Today is my last day home. We leave bright and early tomorrow morning. No set time yet, whenever we wake up we will get ready and leave. My hiking partner will text when he is up and we will decide a time then. We all are ready and excited to start this adventure.
On February 16 I posted some general trail terms and their definitions. In this post I would like to give you my definition of those trail terms.
A Mother’s Definition of A.T. Trail Terms
Bald – result of late nights worrying about new teenage drivers
AYCE – All you can endure of bad behavior
Bounce Box – The healthy snack in the lunch box that keeps coming back home
Mail Drop – Detention notice from office that never made it home
Cairn – Items shed at home from student leaving a trail from car, through house, to bedroom
Cat Hole – Secret hiding place to hide items from parents
Bushwack – What a parent must do to enter child’s room
LNT – Leave no trace – A parents wish after child’s friends are over
SOBO – The long commute to private school
NOBO – The long commute home from private school
Thru-hiker – Friends of teenagers who pass through house and empty all food in sight
PUDS – pointless up and down steps to deliver folded laundry that gets thrown on floor
Nero Day – A light day when after school activities have been cancelled
Zero Day – A snow day, school has been cancelled
Slackpacking – What a student does when he forgets his backpack or other important stuff for the day and the parent must NOBO, Then SOBO then NOBO again to return home
Trail Angel – Another parent that has a sleep over and invites your kid for the weekend
Trail Magic – A parent who sends snacks to your kids sleepover
Trailname – Names yelled at parents by kids when they don’t get their way
White Blazing – Filling out all the school paperwork as fast as you can
Blue Blazing – Only signing your name to the paperwork and having your child fill in the rest. Hoping it is accurate
Yellow Blazing – Forgetting to fill out the paperwork
Yogiing – Getting someone to do your ride-share day without asking directly
Yo-Yoing – What student does when he procrastinates in doing his homework
Flip-Flopper – Child that changes his story each time he explains why he is late or didn’t do the chores
White Mountains – Old piles of food found in child’s room
Green Mountains – New piles of food left on table at the end of supper no one thought to help clean up
Terminus – The point where parents feel like there is no hope
Hostel – The place kids go when visiting a trail angel
Shelter – The place parents go when child is visiting a trail angel
Privy – The place a parent goes to dump their frustrations
Springer Fever – What mom gets every April when the days are longer and the end of school is near and summer starts so she can spend time with her angels without all the fuss and hassle of everything else.
Hope you enjoyed this. My next stop will be Winchester, VA, tomorrow’s destination
Happy Hiking