 Mardi Gras...30 Beads. This is the text message I received from Mom. Mardi Gras? She was supposed to be somewhere in Alabama. What the heck was she doing in New Orleans? The thought of her walking down Bourbon Street, accepting beads from total strangers, strangely enough, made me laugh out loud from the joy of it.  Mom took her second trip of a lifetime in 2008, since then, she's only gone places with us kids. I know she enjoys hanging out with us, but sometimes, it would nice for her to be with folks closer to her age, or decade, which is the 50s. Mom is travelling with her brother and sister-in-law and their friends. I'm heading South in a week or so to rendezvous with them so they can hand Mom back to me. (Mom has to be home sooner so she won't miss her monthly tap-dancing lesson.) I'm sure we'll have an adventure or two on the way home; we usually do find something to get into. Mardi Gras...30 beads...a message I never expected to receive. Mom has always wanted to go to New Orleans, she just had to ditch the kids to get there. (Let's just hope she doesn't end up on one of those Girls Gone Wild videos.) |
Monday, February 28, 2011
Ditching The Kids
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5 comments:
Sounds like a woman after my own heart. You go Grannie! Just don't sign any papers....
omg..this post, and thinking about your awesome mom, just gave me the best laugh this morning! I think she is my new hero!! But yea, those videos...eek!
Ah so cool that ya mom gets to have some fun. Our kids have accused us of such things lately too. lol BTW am sendin ya some tobacco worm bean seeds out this week. Should be enough to get yall a good start an have bunches to can too.
Mom...you rock!!!!! ~Jen
Yes, Mom is the coolest.
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