2009-09-06 - 1:51 p.m.
I got 99 problems but the male equivilent of a bitch aint one

Thank God it's college football season again! Whoo! I got some fantastic games in yesterday and even got to eat some wings. Yay for softball free Saturdays with lots of football.

Something fairly interesting happened at work on Friday between all the boring/work stuff I had going on. I got an email from the social studies teacher over at the alternative high school. We know each other because we had to go to 1st year monthly meetings together last year. But for whatever reason, we never talked outside of the meetings. To make a long story short, his email on Friday was one of those "scope out the landscape" ones guys send out to see if they should pursue you.

From the experience I had with him last year (and from the fact that he is physically attractive), I said "Why the hell not?" and gave him my number. We actually had a fantastic phone conversation yesterday! It lasted over an hour and we definitely could have kept talking. I think we're having lunch or something tomorrow. This should be interesting.

In semi-related news, my mother said something fairly awful to me yesterday. But the thing about this awful thing is that I didn't really care. Yes, if I were, oh, let's say, my sister 5 years ago, this comment would have really stung, but I know she meant nothing by it AND the thing she was speaking about is not a sensitive issue for me. Okay, so, anyway, here's the scene:

I'm sitting in the grass at RD's parents' playing with a couple of puppies (Oh yeah, RD is getting a puppy) and my phone rings. It's my parents. My dad and I chat for a while, then he has to go watch this kite flying thing. He's trying to convince my mom to go, but she doesn't really want to. I say "Mom, you should go. Spend time with Dad." She replies, "I'm going to watch the football game with him tonight, isn't that enough?". I say, "No, you should do more with him!". And she says, "Well, excuse me if I don't feel like taking advice from someone who's never been in a real relationship."

I kind of just sit there for a minute, registering that this is a fairly cold, bitchy comment from my mom and then decide to just move on. It was weird. First of all, the scene was so incongruous with the venom in that comment. I'm sitting there, just the picture of sweet innocence: lounging in the grass, basking in the sunshine with a 3 week old puppy cradled in my lap, the breeze wafting through my blonde curls, encouraging my mom to do something with my dad because he enjoys it and obviously wants he to come along. And here she comes at me with this bitchslap of a comment!

But like, I said before, really, the "I'm not taking advice from someone who's never been in a serious relationship" thing just rolled right off me. Why? 1, I know she meant nothing by it. Sure, it was thoughtless, but everybody has those moments. 2, I really haven't ever been in a serious relationship. And that does not bother me.

Apparently, though, my mom realized later how harsh she sounded and wants to apologize. My dad told me that on the phone last night because my mom was too embarrassed to even tell my dad what it was she said. So, I'm supposed to call her today when I'm alone. It's nice of her to be so concerned, but really, I think it's funny more than anything else.

Okay, so my mom just called. Apparently, the aftereffects of her sleeping medication had not worn off yet when we were talking. And sometimes she says some crazy shit when she's on that stuff. She was so contrite - poor Mom! She was all "I always value what you think and I did take your advice yesterday - that's the weirdest part! I didn't think it was bad advice or anything."

She was so relieved that I forgave her. What a silly goose.