Sunday evening, my Mom was getting really dizzy! I was extremely concerned and she called the doctor on Monday. They could see her on Tuesday. Tuesday, she was told what she had:
She was told that it is not life-threatening but more of an annoyance. But maybe the real annoyance is that whatever she tells someone about having vertigo, I immediately sing the opening bars of “Vertigo” by U2.
She is slowly getting better and I ask her every morning how the dizziness is. Tuesday, my brother Dave stopped by to transfer me because that makes my Mom MORE dizzy. Sean came by to do the transfers on Wednesday and my Mom was walking into his bedroom where she sleeps now and as she was walking into the room she told him that she has vertigo. He thought for a moment and looked toward me,who, right on cue, raised my left hand and started counting out on my fingers as I said, “Un, dos, tres, catorce!” Sean started to laugh and said that he was waiting for [my mom] to say something about u2.
What can I say?! He IS my son! AND they ARE MY band! But counting out the beginning of that song lays bare how grammatically incorrect it is. My little cousin, Al, told me that. She pointed out that Bono is saying: ”One, two, three, fourteen in Spanish.” I told her that he has “Artistic freedom” because it is a song and he’s Bono! He can do WHATEVER he wants to!!!
My Mom let me listen to “Vertigo” as she washed my legs today and I was reminded of my freshman year in college as we listened: