She thought about it. "Of the noise? Sometimes. Of the living? No." She nodded toward the window, where Phil was doing the hustle with a lampshade on his head. "You get one ride, kid. I’d rather be the one making the music than the one complaining about the volume."
But her masterpiece was "Disco Bingo." Every third Saturday, she’d clear the furniture, hang a mirrorball from the ceiling fan, and scatter bingo cards on the coffee table. The twist: instead of numbers, she called out song lyrics from 1978. You didn't mark a square unless you could hum the next four bars. Jake’s dad, a quiet accountant named Phil, would wear a gold chain and operate the karaoke machine. The prize was never money. It was a dusty bottle of Limoncello she’d had since college or a framed picture of a cat water-skiing. my freinds hot mom
The first time I slept over at Jake’s house, I understood that his mom, Diane, didn’t live like other moms. Other moms had schedules printed on refrigerator magnets and reminded you to use a coaster. Diane had a calendar covered in sticky notes that read "DJ set, 2 AM" and "teach Jake to drive stick shift." She thought about it