{"id":4174,"date":"2011-06-19T11:21:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2012-12-06T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T15:12:10","slug":"teenwolf-in-a-barn-me-on-the-couch-without-a-psychiatrist-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/06\/teenwolf-in-a-barn-me-on-the-couch-without-a-psychiatrist-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenwolf in a barn, me on the couch without a psychiatrist -yet."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rearing up at the word ‘study’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OK so teenwolf has finished his exams.<\/p>\n

The stress of exams is nothing in comparison to trying to control them once they are over.<\/p>\n

Bye they shout and leave the house. No idea where they are going. What they are doing. When they will be back.<\/p>\n

Last night….I get a call.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yeh I\u2019m staying over\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Where?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018A barn\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018A BARN?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Yeh a barn\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Where?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018In the Pentlands\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018That is a mountain range\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Yeh\u2026oh gotta go Byeee\u2019<\/p>\n

Click.<\/p>\n

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Long suffering husband on a golf weekend. Teenage son in the middle of a mountain range.<\/p>\n

Me? Home alone.<\/p>\n

Well I have the dogs.<\/p>\n

They look at me.<\/p>\n

I look at them.<\/p>\n

I take them out for a walk.<\/p>\n

We come back.<\/p>\n

I eat a pizza in front of the TV.<\/p>\n

I never eat pizza. Especially not slumped on the couch with a massive bottle of ketchup and a bottle of beer . I watch the Kennedy documentary and wonder how Joe Kennedy controlled his boys. Clearly he had the knack. Unlike me.<\/p>\n

This is me practising to be an empty nester.<\/p>\n

I am huffing.<\/p>\n

And comfort eating.<\/p>\n

I get the dogs up on the couch. One under each arm. We stay there until it is too late and sleep beckons.<\/p>\n

Go to bed.<\/p>\n

The mobile goes at 12.30am<\/p>\n

\u2018Hi Mum it\u2019s me I\u2019m coming home\u2026oh \u2026.(loud shouty voices in the background) there\u2019s a taxi\u2026.(more loud shouty things) oh right Ok no room ..\u2019click.<\/p>\n

Nothing.<\/p>\n

Now bolt up right, wide awake in bed.<\/p>\n

Where is he?<\/p>\n

Does he need to get away for a reason?<\/p>\n

If he doesn\u2019t know where he is how can he get home?<\/p>\n

Palpitation.<\/p>\n

At 2am the door goes.<\/p>\n

He comes in.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hi\u2019 I say wide eyed and mental.<\/p>\n

Hi what\u2019s up with you? He says in that incrdibnly nonchalant highly irritating dislocated way.<\/p>\n

A brief synopsis.<\/p>\n

\u2018Oh for Gods sake mum, chill. Night\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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