snippet kind of gave away the plan yesterday: she said something about going to a birthday party. Mrs. Fetched nixed it, but they most likely went anyway… seems like they have a “birthday” party to attend just about every weekend.
Last night, however, a TS02 led to an error that has happened before but I had neglected to categorize: a TB28 (calls us at 3 a.m. having an emotional, probably alcohol-fueled, meltdown). He texted and called my phone twice before I woke up enough to answer it. “Come and get me,” he wailed, “I don’t want to have anything to do with these drug addicts.”
“Where are you?” I asked.
He managed, on the second attempt (a personal best), to give me coherent directions that would at least get me somewhere.
“What about Snippet?”
“I don’t know, and I don’t care.” There was more, but suffice it to say a TS02 had happened.
As I was getting ready, he called Mrs. Fetched’s phone and he poured out all his issues to her while I got dressed and loaded my pockets. About the time I was ready to leave, Mrs. Fetched held her hand out at me and mouthed, “Wait.” The Boy has inherited his mom’s penchant for jerking people (especially me) around, first “needing” me to go somewhere, then canceling about the time I’m ready. The upshot was, he would stay because he didn’t want the drug addicts getting vindictive somehow, and would call us in the morning when he was ready to get moving. And of course it’s 6 p.m. and we haven’t heard from him yet.
The good part about this was, I finally got smart: instead of getting gas Friday, I simply drove home, figuring if he wanted to take my car anywhere he’d have to put gas in it. He and Snippet managed to get Cousin Splat to drive them to not-band practice. We have a little gas in the detached garage, so I’ll just dump it in the car when I need to go somewhere then tank up later. Since tomorrow’s a holiday, it’ll wait for Tuesday.
The error codes list…
Sunday, February 14, 2010
4 comments:
Comments are welcome, and they don't have to be complimentary. I delete spam on sight, but that's pretty much it for moderation. Long off-topic rants or unconstructive flamage are also candidates for deletion but I haven’t seen any of that so far.
I have comment moderation on for posts over a week old, but that’s so I’ll see them.
Include your Twitter handle if you want a shout-out.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
LinkWithin
Err, look on the bright side? As in, "never a dull moment"?
ReplyDeleteHope everything works out OK :)
Hey Nudge! I'd settle for an occasional bout of dull. He showed up around 8, so I guess it's all good. :-P
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm impressed that you've made codes for such things. Living at Far Manor is apparently like working for the police or Fire department.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's a lot easier to type "TB03" instead of "The Boy was out all weekend after he said he’d be back by 10:30 Friday night" all the time. ;-)
ReplyDelete