my parents went to vegas for the weekend for my mom's birthday. being the wonderful children that we are, we procrastinated in getting her a bday present which forced us to split our resources 3 ways. my sister bought the flowers, i bought the bracelet, and my brother bought the card. everything was perfect til my mom opened up the card which first of all had a huge gorilla on the front. second, the card was puffy b/c my brother had taped a durex condom on the inside along with one viagra pill. but wait! it wasn't really viagra. my brother had crossed out the word "tylenol" on it, replaced it with "viagra", and colored it with a blue highlighter. then he mentions something like "thanks for putting up with all our bullshit... yada, yada, yada... here's two things you can use both in one night. have fun." i've never seen my mom laugh so hard. she loved it.

since we have the house to ourselves this weekend, my brother invited his friends over last night, hooked up all their band equipment, almost blew out the sound system, and set up the "alcoholic's only" table in front of the garage. the cups and empty chivas regal bottle are still sitting out there this morning. not to mention the salsa verde session in the bathroom. despite all that, i awoke at 5:30 am and haven't been able to sleep since then. why? ask my new best friend midol.