Parental moments......

Oy.

I'm such a mom.
I am.
And himself is REALLY, REALLY a dad.

We sent them out at 12:30p.m. for the river float. The girl, the other girl, the other other boy.....all of 'em went for a six hour float.
Well, it's SUPPOSE to be a six hour float.....leastwise that's how long it takes when the river's at its lowest---and it's pretty darn low right now.....

7:30p.m. and I'm assuring himself that they probably took that hour to fart around and eat those sandwiches on the sandbar.......no worries, they'll be back before dark.

8:00p.m. I'm ringing the cellphone with a mom message....of course you don't take a cellphone on a river float. DUH.

8:45p.m. the sun's setting and I'm ringing again with the second mom message. JUST in case they DID take the cellphone--they're young and foolish like that........

9:00p.m. himself is getting in the Jeep and going to the pick-up point to see if their truck is there ............ And the mom is wondering how you make arrangements to get someone to drag the river.
Yes.
I am a mom.

9:15p.m. the girl rings cuz she's gotten two mom messages. YIPPEE!!!!!
They started late and it was a really slow float.....she's getting the truck from the drop off point to return to the pick-up point and load up the tubes.

GREAT! Glad to hear it all went well.......but I gotta tell ya himself went to the pick-up point....please forgive himself for being parental. (note how I excused myself from that statement)

They're happy.
They're sunburnt.
They're alive!
(please note there was JUST enough relief that we didn't kill 'em......any less and it woulda been a case of where to hide the bodies....)

Silly kids....

And they've informed me that there's sand in places that sand's never been before.

THANKS for sharing.
Oy oy OY!