Having spent the last 11 days with my mom gave occasion for some odd exchanges, such as this one.
I told her that my sister and niece were on their way to a retirement party, and my mom said, "Oh, is it a birthday party?" and I said, "No," more emphatically this time, "a retirement party." Just then, I thought, "what did she think I said?" to which my mom said, as if in reply, without missing a beat, "I thought you said they were going to a pirate party."
"Oh," I said, realizing that if she was having trouble hearing me these days, she was at least making up for it in the mind-reading department. Ahoy, matey.
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