scary

today i got a HUGE scare!  i took alex to synagogue for rosh hashanah services (the jewish new year).  we got there really early.  i thought there would be more traffic (the synagogue is over by rice university).  so we're sitting and waiting for a long time.  at about 15 minutes to 9 i tell him to go to the restroom because he will not be getting up once the service starts.  about 10 minutes go by and i start to wonder where he is.  then 15 and i start to panic.  i thought that maybe a psycho came into the synagogue and taken alex and i would never see him again.  at this point, i asked the guy next to me to watch my seats and i went looking for alex.  i didn't see him in the lobby or art gallery.  i went to the restroom, opened the men's door a crack, and screamed his name.  out he comes.  i told him i was VERY angry with him and that we would talk about this after services (which by this point had started).

after services i asked him what he was doing in there.  he didn't answer.  i asked him if he was playing.  he said he couldn't remember.  i told him there would be no television or computer until he remembered.  he FINALLY remembered that he was playing with the button that controls the door for handicap people.  wtf?  for 20 minutes?

i think i got so angry because i was scared.  i know i may have overreacted, but not knowing where he was scared the shit out of me.  i told him he better NEVER do that again.  i don't even know if i'll let him go to a bathroom by himself again.