Text Bane

You send a teenager off with a bunch of other teenagers, away from her parents for a full 72 hours, and what does she do? You'd think she'd be ecstatic to be having a weekend adventure. But, no.

She texts her mother constantly, complaining of this, that, and the other thing.

Her head hurts. She has cramps. She's tired. She doesn't wanna ski. She fell down. Her gloves got wet. She feels nauseous. Oh, on and on, and onandonandonandon. I did my best to keep up with them, trying to encourage her...

...but I'm starting to get the feeling that I'm being manipulated. I finally texted her, asking if she'd like me to speak to one of the leaders, and maybe she could just go sit on the bus by herself.

I didn't hear back, after that. :)