November 28, 2010

This evening has been a little better.  We
finally gave in and gave him the use of a cell phone.  Even though he was
gone most of the day, he did keep us informed most of the day where he
was.  The problem was he was supposed to come home at 9:30.  He texted at
9:30 saying that he was getting ready to eat at McDonalds and wanted to
know if he could come home later.  I told him that since I was getting
ready to pick up his sister from pep band at the basketball game that I
would pick him up at McDonalds, thinking he would be at the McDonalds
right next to the mall, since he was supposedly at the mall most of the day.  His
sister works at the movie theater and decided to take her brothers to see
the new Harry Potter movie.  So we texted him and asked if he would like
to see the movie.  He said yes, so I dropped our daughter and the second
oldest son off at the movie theater and went to pick him up at McDonalds
which is a block from the theater.  He wasn't there.  Some how he had
gotten from the mall to a McDonalds about 2 miles away.  He said that he
had a ride and would be there is about 5 minutes.  After about 1/2 hour, I
finally got in contact with him and he was only able to get a ride halfway
there and it was too late to get him into the movie.

I brought him home.  We told him that we will need the cell phone because
it is for the use while he's out so we can get a hold of him.  He has gone
back to his bedroom without giving us the phone.  Altogether, it has been
a better day though.