"Unperfect" Parent

So last night I had my son (who is 8 years old) out until after 11:30p.m........ on a school night!
I didn't intend for it to be that late but things don't always go the way you have them planned.
My friend wanted to get her hair permed so I went with her after I got out of work at 5. The people at the 1st place we went to (Fantastic Sam's - Yup, negative plug here) were too lazy to do it. The 2nd place we went to was too busy. The 3rd place couldn't work with chemicals "past 6 o'clock". So off to Sally's we went (postivive plug for Sally's). 6 packages of curling rods, 1 box of papers, 1 bag of cotton, and a box of perm solution later and off to her house we go! I got to do my 1st perm ever and I think I did a pretty good job! The only problem is it took about 3 hours, not bad considering it was my 1st attempt. But that still put my son and I home after 11:30 p.m. He's fine, he'll live. I let him sleep in this morning and am taking him to school instead of letting the bus take him. That gave him an extra half of an hour to sleep.
But the "perfect" parent would have made sure their child was home by bed time. I'm so glad I'm not a "perfect" parent. We all had too much fun last night!