Thursday, February 12, 2009

Do You Have the Time?

Ring. Ring.

MOM: “Hello?”

ME: “Hi, Ma. I don’t any time, but I wanted to..”

MOM: “You don’t have time?”

ME: “No, but real quick…”

MOM: “Why would you call when you don’t have time?”

ME: “My point being, I don’t have much time. But, just wanted to tell ya…”

MOM: “Well, I don’t want to take up your time."

ME: “If I could just say..”

MOM: “I mean, you called me…this time.”

ME: “I wanted to just quickly say…”

MOM: “I’d hate to be accused of taking your time.”

ME: “…if I could just let ya know…”

MOM: “Well, why don’t you call me when you have the time?”

ME: “But…”

MOM: “Some mother-daughter time."

ME: “I didn’t say…But…just…wanted…”

Silence.

MOM: “Honey. So, why did you call again?”

ME: “Uhh….Ah….Well…Gimme a minute.”


Author’s note…Although exaggerated, this conversation actually took place between my mother and myself early in the week. Of course, we were both giggling through the entire conversation. My mom is one hysterical lady….. And what did I have to say? Thanks for asking. An article I wrote about colic is the featured article of the week over at Parenting Pink. :-)

24 comments:

cherry said...

Rofl.......my MOM and I start giggling and can't stop...we have our own sense of humor. cherry

Natalie said...

oh yes1 I so relate. Good Job.xx

Tara Bennett said...

LOL. Ya gotta love it! Good thing your mom's joking when she gets offended like that! ;o)

Kitten said...

You should hear some of the messages my mom leaves on my voicemail. She gets so incredibly detailed that it takes up almost all of the room in my voicemail box. It's also so long that I don't need to call her back, but she gets mad if I don't, and then she calls me going, "Did you get my message?" and then repeats it all over again.

Anonymous said...

My mom does the same thing to me - calls when she has like 30 seconds to talk so it can work the other wa too. Happy Friday!

That Girl said...

too funny!

Courtney said...

Ha!

Jaden Paige said...

Congrats! That's awesome :)

deb@virginia blue said...

Too funny!
Congrats on your article...your talent knows no bounds =)

Lesley said...

hahahahahah....I can only imagine....

wenderful said...

Loved your article on colic. My first had that and it was, well, you know, frustrating at best. Glad I'm out of that stage.
And when do you really have enough time to talk to your mom? I could talk to her all day but then I'd never get anything accomplished.

Anonymous said...

I am cracking up over here! Thanks for the laugh this morning.

Congrats on your feature!

mommy4life said...

These are like the convos between my 82 year old grandma and I...

Vickie said...

Ah, so funny, moms are just so freakin' great. Good job on being published. I will check out the article, though I am done with the colic stage.

Sharlene said...

That's hilarious. It seems like a conversation me and my husband would have.

Mary K Brennan said...

We are truly their life line. If I don't pick up the phone, she leaves a message, then my purse starts to vibrate because she's trying the cell. The message usually goes like this: "Should I call 911, has someone stolen you? I know that's what is going on because you definitely would have taken my call...Hee Hee!

Dawn Parsons Smith said...

That sounds like me and my mom! Hilarious! Love that!

CynthiaK said...

Sounds like you've got just the right relationship with your mother! So funny!

And, thanks for stopping by Crumbs, too!

Rachael Schirano \\ Rachael Schirano Photography said...

haha, i love that you guys have such a good relationship and can joke around like that. too funny!

Tanielle said...

I love the relationship my mom and I have. We are rediculous. Too funny!

Tanielle said...

I love the relationship my mom and I have. We are rediculous. Too funny!

bernthis said...

sadly, but that is a convo I would have with my mom and she is not joking

Amy Fichtner said...

that is sooo funny....and so true!!!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a conversation I would have with my mother. Hilarious!