The Abbott Family Blog

Whoo boy. I had a real “D’oh!” moment today.

Somebody we know is having some problems with another person we know. It got a pretty serious, emotions-wise, so Mama gave the first person a call to kinda sort things out.

So, I was in the kitchen making lunch when I heard Ma say on the phone, “So whatcha doin’?” I thought Mama was talking to Wendy (Mama’s singing buddy, Gossip Pal and all around “Wazzup Gur’frend?” compadre) because, “So whatcha doin’?”, “Where are you?”, “What’s the latest news?” are the usual first lines that are said when one of them chat to the other.

Anyway, so I thought it was Wendy. After a hearing lots of, “uhuh… hmm… mhmm…” Ma finally said, “Well, that’s just human nature.” That sounded juicy so I ran in and said in a raised voice, “Hey! That sounds like Gossip!!!” Mama gave me the Are-You-Out-Of-Your-Mind?!!! look. Then I suddenly realized that it wasn’t Wendy on the other line.

Boy, was there egg on my face!