July 08, 2005
so funny-ish
PTAMom is a funny lady. I will give you a taste of her funniness.
She sent me a check in the mail two weeks ago. Last week I told her that I didn't get it. She said she left her checkbook with Dr.Dad. I made the assumption that she'd be sending a new check. So when I called to ask where the letter was, she was still waiting for the first one to show up.
PTAMom: Well, Dotty, you're just going to have to call the post office and find out where that letter is!
Me: What am I going to say? 'Hey, I can't find the letter my mom sent. Do you have it?'
P: But I really did send it. It should have been there by the 30th. I don't know where it is.
Me: I thought you sent another one last week when you knew the first one didn't make it.
P: Oh no...that's not my style. I wouldn't do that.No no no.
Me: Oh. I thought you would have since I needed that money...(interrupted)
P: Oh shit!
Me: What?!
P: I left one check blank because I couldn't remember that lady's name! I don't know what happened to that letter. I sent it. I put it in the mail. What am I going to do about that check? I'll have your father...no, the computer isn't hooked up...oh shit.
Me: (I am sighing inwardly knowing that she wouldn't be too pleased with me if I did that) Well, I know you sent the letter. It just isn't here, that's all. I guess if you sent another one...(interrupted)
P: Well you're coming here this weekend, aren't you? You have to return the car. You have to come up here this weekend!
Me: Yeah, I'm coming up on Saturday night with a friend of mine. We're going to hear music in Taughannock park and then come up.
**Please understand that Taughannock is pronounced, in an upstate New York accent please, tuh GAN ick The GAN rhymes with can.
**Please understand that Taconic is pronounced tuh CON ick The CON rhymes with, well, um, con.
**Please understand that I had no idea there was a Taghkanic Lake. I don't know how they say it.
P: I don't know what that is.
Me: Taughannock Park. It's on Cayuga lake.
P: What?
Me: (speaking more loudly because I know she's been there and should know what I'm talking about) Taughannock.
P: I don't know what you mean.
Me : TAUGHANNOCK PARK. Where Taughannock Falls is and the restaurant, Taughannock Farms...
P: I just don't know....
**I swear I thought I was talking to my grandmother. A little hearing loss, a little bit of not keeping up so well, but then she said
P: Oh! Taughannock!
Me: Yeah.
P: I thought you were talking about that parkway down in New York City.
Me: Taconic?
P: Yeah! Ha ha ha ha ha!
**See map.
Me: So I'll see you this weekend right? And stop payment on that check. That's probably the best thing to do.
P: I'll talk to your father. Bye!
Me: Love you, bye!
P: Oh! Love you, hon!
I put a map in here so you could see just how funny my mom is. There's a line going from Albany to Buffalo. Or the other way. According to MapQuest, it's about 280 miles. So you can see how far Taconic Parkway would be.
How weird it would be for me to go there? Which is why she was confused, I guess. But why would she even think that?
Mysterious minds!
Here are links to what I'm talking about.
The place PTAMom thought I was going. To a road.
Another thing that sounds similar. This time it's flashy and tasty.