Interview with my Mom

1. What was the funniest thing I did when I was a baby?
"Well, when you were a baby, you loved laughing. One time, the night of your baptism, we lay you down on the bed to play for a while before sleeping and you just kept on laughing and laughing and laughing. We didn't know why, but you just kept laughing. And since you were really fat when you were a baby, with really long hair that always stood, you looked like some crazy little overweight scientist baby. It was the funniest thing we had ever seen. Your laughter seemed so uncontrollable."

2. What was my first word?
"Baba! For Babar, your favorite cartoon elephant! Everyday, when we were still living in the States, while I did the dishes in the morning, I'd just let you sit down in your playpen and let you watch Babar. I'd always say 'There's Babar, Abbey! There's Babar!' so I guess that's how it came to be your first word."

3. What was my first food/favorite food?
"Apple sauce. Definitely apple sauce. Even when you were still a small baby, you loved apple sauce, that's why you didn't like drinking your milk as much. You always looked for apple sauce. Even when you were old enough to eat more solid foods, mainly McDonalds, your love for apple sauce never died down. You even dipped your french fries and chicken nuggets in apple sauce. You really had weird taste in food."

4. What was the craziest thing you did when you were a student?
"When I was in high school, during one of my basketball games, my skirt ripped and i didn't have time to run home and get another one, so I used scotch tape and staple wires to hold it together for the rest of the game. I didn't care if anyone saw my skirt. We still won the game and that's what mattered."

5. How did you and dad meet?
"Ar work. At Colgate Palmolive. He was the boss of my boss, can you believe it?? It's okay. At least now, I'm his boss. Anyways, one time, my boss asked me to send up a report to him, and that's how we met. I didn't like him at first. Sitting in his big fancy office, ordering people around. But

6. If you could do anything other than what you are doing now, what would it be?
"I'd be working. Maybe as a practicing chemist-even if i don't like chemistry- or a manager. I don't know why. Managing people sounds like fun. A lot like managing kids. Except I can be bossier. I'd be really great at that."

7. Tell me a secret you kept from your parents.
"Abbey, do not judge me for this, but I tried smoking once. And I tell you, that was the dumbest thing I have ever done. And I don't think I did it properly. I think I inhaled too much smoke without exhaling it, got dizzy and almost passed out. Until now, your lola doesn't know about it, so don't tell her! And even if I did that does not give you permission to do the same thing! If you EVER try smoking, or doing anything that you know I wouldn't want you to do, then you know the consequences! I don't want you making the same mistakes I made! Abbey, ha! God is watching you!"

8. Tell me something about you that I still don't know.
"You know everything about me. There's nothing to tell." 9:08 PM