My Fifteen Year Old Self

Blogged under country life, mom on Sunday 6 July 2008 at 9:39 am

Let me preface this by saying I absolutely love my mother.  She’s the single most amazing person I know.  She’s kind to strangers.  STRANGERS!  I’m rarely kind to people I know, let alone someone I’ve never met.  As much as I love her, sometimes when I go home to visit I feel like a teenager again.  Which would be fine if I had the ass and thighs to go along with teenage-Sarah.  Currently I don’t, hence the problem.  Here are just a few things she said over the weekend to prove my point:

“Why don’t you clean your room while you’re here.”

“What time will you be home?”

“Here’s money to pay for your dinner and the demolition derby.”

“Put your seat belt on.”

“Are you wearing a helmet when you’re on Carl’s bike?”

“Do you want me to french braid your hair?”

“Do you want money for gas?”

“The dress is short, just wear jeans under it.”

34 Comments »

  1. Comment by Mary — July 6, 2008 @ 10:19 am

    It doesn’t matter how old you are, going home takes you back in time. Your mom sounds like a wonderful woman. I see you come by it through genetics. Keep up the laughs.

  2. Comment by sovknight — July 6, 2008 @ 11:03 am

    “The dress is short, just wear jeans under it.”

    Isn’t the dress being short the whole point?

  3. Comment by Trollpop Janglestein — July 6, 2008 @ 11:09 am

    My dress is short, wear jeans under it?

    ;-)

    You know.

  4. Comment by Anonymous — July 6, 2008 @ 11:13 am

    Let me be the jeans under your dress!

  5. Comment by Trollpop Janglestein — July 6, 2008 @ 11:33 am

    SHOW THYSELF Anonymous! >:-(

  6. Comment by Barb @ getupandplay — July 6, 2008 @ 11:50 am

    Isn’t it kind of worth the mom comments if there’s cash included? “Here’s money for dinner,” is awesome!

  7. Comment by TwentyFourAtHeart — July 6, 2008 @ 12:14 pm

    Just saw my mom. She said I looked tired. “And why don’t you take a nap this afternoon?” A … NAP??? Am I THREE? No, I am in my forties. But shhhh …. I tell myself I can pull off pretending to be in my 30’s. (I can’t!)

  8. Comment by Brittany — July 6, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

    Oh man, I want my hair french braided!!!!

  9. Comment by danielle — July 6, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

    totally shoulda took money for gas

  10. Comment by danielle — July 6, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

    my mom asked me if I wanted help buying my new cell phone. I laughed

  11. Comment by girlwithmask — July 6, 2008 @ 3:49 pm

    You’ll always be her baby…

  12. Comment by natalie — July 6, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

    i think i love your mom! did you take the money?

  13. Comment by Kelli — July 6, 2008 @ 5:33 pm

    I’m jealous! I wanted to go to the dirby. Maybe next time.

  14. Comment by Flahute — July 6, 2008 @ 6:08 pm

    I’ve never really understood why anyone would willingly wear jeans under a dress, and yet I’ve seen it everywhere from San Francisco (in 1998) to SLC (in 2008).

  15. Comment by Becky — July 6, 2008 @ 7:14 pm

    I bet the french braid at the derby would have been hot. and perfect.

  16. Comment by Half-Past Kissin' Time — July 6, 2008 @ 7:34 pm

    Aww…I love your mom. Once a mom, always a mom, I guess.

  17. Comment by Pants — July 6, 2008 @ 9:30 pm

    Forget my teenage ass and thighs, I’ll take yours now. Hmm…that sounds kinda dirty.

  18. Comment by rockandcookies — July 6, 2008 @ 10:35 pm

    Ditto Pants on taking your ass and thighs. Also, reading this reminded me that I still don’t know how to french braid and will need to be taught in the next year or so.

  19. Comment by Midge — July 6, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

    atleast your a teenager, I always feel like I’m 12 when I go home. I guess that’s because I’m the baby of the family. I hope you let her french braid your hair, so pretty.

  20. Comment by Trollpop Janglestein — July 7, 2008 @ 1:50 am

    YOUUUUUU

    YOU WHO SHOUT PROFANITIES TO THE ROOFTOPS WITH NO REGARD FOR THE WARNING SIGNS I’VE PRESENTED!

    YOU WHO LAUGH WITH GARBLED SQUIDS AT THE MINUTE HAPPYGOINGS OF DAYS LONG PASSED!

    YOU WHO IGNORE, YOU HALF-PAST KISSIN’ TIMES, PANTS, ROCKANDCOOKIES, MIDGES, FLAHUTES, AND SO HAVE YOU, HAVE BREATHED YOUR LAST!!!

    O HO HO HO I AM NOT KIDDING!

    :-)

  21. Comment by Mike — July 7, 2008 @ 8:05 am

    O.K. this Trollpo(o)p is starting to scare me. You have breathed your last??? Is that supposed to be taken as a threat?

    Time to start comment moderation Sarah.

  22. Comment by Kate — July 7, 2008 @ 8:06 am

    I’m with Mike about the Trollpop character.

    And that last comment was hilarious.. jeans with the dress.
    AS if!!! ha ha ha ha ha!

  23. Comment by liesl — July 7, 2008 @ 8:22 am

    I agree with Mike and Kate regarding Trollpop. He is creepy!

  24. Comment by Susan — July 7, 2008 @ 8:30 am

    Block his IP address immediately. No reason why you should have to put up with threatening comments. I’ve admired your ability to leave cruel comments up in the past, but threats are a different story.

  25. Comment by Kate — July 7, 2008 @ 9:18 am

    I forgot to mention..
    My sister (who is married with 5 kids) got a pug.

    She is THE cutest - best behaved dog - ever!!
    She looks a lot like Daisy - but has both eyes - not to be mean - just to let you know what she looks like.

    And she’s so huggably sweet.

    Oh, and she swims.. we had her in the pool and she was lovin it!!!
    When she got out, she just ran around in circles celebrating her excitement. LOL!

  26. Comment by Laura — July 7, 2008 @ 10:03 am

    Aw, I love your mom!
    My mom’s the same way.
    Mom’s are the best!

  27. Comment by Emily — July 7, 2008 @ 10:12 am

    I still get this…..and I don’t have the luxury of my mom living AWAY from me!

  28. Comment by Trollpop Janglestein — July 7, 2008 @ 10:28 am

    Sarah himself has threatened us many times with exploding fireworks and what have you.

    I threaten no one.

    ;-)

  29. Comment by Trollpop Janglestein — July 7, 2008 @ 10:30 am

    I have nothing but the severest form of adoration for Sarah Bellum and his motley pirate crew

  30. Comment by Kate — July 7, 2008 @ 10:33 am

    I retract my statement about Trollpop.

  31. Comment by liesl — July 7, 2008 @ 11:04 am

    I will retract my statement also since he means HER no harm.

  32. Comment by AK — July 7, 2008 @ 11:13 am

    ok, this is getting weird.

  33. Comment by Aimee Greeblemonkey — July 7, 2008 @ 4:28 pm

    This one was best by far:

    “Do you want me to french braid your hair?”

  34. Comment by Amy — July 8, 2008 @ 3:32 pm

    Always accept the money!! Always…

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