No Moon: Addendum
March 19, 2011, 9:25 p.m. Less than 20 minutes after the No Moon incident.My phone rings. It's Ilka.
"You know, I vas tinking....is today Matt's burstday?"
"Yes."
"You should half told me before! Vhat are you guys doink? You at a bar?"
"No. We're just playing board games and video games."
"Who's playing?"
"Like half a dozen close friends...a friend who is in from LA...and the neighbors I told you about."
"Who, Benino?"
"NO, not Benino!!!"
"Vhy don't you invite him over?"
"Mom, I told you before, I can't talk right now!!!"
"Oh, ok, den can I talk to Matt and vish him a happy burstday?"
I looked over and Matt was merrily playing Mario Kart GameCube. "Um, I don't know if Matt is available..."
"Yeah, I'll talk to her," he replied, "blue shelling" an unsuspecting Birdo before tossing his controller in my general direction. "Here, take over for me." I immediately drove off a cliff.
Matt gave me the stink eye from across the room for ruining his perfect score. "Hi, Ilka....yes, thank you. What? Oh. Okay. Yeah. No problem. Okay. Okay. Okay. No problem. Yes. Okay. I understand. I promise....
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March 23rd,2011 Short Stories | tags: Funny, humor, old-world mother, overprotective family, super moon, unusual ways to show love |
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