Caroline Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I just got a text, "In other news, there are camels wandering around by the campanile." They are there for Isreal-Fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 "Why exactly, did I want to grow up?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 *friend* and I just ran barefoot around the quad in only our boxers (in the middle of the first big snow storm) can i buy a sabre? i just broke the cnc machine my sabre came. it,s blue *friend* just stabbed me in the heart so hard the tip off his sabre. good thing we bought the expensive jacket. i,d be dead otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Caroline - Real camels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Oh my! These are priceless. ETA: I just keep thinking about the wrinkled pants...hahahahaa. I can totally see that from my son. Heck, I can imagine it from DH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Caroline - Real camels? Yes, real camels. The funny thing is that I took the little people (1st and 3rd graders) to the zoo yesterday. My 1st grader kept asking where the camels were hiding. We don't have camels at Zoo Atlanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yes, real camels. The funny thing is that I took the little people (1st and 3rd graders) to the zoo yesterday. My 1st grader kept asking where the camels were hiding. We don't have camels at Zoo Atlanta. Sometimes a weird linking thing seem to happen to families who are apart lol. I'm sure it is one of those coincidences that is explainable because we are exposed to so many things every day, but it is always a bit surprising when it happens. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 My messages can't compare to those above. It's funny to think back to those days -- I would get the laundry and banking questions (i.e., "What is it I'm supposed to write on the back of the check?") while my husband would get the cooking and Excel questions. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Not a text, but dd, who is in a dorm room currently and will be in a campus apartment next year, told me yesterday, "I can't wait to have my own kitchen to clean!" :huh: :confused1: I suggested she practice on ours over the summer. Her response: "Um, NO!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*LC Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I received one this week that said, "I bought you a scantron." I thanked her for her thoughtfulness but told her I thought her message might have gone to the wrong person. She texted back asking "don't you remember going back to school for another degree?" I also received one earlier in the semester that the first floor of her dorm had flooded. She lives on the first floor and added "Why did you make me live in this dorm? I am going to friend's apartment for the night." I had to laugh, because she picked that dorm, because it was so close to her math & science classes. Her dorm next year is farther away, and she was lamenting not being able to make it to class in a couple of minutes. (I don't know what happened with the flooding. It came from pipes and sounded gross. The university took all the rugs/bath mats out for cleaning. They also mopped all the rooms/halls and brought in fans to dry it. Luckily, my daughter's stuff was off the floor where the water was, and the water didn't reach her closet, which did have lots of stuff on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Here's one from this week…"When I get home, remind me to show you the fridge I helped make." Dad says, "Maybe he can fix ours, then." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Mine sent me a picture of a student who walks around campus with a potted plant on his head. lol He must have good posture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I received a series of funny ones this week - From older brother: "We're only 90% sure of their gender so I got eight, just in case. And I got babies because [girlfriend] didn't want adolescents." From younger brother: "And what does [girlfriend] think of [brother]'s eight new "chicks"? Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 A few months ago I received the text, "Does our health insurance cover extreme sports?" A couple years ago when my daughter was on a semester abroad in Africa, I got another one, not so funny... "Mom, I'm stuck on an island off the coast of Senegal and I think I'm dying." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in NY Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 A couple years ago when my daughter was on a semester abroad in Africa, I got another one, not so funny... "Mom, I'm stuck on an island off the coast of Senegal and I think I'm dying." Eek. I got one this weekend from my dd that said "A.... is dead, and all her important information is stolen. Love, a random NYC mugger." ..... punishment for asking her to be careful on an overnight trip to NYC.... ha, ha, ha.... not. Then she called home and asked if she could go to Haiti for a week in a month with a girl on her sustainable design team. *faint* This is probably nothing to all you moms with globetrotting kids, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yikes! Give me eight adorable baby chicks any day. Even if they will grow up to be chickens and my son is now saying things about how the chicks are going to be a family project and we will all share the care and the eggs. