Ian and the Law

Mike came home from golf early last night which was my first hint something was wrong. He never comes home from golf early unless there is lightning or it gets dark. He doesn't even answer his phone when he's golfing; apparently a phone ringing for a dire emergency will disrupt his concentration.

He walked in and said, "We have to talk."

I was watching a movie with Ian and went upstairs where he proceeded to tell me that he got a call from one of the town police officers and he was coming over to talk with Ian about a report that he was selling "drugs" at the skate park. What a cliche. I was disbelieving, after all, Mike and I are pretty much perfect parents, except when I might say things like "Stay away from girls, they're evil" or "go ahead, drop out of school and be stupid all your life." Not my best moments.

So this very nice police officer shows up and talks to Ian about a report about a girl who will remain un-named since I know her and her flaky mother and do not want to be a mean person.....Ian apparently gave the girl a Vitamin C and told her it would make her "feel good." She  then told her mom that Ian gave her this pill and told her it would make her "get high." I figure the truth is somewhere in between.

Needless to say, Ian has been banned from the Granby skate park for two weeks. I don't care. He doesn't care. We'll be gone in five days. But here are my questions....

When do 14 year olds become smart? When do 14 year olds quit saying stupid things? When do 14 year olds learn that girls are nothing but trouble? When do 14 year olds learn that being cool is not the same thing as being stupid?

Needless to say, after the lecture on felony charges and the juvenile detention home in Grand Junction, blah, blah, blah, Ian did indeed have the fear of God put into him.

Here's the funny thing about the whole incident...knowing the mom (last week she had me fax an application for medical marijuana into the state, she's 25, what could possibly be wrong with her?) it really ticks me off that Ian gets punished for this. Okay, I know he should be punished for being stupid, but I don't think there's a law against that otherwise half the population of the United States would be in prison.

But, maybe he will think twice before he opens his mouth to try and impress a girl, or whatever he was trying to do. It definitely won't hurt Ian to learn to think before he speaks (although I still haven't figured that one out.) Oh well, if he wants to skate I'll take him over to Winter Park and what the hell, I figure everybody should go out with a bang and Ian has certainly done that!