How you know you're like your mom? When you have more embarrassing stories than you should. Or, at least in my case. Sometimes, sitting on my deck, the realization becomes way too real, with each humiliating story, I'm turning into my short, curly-haired Italian mother. So, here's to honoring my moms craziness and funny moments I've gotten to experience.
1. Vegetables on the road. #youheardme
I guess I should tell you beforehand, whenever my mom travels to her house in Pennsylvania, she fills the trunk of her car with food. And this particular trip, the car was nearly about to explode from foods. So, on the road, driving fairly fast, the trunk pops open, like the belt of your pants after an Italian Christmas Eve dinner. The loose vegetables come flying out in a way I thought could only be captured in movies. Corn laced the road but that wasn't even the best part. With traffic flying past us after we pulled over, my mom runs out and is picking up all of the vegetables. You know it's #Real with a capital 'R' when your mom risks getting run over for her food. Talk about committed, am I right? Granted, this is the same woman who tripped at home and took down an entire rack of DVDs and CDs but was OK because the cookie in her hand she was bringing me didn't break.
2. "Is that your coat?"
Ever drive into a parking lot and feel as if everyone has the same car as you? Yea, well, moments like this don't end well for my mom and I. And they happen ALL the time. After going to the grocery store most likely for the second or third time that day, we walk back to 'our' car. Groceries in the trunk, we are about to drive away and then I hear, "Ang, is that you're coat?" *OH NO, not again* Safe to say, we jumped out of the car before the person got back. Not sure what's worse though, getting into the wrong car or getting lost for at least 10-15 minutes trying to find the car but getting it right on the first try. #ChooseTheLesserEvil
3. Mom: What's a medium?
Ang: Grande. Do you want a mocha?
Mom: Sure. What I always get.
Ang: But that's caramel ...
Starbucks. Ordering a drink here with my mom might just be one of the most humorous and stressful activities. Each time we order, there is this massive confusion between the woman and my mom; I suspect it has to do with the fact that she will want a grande mocha frappuccino but somehow it comes out as a tall chai latte or something completely different. How to fix these consistently awkward encounters? 1) You practice beforehand so your mom knows how to order or 2) Just accept that things like this will always exist. I'll give her credit though because ordering at Starbucks during rush hour can be slightly paralyzing as I have my own experience: At school during rush hour, my friend ordered a drink there, then it was my turn and as the woman looked at me I panicked. What can I say? I've become my mom.
With all these crazy, hilarious, and sometimes very awkward encounters, I can honestly say that I've never lived a boring day with that woman. And if you were to ask anyone that knows her, guaranteed they'll have at least one story that will make you laugh uncontrollably. Pinky Promise.
