three stories about my mom

since my mom accounts for 25% of my readers, i think it's time to dedicate a blog entry to her!

1) it's the summer after 5th grade. i'm 10.

mom says, "mel, you have to make a choice between ballet and swimming. i don't have time to do both."
mel: i choose ballet!
mom: no, sorry, you have to do swim.
mel: but mom! i want to get pointe shoes!
mom: i think you'll like swim.

2) it's december 2004, 11:00 pm. i am hungry.

mel: mom, will you take me to the blue ribbon diner?
mom: oh, that burned down last month.
mel: WHAT!???
mom: that diner in schenectady? it's gone.

the next day, mel finds pictures of al at the blue ribbon diner from a week ago.

mel: mom, the blue ribbon diner did not burn down. al was there last week, see?
mom: well, it LOOKS like it burned down. AL, YOU WENT TO THE BLUE RIBBON DINER LAST WEEK WITHOUT MY PERMISSION??

3) it's circa 1997.

mel: mom, can we go to sugarbush (skiing place)?
mom: you know how they spent all that money connecting the two mountains? they went bankrupt/out of business like three years ago.
mel: really??

now it's december 2004.

mel: what did you do this weekend, maggie?
maggie: i went to sugarbush!
mel: MOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!