The Beyotch Bus Travels Far and Fast!

Last week I made a post about my visit with two of my best girlfriends - Julie and Tracy - from high school. We got together while I was home for the holiday. Shortly thereafter, Julie sent an email to her mom (Betsy), her sister Jen (Ween) and to Tracy letting them know that they were on the blog. Keep in mind that Julie ALSO has a blog, Blah Blah Blog, and is quite a writer as well. And thus...the following string of emails has followed:

> From: Julie
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:31 PM
> To: Betsy; Ween; Tracy
> Subject: Sandy
>
> Sandy blogged about our dinner out. GREAT picture of Tracy on her blog...

Betsy went to check it out and had this response:

> Subject: RE: Sandy
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:40:31 -0800
> From: Betsy
> To: Julie, Ween, Tracy
> Tracy's Mom raised her wrong.
> Betsy

And then, Tracy chimed in - and included her own mother (Gail) into the mix:

> From: Tracy
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:31 PM
> To: Betsy, Julie, Ween
> Cc: Gail
> Subject: RE: Sandy
> Well, now, Betsy..... MY mom is not fodder for a public blog! You, on the
> other hand, are - and very good fodder at that!
> Now, who's mom raised who wrong?? ;)
> (yes, it did take me a week to come up with a response to your email... so
> what?)
> Tracy :)

And then...Betsy came back with this one:

> From: Betsy
> To: Tracy, Ween, Julie
> Cc: Gail
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: RE: Sandy
> God Help Julie when I learn how to post to her blog.
> 12 hours of hard labor, and years of sacrifice and heating cans of
> Spagettios and these are the thanks I get? Batshit Betsy? Motherhood is a
> thankless job.
> Thanks,
> Betsy

Well, Julie felt compelled to defend herself - and include me in the string as well:

> From: Julie
> To: Betsy, Ween, Tracy
> Cc: Gail, Sandy
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Sandy
> She fed me frickin SpagettiOs and she wonders why I publicly mock
> her????????

Finally, Gail was inspired to speak up:

> On 1/28/09 2:10 PM, "Gail" wrote:
> Ladies, Ladies - a bit of maidenly decorum if you will, please!
>
> I can state with full confidence and a straight face that Tracy's failings
> reflect in no way on me - her grandmother raised her! I stand absolved.
>
> Betsy, isn't it nice to know in your heart of hearts that both of them will
> indeed be paid in spades: they fell into the sack with the first fool who
> asked them, they were careless and now they each own their own can openers!
> And time marches on.
>
> I live by the slogan: Old age and cunning will outsmart youth and brains
> every time - and haven't I proven that right - again!!!

At this point I was laughing so hard that I threatened to post the whole thing to the blog. Why? Because I can...

> From: Sandy
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:53 PM
> To: Gail, Julie, Betsy, Tracy, Ween
> Subject: Re: Sandy
>
> Holy Sh#t, this is great stuff!!!!
>
> I am thinking of publishing this entire string on the blog with photos of
> you all!

Silly me...I thought that might be the end of it...but NO, I then received the following photos with captions:

From Betsy:

Sandy, here's a picture of me that you can use (above). Save you the trouble of finding one.
xxoo
Betsy

From Julie:

I am dying laughing over here.
But for the record, I'm just not so sure that "old age and cunning" will
outsmart a bitchy soccer mom with a blog.
oxo
Sandy, here's a picture of me (above) for your blog. I set down my glass of gin, in
the interest of decorum.

From Tracy:

Julie, you forgot to add "... in a minivan!" to "bitchy soccer mom with a blog". But still, I wouldn't put "old age and cunning" to the test - she'll beat your ass every time. Take my word for it.
I'm also gonna help you out, Sandy, with a picture (above). It's not really that recent, but it's the standard one I usually send out....
-Tracy

You will notice that Ween, Julie's sister, has wisely stayed quiet during all of this. Smart Jen! And I for one, did point out to the ladies during this string that I have never posted anything but sweetness about my mom on this blog and that I don't even own a damn can opener - THANK GOD!!! Thanks for the laughs, girls!