I've Been Fooled

Yep. That's right. My MOM of all people pulled off a great April Fool's Day joke on me. What bothers me the most about it is that I should have known better--and she is SO DUE for a payback! Mom, did you get that?!? P..A..Y..B..A..C..K I know where you live. :)
I was sitting here in the chair (big surprise) waiting for John to get home from his soccer game. The phone rang, and it was Mom. She sounded "strange." She said she had to tell me what she did. Mind you, my dad is out of town for a day or so, so I figured she just bought something she shouldn't have. She deep sighed. I deep sighed and prepared to hear a piece of information that I was sure I'd have to swear not to blab. She said that she did something crazy--more nervous sighing. I told her I was at least sitting down, so she'd better tell me. My mind was racing through scenerios--did she kill the dog? cut off all of her hair? buy a new car? The suspense was killing me but I didn't let it show. Finally, she comes out and says---I GOT A TATTOO! What came to my mind next was funny. I suddenly pictured my mom with a big "I LOVE MOM" tat on her ankle or something like that. I yelled "WHAT?!?!" out of pure shock. After all, this was coming from the woman that nearly freaks out each time John and I get a tat and refuses to get her ears pierced because "if God wanted us to have holes in our ears He'd have put them there Himself." After leaving me in shock-land for a few seconds, she screamed, "HA!! APRIL FOOL'S!! I GOT YOU!! I'LL NEVER GET A TATTOO! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!"
Now that's the mom I know. Never gonna get a tattoo--hmph. She totally had me going. Let me just say it took me at least a half hour to get my blood pressure down. She was laughing hysterically. Yeah, real funny Mom. She started telling me that she was going to pull that on my brother, but he wouldn't answer the phone. JUST as she said that, he beeped in on her. She had to quickly let me go so she could go give him a myocardial infarction. So, not only was it the shortest conversation I've had with her, it was the craziest. Darn April Fool's Day!!