I have become aware of some of my attributes that remind me of my mother:

• When I have a bad connection on the phone, I yell “HELLO!  HELLO?” at the top of my lungs over and over, look at the receiver, and then yell “HELLO!” one more time
• I wash dishes even before enjoying a meal
• I rearrange the pomegranates in the box at Costco so I have six good ones
• I spend a ridiculous amount of time cleaning Rusby’s feet when he comes in the house
• I find the sound of leaves in the wind therapeutic

Today I was speaking to her on the phone, and she asked me to specifically not make fun of her on facebook.  Actually, she was asking me a question about her facebook account, and felt the need to preface it with “please do not mock me”.  This reminds me of when I have to do simple math (such as calculate tip at a restaurant) and I have to please Pedram not to mock how long it takes me to do so.