Transcripts For WBAL Today 20121229

Have you ever been so sick and tired of your life that you wish you could just get in the car youre asking me this year . And drive away. Youre at the grocery store, youre over it. Your kids are crying, you dont have the money for the bills. All you want to do is drive. Instead of runaway bride, youre a runaway mother or person. This one mom was tired of it, she did it. She had had a rough go of it. And she decided that she was going to she was Grocery Shopping and shed had enough. She took some cash, put away her cell phone and decided she was going to make a break for it. She drove to orlando from her place i think in pennsylvania. She drove away. Thats a long way. Heres the bad part. She didnt tell her family. She didnt tell anybody where she was going. Thats the point. She was sick of shopping and cleaning and runny noses. Heres the thing. You can be at your wits end but dont put your family through that. Can you imagine . And the taxpayers by the way calling the police, missing person reports, everything else. I wonder if shell be held accountable. She may. But i understand the thing about you shouldnt do it and all that stuff, but everyones had it in their head where you wish you could go to an island. Put your life in the rear view mirror and just go away. Have you ever wanted to go that . Of course. Because life is hard. And life is heavy. And bad enough with your own life. When you start producing your familys problems and friends problems. Honestly this past year, i dont know one person who hasnt faced something really difficult. Between the election and the heaviness and nastiness of that, along with the storms that we had. So many people battling cancer. Thats so much more prevalent. Even with all the Research Going into it. You know what im saying . Seems like everybody has had a rough year. So, yes we get it. You want to get away. No one is running away from here. There are five cell phone etiquette rules that apparently every mom should follow. This is the thing. When youre on the phone you have to realize that your kid is listening to you. And sometimes you forget and youre a heated conversation and youre using big girl words and things and your child is soaking it in. So you have to be careful. You dont want to be the one pushing your kid in a stroller and having a conversation. They do take it in. Number two. Unless its an emergency, dont answer the phone when youre in the middle of a real life conversation. It youre talking to a mom friend or kids teacher or something, or your actual child, call the person back. Because it is true, its like call waiting. Remember that . When youre on the phone with somebody and they get a call waiting and they go, oh, ill call you back. You were the one in line. Sometimes if youre waiting for a very important phone call, real friends will understand. But were talking about habitual you get into a habit with this. Someones phone rings and says, no, i wont get that, i want to hear what you have to say. It makes you feel so much better instead of saying just wait a minute. Wlet me take let me t