First Timer

[wolverine1997]

3rd day of vacation. Went to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Really interesting tour. Couldn't get daughter off of cell phone and texting. Tomorrow we will probably go to China Town. Gotta get more pictures and gifts.

Intersting point here. On way back to hotel my wife calls daughter to talk to her. Wife has been calling daughter about two or three times a day to see how kids are doing. Well this time after talking to daughter wife asks to speak to me. This is the first time that we have talked since we left on Wed.

She then tells me that her car stopped on her and the police had it towed. She had to call a neighbor to come and pick her up to take her home. The car is impounded and won't run. She calls her dad who says that he will send his mechanic friend to get car tomorrow and check it out. I know that she doesn't have any money to have it fixed. And even though the car is in my name I'm not getting it fixed. She says that she can put repairs on her dad's credit card and pay him back.

She then starts to break down and cry a little and tell me how she was so upset earlier. She then says that she didn't want to tell me and ruin the trip for me. I asked her questions about the car and what happened. I tried to sound concerned about the car without sounding worried about her. I hope she gets car fixed by Monday, or I don't know how she will get to work all week. I don't know if I should help her get to work or not. She said that she had to talk to her dad's friend and that she would call me back later tonight. I doubt that I will hear back from her tonight. I guess self sufficiency and independence from everyone is not as easy as she thinks it is. At some point she is going to learn that life is so much easier when people are working together for a common cause. John Donne said it best, "No man is an Island".