Chastised by my son

The following is a text conversation between Jeffrey and I:
Mom: R U home tonite?

Jeffrey: Yes

Mom: Can you put lasagna in the oven? I think it takes 2 hours to cook.

Jeffrey: Uh...fine.

Mom: Gee don't sound so exited.

Jeffrey: You realize you don't speak english when you text?

Mom: How is that not english?

Jeffrey: You use letters not words

Mom: What if I don't know the right letters? Rewrite my sentence (Here I thought I was supposed to maybe shorten more words, what do I know)

Jeffrey: You say R U all the time! Instead of are you. You even have a keypad!

Mom: Oh. You're saying not to abbreviate. I thought you were supposed to. Hey, you say K all the time.

Jeffrey: K is something I say in my vocabulary (now he's using big words at me). Sometimes I say ok but I say k a lot.

Mom: There was another one you said this week, I just don't remember. So you're telling my I'm uncool?

Jeffrey: Bad grammar doesn't mean you're cool (ouch! That hurt!)

Mom: Don't forget the lasagna. Grumpy.

Jeffrey: I just preheated the oven. Mistress

Texting with Jeffrey is a blast.

Madrigals

Last week, Jeffrey was taken from his room in the wee hours of the morning. It seems the tradition when one makes it into the Madrigals is to be taken to breakfast in your jammies. He'd bought a pair of pajama bottoms so they wouldn't take him to breakfast in his boxers. He wore them every night for two weeks waiting to find out if he made the Madrigals. The rest of the group dress him up with a sash that said something like doofus or dorkwad, put flaming boxers on him outside of his PJ's, goofy sunglasses and I don't remember what else. He went to school like that. I wish I had my camera so I could have gotten a picture of him but it was out in the trailer.

David is really proud of his brother and thinks we should take him out to dinner to celebrate. I love that he's proud of his brother. The Madrigals are apparently a pretty big deal, an elite school choir. They are such good boys, young men.

A school play

Jeffrey is one of the lead players in his high school musical, Zombie Prom. It was really cute to watch. The female lead has a beautiful Disney voice and could easily sing Belle or Ariel's parts. Jeffrey played Joey, the Zombie's best friend. There was lots of singing and dancing. Jeffrey cut his beautiful red hair into a buzz for his 50's look but says the girls like it better because it is soft when they pet his head. His dance partner is a cutie but "taken" according to Jeffrey. For someone who is taken, they sure text each other a lot.

How to impress girls of all ages

The other day I came home from work to find the sectional sofa moved into the middle of the living room and evidence of dusting, vaccuming, and mopping. My first thought was that perhaps we'd been hit by very tidy burglars but then I disovered nothing missing but dog hair. I found my son Jeffrey watchng TV in my bedroom and asked him what brought on the cleaning frenzy. He wants to bring his girlfriend to our home. Man I am ever impressed!