TICKLED

Sometimes my mom and I play phone tag. Mostly it's her calling me, wanting to talk at least once a day, but sometimes my schedule and her schedule run so differently that it doesn't work out (and other times, I just hit the ignore button).

Anyway, Wednesday and Thursday she had been trying to get in touch with me and we kept missing each other. I guess desperate times call for desperate measures, because when I went to check her voicemail, here's what I heard:

(to the tune of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
"I wish you would call your mama,
I wish you would call your mama,
I wish you would call your mama,
So she would not fear."

I laughed out loud. It was so random and hilarious and exactly what I needed on my way into work. So, since she always gives me crap about never calling her back, I returned her voicemail with this one:

"Please don't forget I called you,
Please don't forget I called you,
Please don't forget I called you,
on my way to work."

Well naturally I was busy when she calls my cell phone back again, but she knew what to do:

"I won't stop until you call me,
I won't stop until you call me,
I won't stop until you call me,
So call me right back."

I didn't call her back until after work, and I'm kind of glad because then later in the day, I got these two messages:

(to the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Call my cell! Call my cell! Call my cell today!
Oh what fun it is to talk to your mother everyday!
Call my cell! Call my cell! Call my cell today!
Oh what fun it is to talk on the phone your life away!

and

(to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen")
God bless you little Lindsay, you leave me in dismay.
Why don't you ever call me back is all I have to say.
You make me have to take Prozac and Lexapro each day.
Oh give me some comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
Oh give me some comfort and jooooooy.

(In my defense, I'm not really the reason for the meds. But that's another whole post, isn't it?)

Anyway, when I finally did call her back after work, we laughed about these messages and I told her from now until Christmas, every voicemail had to be set to a Christmas tune. I'll let you know if she delivers.

Normally her goofy antics make me roll my eyes, but this time I love it. The Jingle Bells one was my favorite. She's so crazy. And I'm probably going to do half of the same things when I'm a mom.

Crazy Mom. Unfortulately, this was not taken at a tacky Christmas sweater party.