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 "Can I get scurvy from eating nothing but ramen and Cheerios?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I hope more people post. I've really looked forward to updates the past couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I've been really enjoying them, too. Here's another from youngest: Tell Dad to bring plastic. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Eek. I got one this weekend from my dd that said "A.... is dead, and all her important information is stolen. Love, a random NYC mugger." ..... punishment for asking her to be careful on an overnight trip to NYC.... ha, ha, ha.... not. Then she called home and asked if she could go to Haiti for a week in a month with a girl on her sustainable design team. *faint* This is probably nothing to all you moms with globetrotting kids, right? I'd kill her, lol Not for the Haiti thing. The other thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Jen Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My almost college student texted me Saturday from his English advanced placement testing: " I knew I was almost out of time, but I didn't want to turn and look at the clock because they might think I was cheating, so I wrote a quick outline of what my conclusion paragraph would have been. Do you think that was ok?" Me- Head smack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My almost college student texted me Saturday from his English advanced placement testing: " I knew I was almost out of time, but I didn't want to turn and look at the clock because they might think I was cheating, so I wrote a quick outline of what my conclusion paragraph would have been. Do you think that was ok?" Me- Head smack. Oh no! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 I got this one... "Can you drop E off here Thursday to go to the Hawks game with me? He can spend the night and help me pack the next day." E is little brother who is smack in the middle of state standardized testing. I was going to say yes, but DH vetoed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My dd has been texting me before and after photos of a toilet paper roll to show how much a suitemate uses. She's been commenting about it for months, and early on, she asked me to stop buying the $$ Charmin, because one girl wastes so much t.p. I think dd is finally letting all of her frustration out now that there are only weeks left before move out. I bought her 8 rolls on Easter. Within five days, the four girls had gone through seven rolls. (I told dd to hoard one, just in case, lol.) Her roommate had to go buy more, and now every time after the other suitemate uses the bathroom, dd and roommate take a picture of what's left of the t.p. And she's sending those to me. Dd said she looks forward to weekends, when the other girl goes home, and the rest of them don't even use one roll during that time. It really is incredible, I can't imagine what this girl is doing with all of it. :confused1: I'm thankful that this has been her biggest roommate grief though. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Okay, I got one today that made me think of this thread. Dh went to take an emergency computer part to dd, who is 200 miles away. They went to lunch. I received these two texts, a minute apart: "Dad like disappeared to i think the bathroom over five minutes ago and hes still not back?" "Ok nvm hes alive" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 DD didn't text, but she did email a lot. I think one of my favorite emails was the one with a picture enclosed, of her legs up close and personal. Apparently she'd gotten rather busy with coursework and tutoring in organic chem and hadn't shaved her legs in a rather long time. She'd been at my aunt's house in Ann Arbor for several weeks and only came home once. "Mom, can I get this fur off with a regular, cheap Bic disposable or do I need to get some man's industrial strength get rid of the Amish beard razor?" Cracked me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 DD didn't text, but she did email a lot. I think one of my favorite emails was the one with a picture enclosed, of her legs up close and personal. Apparently she'd gotten rather busy with coursework and tutoring in organic chem and hadn't shaved her legs in a rather long time. She'd been at my aunt's house in Ann Arbor for several weeks and only came home once. "Mom, can I get this fur off with a regular, cheap Bic disposable or do I need to get some man's industrial strength get rid of the Amish beard razor?" Cracked me up! You know, the last time I let mine grow out (for 2 years straight) I used a pair of haircutting clippers for a once-over first ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Two more. I was relieved to get these because they demonstrated that the heavy engineering academic load hadn't dulled down my son's normal interests and curiosity, something that we had wondered about. And I had to laugh because they were so typical of a homeschooler. -Turns out I need the material from statics, physics, calculus, and dif eq to make my legs. -The quetzalcoatlus had the size and proportions of a giraffe, and a wing span of 12 meters. Picture a giant heron with four legs. LOL, Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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