I'm so young, your so old.

Its taken me a couple of days to actually get my head around the weekend I had. But now I have the mindset to share it. I went to Vegas with my mom and her 3 friends. Why do you ask did I go to Vegas with a bunch of ladies in their late 50s and 60s? I was roped into it. They needed a driver and I ultimately said yes. For years I have known these women as purely my mom's co-workers that she had hung out with time to time. Let me give you names....nora is my mom, sol is the brash ring leader of the bunch, trini is the older and more demure of the 4 and lee and the cynical sarcastic one. Even though I understand tagalog, I was lucky that English was spoken throughout the weekend. Lee is Korean so that forced the older pinays to resort to their second language which allowed me to fully understand the depths of all their conversations that I was privvy too.

Here are the highlights of the weekend.
1) We got tickets to the Paul Anka concert at MGM. I actually thought that this was pretty cool. (I was a little disappointed because there was a slight chance that we would be getting Tom Jones tickets instead.) I do know a few Paul Anka songs so I knew I could get into it. BUT apparently not as into it as my mom and her friends. Some how these women of retireable age became the teenagers of yesteryear. As soon as they saw Paul, the bootie shakin and screaming began. Every time he pointed out into the crowd they all thought they were pointing at him. At first I didn't know what to make of it. They all freaked out when he walked by our booth, but nothing can top my mom Nora. I wasn't ready for what I saw. Paul took her hand for a second as he strolled by and when he let go my mom thrust her hand to her face and kissed it!! She looked at me a shook with giddy excitement. I looked at her with eyes wide and pictured her as one of the teens that cried and cried when the Beatles came to town. I'm sad I laughed at her a little because she was clearly embarassed by what she had done. She soon got over it though and started her bootie shake all over again.
2) Sol said she would sleep with the guy that gave us the comped tickets. When I heard this I was aghast. It made me laugh so hard. They all said they had that much of a good time that they would do such a thing. I think my mom held back because I was there.
3)Have you ever heard retirees talk about Bikini waxes? they discussed all types. They basically had a conversation that is typical of what my friend talk about. It was pretty refreshing to witness.
4) I was the first one home and in bed.

Lee told me once during the trip..."when I was younger I thought older people were not human beings, but now I know that even though I look old on the outside, I always feel 25 on the inside." I ended up learning alot this weekend from these women. They truly embody what it means to be young at heart and I hope I can be the same someday.