Do you read the comic strip Zitz? If you do, then you may understand what life in this household is like these days.
For instance, Zach has this female interest. She’s Indian. I tell you this for a reason, which you will soon see. Tomorrow is the Diwali festival at the amphitheater down the road from our home. For those of you not in the know, Diwali is the Indian Festival of Lights. There will be lots of cultural festivities throughout the day, including dance performances, arts and crafts and lots of food. Then it culminates with a performance from India’s first and only boy band, called none other than A Band of Boys.
Well, I wanted to go to this festival but, of course, Zach was grumbling about it, like he does a lot these days with anything I suggest. “Aww, do I have to go?” That was his attitude. UNTIL, he texted with his friend, who said she was going to the Diwali festival, and suddenly, he is looking pretty good for the fact that he even knew what the heck it was, much less was going also. (Yeah, now he’s going.) And do I get any credit for broadening his worldly horizons. NOOOOOOOOO!
Another source of contention is his 8th grade school trip. It was changed from Boston to Outward Bound. Let me tell you, suggesting that a bunch of teenage girls and boys at various stages of puberty go out into the wilderness for several days without showers, without toilets, without blow dryers, is akin to asking them to go to school nekkid. So, naturally, Zach is doing a lot of grumbling about it. I said, “What if you had an open mind to the possibility that this could be a great experience? What if you just put some positive thoughts out there about it?" To which he replied, "That's like acting excited about doing math homework." I said, "Well, you can do it grumbling and get it done, or you can do it with a good outlook and get it done. Either way, you did it, but how was the experience for you?"
For some reason, I just don't think he's getting my point. I need to figure out how to say it in teen-speak.
So, like, what if you, like, just went or whatever? Like, maybe you'd, like, have fun or something.