The roof is on fire

My mom has shingles and every time I think about it, that song..."the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire..." pops in my head.

I feel bad for my mom. Today she had a situation occur that actually really upset her and who likes seeing their mom upset (NOT ME). Her "best friend's" real dad was in town and my mom told her friend that she wanted to meet him. Well her friend blew my mom off yesterday saying they had lunch plans (even though it turns out they didn't go to lunch after all, they stayed home). Today, my mom rearranged her schedule to accomodate her friend and when her friend finally called her, she went over.

She gets there and her friend is acting weird, and the dad and step mom came out of the room for like a split second, my mom reached her hand out to shake his hand and he barely touched her fingertips, much less hand, and then hauled ass back to the room.

Mom's feelings were hurt because apparently, Her friend told her parents about mom having shingles and they were all super paranoid they were going to get it. Mom was mortified. She had been treated like a leper and she's not even contagious (per her doctor) unless in the rare instance that you've never had chicken pocks and you touch an open pock thing that she has (which are covered anyway so what the fuck)...

Mom's whole point was, if you knew they were worried about getting it, why not just say so and avoid the embarrassment that came with being treated as if she was a person with a debilitating skin disorder or disease in general.

My poor mom. I told her she needed to divorce that friend years ago (and tell her frequently still)...its wierd because this friend is so self centered and my mom is always there for her and the minute my mom needs someone to talk to, the friend always says shit like, well if it doesnt affect me directly then I dont give a shit....what the fuck.

I still love her shingles and all.

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. The roof the roof the roof is on fire, we don't need no water let the mother fucker burn....burn mother fucker burn.