Proof of how to talk to your teenager

Katie had freshmen orientation today.  I texted her from work to ask how it went.  She texted back, "good".  I asked her when I got home how it went and she was on her ipod touch, so again, "good".  I asked a few other questions and the answers were all one word and general.

She asked for a ride to Becca's house.  From the moment we got in the car until she got out at Becca's, she talked about her orientation.  She and Ashley want to join a club.....who she knew in each of her classes....she is excited about going to high school more now (and a little less nervous), who is in her lunch waves...thank goodness there are only two lunch waves, but she has the first one the whole year, which is the early lunch wave so you have two classes after lunch instead of one.....etc, etc...It was great.  As I said in my July 23d blog, talking to teenagers is easy when you put them in the car and it is just you and him/her. 

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