My Mom, The Rockstar

I've been trying to convince people for years that my mom is a rockstar. Finally, the least expected group of people totally agree with me.

My brother's 17th birthday was August 14th, also his first day of school. Luckily, that was a half day since it was the first day of the school year. Since he is on the football team, they had to come back to school for a scrimmage game that afternoon at 4. So, his birthday wasn't the best it could be by any stretch of the imagination. Two weeks before his birthday, my parents bought both of us computers as our birthday gifts. He knew this meant that he would not receive a gift on his birthday.

Once again, my mom came through like a champ. She had a full lunch catered for the entire football team and coaches after school got out at noon on his birthday. She made Happy Birthday signs that my step-dad hung out at the school around midnight the day before. My brother was so surprised...and pretty stoked that his parents are this freakin cool.

The icing on the cake is this: About 3 weeks ago, my brother and his girlfriend (of 5 months) decided to take a break and just be friends for awhile. The wench starting dating someone else in 5 days. Five. Days. So, my brother is a little heart-broken and a lot pissed off. Well, at this little birthday surprise party at school, Mom asked several of my brother's girl friends to come help. And, the wench knew about it. (Insert evil laugh here) She was left out. As in, not included. Given the shaft. Totally ignored. (More evil laughing)

When Mom was telling me about the events of the day, she couldn't help but cackle just a little. She said that she did get quite a bit of satisfaction...and that it was money well spent to see her excluded from something so "big" in school. I told her that she successfully passed on that little vengeful side to me. And her exact words, "Yes, well, I'm just a little more subtle that I used to be."

Man, I love that woman. She rocks my world.