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Mom to Me:
While embracing me upon her arrival:
"Oh, Deeds (less than desirable nickname I've had since my youth), it's so good to see you!!! (steps back to look at me) Your hair is so pretty and you look so beautiful!" (at which point I'm like, "okay, who are you and what have you done with my mom?" But, really, how nice of her to say that!)
Then, a half hour later, we're sitting in the living room chatting and my mom is like, "I know what it is! It's because you're so tan that you look so good. You're not that pasty yellow color you usually are!!!" (AND ... we're right back to the good ol' Linda that I'm familiar with. She wasn't in fact overtaken by The Podpeople! Phew.)
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Dad displaying his latest ailment to the rest of us:
Note: Dad is leaving for a business trip to China in a week, which he is DREADING.
Dad: Makes a gross hacking coughing sound while sitting on my couch and beats at his chest in what seemed like an effort to loosen the phlegm.
Me: "Dad has the bird flu"
Dad: "Yep. And now I'm going to go to China to spread it around."
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Dad giving relationship advice to Aunt M last night after she returned from seeing her ex-boyfriend for the first time since their breakup:
Dad: "What ever happened to the good old days? It used to be so EASY. With your mom, I was like (in a caveman sort of voice), "ME MAN. YOU WOMAN." It was that simple!"
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La this morning as she was "setting the table":
La: sets fork on top of napkin and bellows as loudly as she can:
"DAY-BED!!!"
(Which is her way of calling grandpa to the table for breakfast. She was mimicking the way my mom yells "David!" to call him to the dinner table. Also, he happened to be about 3 feet from her when she screamed his name as loudly as she could.)
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