Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A little venting

I love my mother, truly I do, but sometimes she makes me wack-o.

I spent 2 nights at her house last weekend, including the night of my birthday. She had a birthday cupcake waiting for me. It was a large chocolate cupcake, with lots of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks and gobs of chocolate frosting. And a candle. Because it was a Birthday Cupcake.

So I took it home, happily. Yesterday I sent her this email:

The cupcake you sent has been gobbled. I couldn't eat it in one or even two sessions, but now I've tossed it down my gullet and I'm
sooowiredforsoundWHEEEsugarsugarcaffinechocolateBOUNCEumWHEEEEwhyismyheadspinning?


Woo. I haven't had that much sugar in a year. No lie. But it was sho nuff GOOD


And this is what I got in response:

I sorta thought you might hand out some of those pieces of that tiny cake to the boys, as I was not trying to make more trouble for your non-shrinking weight numbers. But whatever, it's done now.

And then she lectured me on how to lose weight.

WTF, Mom? How do you divide a cupcake? That YOU bought and gave to me?

*sigh*

5 comments:

  1. unless it's one of the those cupcake cakes...but no, then it would have been bigger.

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  2. dont you just love it HA HA cute story. Happy Birthday late too :)

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  3. OMG - too funny! Way to ruin the indulgence, Mom.

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  4. happy belated birthday, I am sure that no matter what your mother said the cupcake was delish.
    all that chocolate was meant for us women alone and not to share. otherwise what good is a cupcake???

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