Hi :)
It's 1.52 a.m.here in the UK. About an hour ago I got a phone call from my eldest daughter asking me to look online for taxi firm numbers. (She knew I would still be likely to be up)
Her husband had taken her for a four day break to Bruges, in Belgium, for her 30th Birthday. With snow and ice their return journey had been considerably delayed. (They were lucky to get on a train at all) They were arriving at a London station knowing they had well and truly missed their connecting train home and were worried about getting to work in the morning.
I've been looking taxi firm numbers up online and texting them to her. Five minutes ago she phoned and said "OK - you can stop texting now - we're in a taxi!" Whew! I said "Well - that's one birthday you'll never forget!" She had the good grace to laugh.
I'm looking forward to talking to her later in the week to find out if any of the numbers I sent her were any use - or whether she got a black cab. Whatever she got - her fare home is prolly going to cost her the same as her 4 day holiday!!
Take care - Scottie :)
I am sorry to hear of your daughters holiday travel problems. We made a 230 mile trip this weekend just because our youngest daughter had baby sitting problems.
We tend to hear from our son when he needs money, but also birthdays, mother's day and so on. Yes, we are always parents.
At least your daughter will make it home somehow, Scottie. The pictures we are seeing over here of the snow are just ghastly.
Take care,
Genko
Hi Scottie,
Oh yes, I don't think that they ever really leave the nest so to speak!
Kidlet will call me at least a couple times a week with the can do's; oh my. You know, mom, can you do this? Or mom, can you do that?
And what's amazing is that this child of mine is in her mid 20's. Ack!
I'm also so glad that your daughter and her hubby were able to make it back home! You must be breathing a big sigh of relief!
Take care of yourself -
Patze
Well they got home safe and sound but she's blaming the train rather than the weather! As far as I'm concerned - it's lucky she wasn't flying because if she had been - she wouldn't have got home yet!
That'll have been a 30th birthday she never forgets!
Take care - Scottie :)
Scottie - I'm glad your daughter and SIL made it home safely after their weather related travel delays. It is really nerve wracking to be traveling and know that your connections are going to be missed - then to figure how to get home when they are missed.
In this advanced technology age it's nice that you were able to find information for them quickly and able to relay the information to them without them having to worry about it. Good job Mum!!
I ran into that problem one time at the Chicago airport - two canceled flights in the same evening and trying to figure how to get home from there (over three hours away). That night I did what every parent tells their kids NOT to do . . . got into a car with four other "strangers" and we drove ourselves to Peoria. As I called my hubby and asked what to do . . . my gut feeling told me these were business ladies and I'd be safe. Actually . . . it was a fun trip and the trip home went by quickly! I will definitely remember that trip!!
Of course, I will tell our son NEVER to do that!! ;)
Yep . . . in my book, once you have children . . . you're a lifelong parent. Do you ever notice whenever TV cameras are out in crowds, someone is always yelling "hi Mom!"?! ;D
I've only ridden in a taxi once - in Washington D.C. - and that was enough to scare the living daylights outta me . . . don't think I would go that route again. Taxi drivers (at least here in the U.S.) are notorious for driving fast. In bad weather that would scare me even more!!
Scottie you'll have to let us know what your daughter tells you later this week about the trip. Yep, I'm sure this is a birthday she will remember always. ;D
Bucky
Both of my sons are geniuses, that is till they run into a problem that only dad has the answer for,,, well they think thre smart,, I let them think they are,,
I was watching the BBC news last night about the weather and storms that were happening in the UK. It looks like you really got dumped on.I could not tell the snow depth that you had. I could not tell if it was a dry snow or a wet snow. In my youth I would have thrown the shovel and tow rope in the trunk, chains on the tires and spend the night driving around pulling people out. This was what I considered fun. For people that were not accustomed to this type of snow would scare them to death.
Stay warm and dry. Let us know what happened. It sounds like and interesting story once it is all put together.
No, we don't ever stop being parents. :) We are more prone to getting calls from our daughter (she's 22) than our older sons.
She may ask for help looking something up or advice, or on occasion a small loan. She always pays it back.
Our sons are "stubbornly independent". Years ago, my youngest called and finally told me how he lost his apt. (this was 5 states away) and was living in his car outside his workplace for a couple of weeks. This was in Kansas in the dead of winter! He refused any help because he had "warm, thick and cozy socks"!
I hope that your daughter and SIL get to their destination safely. You'll need to let us know how the trip went.
Take care,
Melinda
Interesting to have kids in their 40's who still need help from the folks. I think that has always been the case, but I am getting so that I think that help is needed more often in this day and age.
Moms are working more full time jobs and gramma is just the only one that can deal with some of the late meals, pick up from the day care, and other problems that come up. I would bet that Joe driving all that way to help out a kid is common place these days.
I guess that I do it too. Sometimes I feel to unwell or tired, but then I think, "heck, I could drop dead and then who is going to help them". So I do my helping while I can. We all do, it comes with the territory.
What is really fun though is when the kids tell you " I don't know how you did it raising all of us." They do come to the realization that parenting is a full time job and not for sissies.
Glad your daughter and hubby got home ok. Nothing worse than being stuck in a storm. Cold and hungry and not knowing what will happen next isn't fun. Irish ;D