I Love Best

Recently, our mom has discovered Best Buy. She lovingly refers to it just as "Best," the same way she refers to Bed, Bath, & Beyond as any mixed-up combination of those words.

She bought a laptop over the holidays from Best, and after we left, I received a phone call.

Me: Mom, I missed your call.

Mom: Oh yeah, I didn't know how to turn on my laptop but I called Melodie.

Me: Mom! That circle with a line through it is the universal symbol for power!

Mom: Yeah! I didn't know that! Can you believe it?

Me: No. Yes. I don't know what to say.

Are We There Yet?

All proper family holidays include a road trip. This year, we took our child, and by that I mean our mom, on a roadtrip to College Station.

In the car:

Mom: Joy, your hair looks dry.

Joy: Ok.

Mom: Joy, do you put lotion on?

Joy: Yes.

Mom: Where are we now? Why is nobody talking?

Melodie: Maybe we should just be silent for 5 minutes.

(10 seconds pass)

Mom: Let's play a game!

Alexa: Should we play...the alphabet game?

Mom: No, let's count cars!

Melodie: This is going to be a long game.

So, we counted cars.

Alexa: Toyota Tacoma

Mom: Tacoma, Tee-AY-Kay

Alexa: Nope

Mom: Tee-AY-SEE-OH-EM-AY?

Alexa: Yes

Mom: Toyota Tacoma

During our roadtrip, we learned to recognize the logo for Infiniti, that F-150s are smaller than F-250s, and that F-150 is not pronounced, "FISO."