askye, can you put it as a situation where you know you're being over-anxious, but with the flooding and threatened closures and you want to make sure you're there in time? Put it as asking him to humor YOU, rather than making it about his tendancy to be late?

Yeah. "I'm sure you're right and it'll be fine but I can tell it's going to stress me out and I don't want to be a basketcase when we get there."

I talked to him and didn't explicitly said that. But I did say that if we go early and there are no closures then we jsut spend more time up there and it's no big deal. But he thinks that all these warnings of flooding and closures are just emergency management people covering their asses and stirring up things and there's no reason to be concerned. (only more long winded).

It's just he has a history of underestimating situations, especially when I'm travelling iwth him. I've been on a boating.camping trip where we ran out of gas (and then the next day he took me fishing and we ran out of gas), I've been with him as he's speeding around NC hills trying to make some appointment because we are late, I've been with him (and my brother) on a camping trip where we had to ptich a tent in the dark because it was so late by the time we found a camping space (he underestimate how full things were going to be), been in a metal john boat racing in rain and lightning because he underestimated how fast a storm was coming up.

And, oh yea, the first time I went to Charleston we were on a dark road in the low country with no flashlight and no idea where the closest gas station and about to trun out of gas becuase he didn't think we needed to get gas ta the last stop. And we had no cell service.

So I'm not exactly unjustified in my worries of being late or delayed.

I can't figure out a way to say, given the history of things happening, I'd rather play it safe than take a chance without it becoming all accustorary and emotional.

Don't bring up history, don't say anything about HIM. Make it "I'm a nervous nelly and I don't want to be worrying all the way up, so please humor your silly daughter and leave early."

Toddsons's right. Don't bring up the past, just emphasise how much you really want to get there.

And if you put the onus on yourself, put it as him doing something to make you less anxious, he'll be the generous one. He'll feel good about it - a nice warm glow of being a good father.

java and toddson are wise.

For anyone who remembers my mommy-van with the A's Rock license plates - it is gone. I left it with K-Bug when we moved to Colorado and the lease ends this weekend, so she just finished turning it in. All we have left are the plates, since they were personalized.

K-Bug is buying her bf's car from him since he will be shipping out to boot camp by the end of this month. Me, still don't have a car.

Man. My fears have been confirmed: my favorite morning show was fired last week. It's been so weird listening to the radio in the mornings this week. I miss them!

Who was it, P-C?

since he will be shipping out to boot camp by the end of this month

Eeep. Holy crap, and lots of good wishes to him. He's just a baby, though! What is he doing?

Who was it, P-C?

The Woody Show on Live105. Woody, Tony, and Ravey, all gone. I listened to them every morning. I met them at BFD one year. I felt like I knew them, you know?