The Insanity of my mother
She has lost her mind. Really.I think it goes back to Christmas. This was the first year she told me, "I don't need a list from you." That statement alone scared the hell out of me. I should have known better than to let her go without a list. Of course this is the same woman who told me "Your list sucks," for the last several years.
Why does my list suck? Because I happen to put "Cowboys stuff and Husker stuff" on said list every year. Too bad, it's what I like. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put on this list that is going to make it unsuck. When she told me she didn't need a list, I actually cringed.
I know I shouldn't complain, but hey, it's my blog, I can do what I want. Mom told me during Christmas that she had another present for me and it was coming. Of course, she wouldn't tell me what it was. Finally a couple of days afterwards, she told me she was going to order me a Cowboys watch. I just said "oh." Her head snapped around at me and she said in a very offended voice "you don't like it?" otherwise decoded as "how dare you not like this gift i picked out for you!!"
"Actually mom, I don't," I replied. "I don't need another watch. That would be the third cowboys watch I have and the 6th watch I have floating around."
"WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU WEAR THEM?"
"I don't need to. I don't need a watch most of the time." She huffed about this for a while..then asked me what I would like in place of the watch. I ended up with an SD card for my cam and a card reader.
Enter the frost scraper.
I received a frost scraper for christmas that plugs into the car lighter. Yesterday morning, I was asked how it works, to which I chuckled. She was surprised by my chuckle, until I told her, I wasn't planning on using it because you plug it into the car lighter. Then stand outside with the door open and scrape? I don't think so. She did the super dramatic eye roll and well, I became the ungrateful son once again because I didn't hop up and down thanks to the gifts. Why? Maybe it's because I have four fucking scrapers now. FOUR!
As eVa said, if my mom took all the crap I don't need and compiled it, I could get a really nice gift. GAH! I'm selling my mother on ebay.
posted by Rusty @ 6:48 AM
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