This post has been in the queue since November 17th, 2009. The day I wrote it. The day I had the strokes that changed thing a bit. The writing crew read it that night and were great enough to leave it here. Today I posts this piece, the last post I wrote.
I graduated with a 2.2 GPA. Which, at the time, in the state of FL, that was the minimum you could have and still walk for graduation.
So, so proud.
It wasn’t that I wasn’t smart (HEY, NO HECKLING!!!!) it was just that I wasn’t in the slightest motivated. I’d had a nice steady 3.7-ish GPA before we moved. In high school. Just days before my senior year. From Wisconsin to Daytona Beach. Where I knew no one.
ANGRY PANDA!!
There was a beach to be laid upon, hot surfer boys to be ogled, 1000 days of sun…which meant, a LOT of school to be skipped. And other things.
But, I did graduate. Proceeded to go to college to major in Financial Aid. Quit. Several times. Still manage to have college loans without an actual college degree.
*sigh*
And then? I married a really really smart guy.
You know when you’re snarking and you say “this isn’t rocket science, yo!”….with him? It actually could be rocket science.
So, yeah. He’s way smarter than me. I can admit it.
Sure he can do all this math-y, brain-y, i’m-so-smart-i-can-write-computer-programs-that-make-processors-weep-tears-of-code. I don’t mind.
Because I know that if I reorganized the kitchen cabinets, he’d starve to death.
I WIN.
Go be smart, dude, I’ll be ALIVE!!
Errr…back to topic.
We decided that since we were obviously the GREATEST.PEOPLE.IN.THE.WORLD. we should have babies.
Cause, really? What better gift could we give than more of US to go around.
And THIS is what we gave the world:
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
So, yeah. You’re welcome, world.
BUT!!!! One of the above exhibits just qualified for the gifted program. Can you guess which one?
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I love it! You are genius and I’m so glad that you’re making your way back!
Twitter Name: tenakim
Yay! I’m glad you’re back and I’m sure any one of your kids would be accepted into the gifted program! Still praying for you every day ♥
Hahahahaha. Oh man. I feel like I should immediately create a folder on my computer for MORTIFYING PICTURES OF THE CHILDREN. Although with mine, pretty much every other one I take qualifies for Future Blackmail.
Love ya lady.
Twitter Name: mariamelee
That was funny – I especially like that your husband may be smart but he would starve if you rearranged the cabinets! Very cute post – and photos!!! LOVE THEM!
Twitter Name: thesecondset
love this!
i remember the day a school official told me one of my circus clowns was gifted. i shook my head in amazement over this fact as i watched her walk into a 12 inch diameter pillar.
Twitter Name: nicurnmama
For the record…all 3 of them are in the gifted program now.
MY GENES!
Now, where’s the soup?
Hey, your husband may be rocket-science smart, but I’d be happy to be Anissa-smart, any day of the week.
Twitter Name: jaynecrammond
Wait–I thought “gifted” meant “gets a lot of presents at Christmas”? Is that wrong? because I was always bragging that my sons were, well,”gifted”, and I guess what I really shoulda been saying was “spoiled”. Ooops.
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