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From the mouths of former babes
Mar. 5th, 2012 11:06 pmWhile I was hanging out with the young'uns over the weekend, I unexpectedly stumbled over one of those parenting milestones I try not to run into when I'm not looking: now-15-year-old Girl-Child lied to my face to get some alone time with a boy. As I said to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
figmentj, "Awww! They grow up so fast!" Fortunately it was a relatively mild infraction—this was a "yes, his mom will be home to chaperone even though she actually won't be" sort of lie, and not an "I'm going to sneak out my bedroom window at 1 a.m. so I can get to third base down at the overpass with my 20-year-old biker boyfriend you don't know about named Snake" sort of lie. And she had the presence of mind not to argue the punishment or bewail the unfairness of it all, although she was none too happy. Most fortunately of all, as Kristi and I conferred on after the fact, she's not a very good liar. (Fortunately for us, anyway.)
Also, I actually got a few thousands words of work done on The Noise of Endless Wars this evening, which shouldn't be an uncommon enough achievement to warrant mention on LJ, but I'll take my victories where I can get 'em. Only a couple more chapters to go, I keep telling myself between Tullamore Dew shots and crying jags, because THAT'S WHAT WE WRITERS DO. Boy howdy.
figmentj, "Awww! They grow up so fast!" Fortunately it was a relatively mild infraction—this was a "yes, his mom will be home to chaperone even though she actually won't be" sort of lie, and not an "I'm going to sneak out my bedroom window at 1 a.m. so I can get to third base down at the overpass with my 20-year-old biker boyfriend you don't know about named Snake" sort of lie. And she had the presence of mind not to argue the punishment or bewail the unfairness of it all, although she was none too happy. Most fortunately of all, as Kristi and I conferred on after the fact, she's not a very good liar. (Fortunately for us, anyway.)Also, I actually got a few thousands words of work done on The Noise of Endless Wars this evening, which shouldn't be an uncommon enough achievement to warrant mention on LJ, but I'll take my victories where I can get 'em. Only a couple more chapters to go, I keep telling myself between Tullamore Dew shots and crying jags, because THAT'S WHAT WE WRITERS DO. Boy howdy.
