<p>Rather than tell us over winter break that he needed new sneakers, S1 returned to Chicago, duck-taped his soles back to his shoes, walked in the snow for a week and THEN called to say he needed new shoes (oh, and snow boots and warm socks would be nice, too).</p>
<p>This is the same son who reads books while crossing the street.</p>
<p>I could go on and on…</p>
<p>A lot of these posts fall into the category of absent-mindedness or forgetfulness–not stupidity exactly. Thankfully, we haven’t had any issues requiring bail. My D has a difficult time prioritizing. Ex. The school bus is arriving at the stop in front of our house. Which of the following should D do if she needs to catch the bus? Put on her clothes, or finish straightening her hair? She choses the latter. D has an important state track meet tomorrow and is already sleep deprived. Which should she do? Go directly to bed or paint her toe-nails? She paints her toe-nails. Huh? They don’t run in sandals for Pete’s sake! D has a huge exam tomorrow in the class in which she has the worst grade. What should she do? Spend hours on a homework assignment for the class in which she already has an A+, which might even be an assignment that’s not due the next day, or study for the exam? You got it, the homework wins.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Now that’s stupid;)</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>No guarantee. Last summer, learner’s permit WAS in the wallet, so he proceeded to misplace the wallet. Found wallet in the Yahtzee game box (!) four months later (long after going back to DMV to replace it). And this is my responsible child.</p>
<p>I have to admit, S did not look for the permit in any game boxes… we have been brainstorming, but so far no luck. He remembers putting it in a really safe place so he wouldn’t lose it…</p>
<p>Last week, S stopped by his office on his way to the airport when he received a call from his roommate wondering if he needed his suitcase sitting in the living room.</p>
<p>DD just graduated from grad school and hasn’t called any movers yet. Her apt lease expires in 3 weeks. She’s too busy attending 2 weddings out of state.</p>
<p>These are grown children in their 20’s. Why do I feel so stressed ?</p>
<p>
No but close - I left it sitting on top of the trunk of my car at a gas station and of course, it was no longer there when I came home. But a Pizza Hut delivery guy operating out of a place next to the gas station found it, called me, and delivered it! The wallet had at least $100 in it at the time and it was all intact when the pizza guy handed it to me. He didn’t request any reward but I handed him a $20 bill as a tip and am once again heartened by the honesty of so many people. </p>
<p>
I didn’t do that but might have done something less thoughtful - I needed to hop on the next plane to Illinois in the middle of winter. Since it was a rush trip I just headed with a minimal overnight bag to the airport in my convertible with the top down and a sports jacket over short sleeves (California!). As the plane was decending into Chicago the pilot said that with the wind chill factor it was currently around 50 below in Chicago and of course my only jacket was the sports jacket I was wearing!</p>
<p>“wouldn’t you think that most people would put their learners permit in their wallet…?
(current location of permit- unknown)”</p>
<p>The permit is a tricky thing though!
I lost mine often enough that I decided that the fault lay not with me, but with the permit, which is too small to be easily found.
So I put the permit in a ziplock baggie and duct taped it to a waterpolo ball.
The permit was not lost again, as it’s pretty hard to lose a big yellow ball.</p>
<p>D # 2 “borrowed” D #1 high school ring. We made D#1 leave at home when she left for school.
Christmas break, D1 “wheres my ring” as she glares into an empty box.
D#2 disappears.
I know, like a missing person, the longer it is gone, the less likely to find. I didn’t say who I believed took it, WWIII would break out. I locked D# 2 in her room with a notepad and pen and told her she was not to come out till she wrote down each and every step she took while ring was in her possession. She confessed it was missing since SEPTEMBER!
She recalled she took the ring, had it on her finger, was called for dinner way back one evening in September, panicked she would be seen with the ring. So she decided to “hide it”. Ummm, I can;t remember where I hid it.
I left the room in disgust, figured the ring was long gone. Twenty minutes later a full account of the ring’s journey. She placed it in the little zippered pouch of a tiny make-up case that one day would have been tossed in the garbage. Ring found.
This is the same d that when she got glasses a year ago the family placed bets on how long it would be before glasses were gone. Two weeks was the max given. 10 days they were gone. Two months later, I found them in a storage container for summer clothing.</p>
<p>I’m the smart “kid” who does dumb things in our family. My husband and daughter got so tired of me misplacing things I’d put somewhere “safe” that they bought me a small fireproof lockbox to keep on the kitchen counter, with the instructions that it was to be the official “safe place” from now on. So far, so good…although I leave the key in the lock so I don’t lose it!</p>
<p>Hah I’m so absentminded! In the past month, I’ve…</p>
<ul>
<li>taken the milk out of the fridge, poured milk, put it back in the cupboard</li>
<li>set my alarm for 7pm instead of 7am (happens constantly!)</li>
<li>walked over to a friend’s house without wearing shoes (in my defense, she’s 3 blocks away and it was so warm out)</li>
<li>forgotten my keys and wallet many times
No offense, but is he not capable of going to the store and buying some socks and shoes once realizing he needs them? Chicago isn’t exactly the boondocks.</li>
</ul>