Phone Conversation with My Mother
I try to call my mother each week so that she doesn't forget that I am her favorite daughter. (I also happen to be her only daughter.)
I'm not sure whether she's happy that I call her every week or not. But I do. And I make her talk a long time about the "not very much going on" that has been going on because I like to stay connected to my North Dakota roots even though I've been transplanted.
You might recall that my mother is a very clean person. Her house is not only organized, with the dishes done after every meal, it is also antiseptic. Immaculate.
So on Saturday the phone conversation went like this:
Bang. Bang. Bang. Tap. Tap. Bang. Bang Bang.
My mother: What IS that sound?
Me: Oh. You can hear that?
My mother: Yes! I can hear that! What are you doing?
Me: (nonchalantly) Oh, I'm sitting here in front of the fireplace and I'm banging on the carpet with my knitting needle. A lot of crumbs are jumping up and dancing in the air, all over the place, and so I'm wondering when the last time I vacuumed was, and whether maybe my vacuum cleaner isn't working all that well.
My mother: (in a loud, horrified voice) Oh my word! Where did you come from! You and I are complete opposites! I just can't believe it!
Which is pretty much true. So we had a good laugh over it.
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3 Comments
Robin Rewald
I don’t think I said it too loud, and I think the actural thing I said Was “Good Greif” you really should pay more attention to our conversations, and Yes I love my weekly calls. Love Ya Mom
rachelzana
OK, so maybe I used a LITTLE bit of the Kaczmarski stretch in the name of more interesting writing.
jan torgerson
Hey! If you’re bringing the K-stretch into the conversation, I want to add my 2 cents: Its a known fact that baldly stating a fact leaves no room for wit or imagination or to give the story some forward movement. You gotta enliven it with the proper words and some folks take umbrage at that. So, Robin is right about correct translation and Rachel is right about giving the statement some bounce. I love ya both!
gramma j.