I heart my mom

Hello friends,
it's sunday and from the rooftops of the internet I scream...I heart my mom! I had a really nice weekend spending time with her (and several others...have you not been reading my blog on overbooking?).

Friday I was sick and stayed home from work. I called my mom in hopes of getting some sympathy and possibly a visit from her to take care of me and this is what i get...classic emma lerew.

mom: Oh, you're sicky? I wished you would have called me earlier I already have my day planned. I'm getting a pedicure, going to return my bluetooth, eating a fuddruckers and watching a movie. what's wrong with you?

me: Well, not sure but I'm going to the doctor at 11:30

mom: Oh, well why don't we meet for lunch. call me when your done. (I'm done at noon and agree to meet my mom at her house so she can drive).

I know, not very exciting but read on....Over lunch I realize she has added some other things to the list. Umm, but I'm s-i-c-k. Apparently this is the day I'm buying a new car and going to buy my neice her bday present as well as returning her bluetooth, buying a computer for her and eating at fuddruckers and going to a movie. OMG, I'm going to die.

How could this woman have so much energy? I was exhausted by the time I drove down to meet her for lunch. she was determined and anyone who knows my mom knows, when she sets her mind on something forget about it...she doesn't wait. within an hour I had test drove one car and while fading fast and schlumped on the dealership's chair, my mom is in high gear, talking about my cousins, giving our salesman advice on planning for retirement and negoitating my car payment. all of a sudden I woke up and I'm in the finance department of the dealership signing papers for a car and after 6 years, newly acquired car payments. What the hell just happened? my mom showing no signs of slowing down gets me laughing so hard I literally almost peed my pants...

okay, picture this, we are sitting in David, the finance guy's office at toyota, when I look at the desk and I see a spilled cup of starbucks coffee. I am horrified as I know this drink cost $3.45! . I ask David about it, turns out it's a gag, similar to fake vomit and apparently it gets people everytime. we talk coffee, I pick it up and get a good look at it and set it down to look at what's what on this purchasing agreement. dead set at not going over a $250/month payment which my mom and i agreed before signing anything, david tells us for $30 more I can get bumper to bumper warranty for 100K miles. Mom and I are trying to read each other's mind, do I do this or just take the chance and save the extra $30. mom's saying something about how I'm on a very strict budget, my brother won't let me go over this budget. If I stick to this budget I'll have my house paid off in 5 years. "oh, it CAN be done!".

David, not to be outdone lowers the price to $20 a month mom gives me the look like okay...pay the extra $20 and have peace of mind. as I'm trying to get through my foggy head what $20 would mean for my budget, my mom making up her mind that I'm getting the car and paying the measly $20 says, "well, that's your starbucks budget each month."

I think, OMG, she's right! It IS my starbucks budget!

Me: david, you owe me a starbucks card. david, this really is my starbucks budget...I'm going to come down here when I'm going through detox

David: haha! invest in a coffee maker from starbucks, that's what my wife and i did and we save a lot of money.

Here glaring at david and my hopes of him throwing a giftcard into the mix fall very quickly to the wasteside.

my mom, not missing a step says, "If you're that desperate, come down to visit david and lick that cup". pointing to david's gag cup, in a whatev's kinda way, david and I look at each other and just lose it. he had to stop what he was doing cuz he was laughing so hard. it eased my reality check that yes, I will have to cut back my starbucks spending.

BTW, david did not offer a giftcard to starbucks. :( DRAT!

something else my mom said, this weekend... she had watched a documentary on bad treatment of animals and specifically mistreatment of dairy cows for farmers to get more milk. do not read on if you are a milk drinker...

apparently the farmers wait to milk the cows so that there is more milk to milk in one shot I guess. anyway, because the cows are overloaded with milk, their udders get some kind of infection which turns into puss and gets into milk when they are finally milked.

Me: ewww, that's totally gross.

mom: I know, that's why i started drinking lactaid.

my fever faded away as I laughed myself silly and broke a sweat. My mom is fun and funny. I heart her. now if she would only sell my old car....