Grown-Up Conversation

Some of you young moms have posted conversations you have had with your children. I have truly enjoyed them all. They are adorable, silly, and sometimes hilarious. I thought it might be enlightening to someone out there to hear this conversation between me and my 22 year old daughter. So, listen up and learn a thing or two about grownup children and what you have to look forward to. Now, I love this girl to death but she has just spent way too much time going to school in what we call “Happy Valley”. It’s a place where you can trust everyone, feel comfortable getting help from a stranger when you break down on the freeway and never get mugged.

Tammy has been in Houston this week attending a Museum Conference in downtown Houston.

She called me Saturday afternoon:

Tammy: I can’t find my car (it is not her car; it is MY CAR). It is not where I parked it this morning.

Me: What do you mean? Did you forget where you parked it?

Tammy: No. I parked it in the same lot that I parked it in on Wed. But now it is not in the space that I parked it in this morning.

Me: Ok. So, tell me what happened.

Tammy: Well, just like on Wed the guy just took my parking fee and then told me which space to park in. Oh Shoot!! He took my MONEY!!!

Me: Ok. So you pulled into the parking lot and you gave a man money to pay for your parking space. Then you parked, went to the all day conference and came back to the parking space and discovered that my car is no longer parked there.  Tammy: Yes!! And he took my MONEY!!    

Me:  I get that he took your money. But where is MY CAR? Did he give you a ticket to put on your dash?

Tammy: Uhhh…. NO! He scammed me and took my MONEY!!!

Me: Ok, Tammy I understand that he took your measly $5.00. Now, find out where MY CAR is.

My car was towed and impounded. Two hours and $200.00 later she was following me out of downtown Houston into the suburbs.