Sunday, September 03, 2006
Relativity
School started out fine this year. I think I'll go back. I'm getting older, though. This year will be the first that I've been teaching as long as my students have been ALIVE.
I love when I have all the kids in a family. In fact, I feel cheated if there's four in a family, and I've gotten only three of them. Damn.
Sherry is the third Abdul kid I've had. Her older sibs passed their time with me, too. All three are blonde and blue-eyed. I don't where the Abdul comes in. When I asked Sherry if she was Constance and Miles' sister, she lit up. "Yes!" she said. "Did you have them? Connie's having a baby!"
"Oh, really?" I asked. I wasn't surprised.
Sherry went on. "Yeah, my parents were really upset, but they've gotten used to the idea. She'll almost be graduated from high school when the baby comes."
"Well," I offered, "my mom was pretty young when she had me. I turned out okay. It'll be hard, but it's not the end of the world."
Sherry's friend Vicky then addressed me, head cocked to one side, eyes full of the concern you see when watching a commercial about dealing with adult incontinence: "Is she still alive?"
"Uh, yes," I answered.
"Is she still active?" Vicky pressed on, head cocked to the other side.
"Yeah, she is? She'll be 54 this fall?" I continued.
How the fuck old am I to these kids that they don't think my parents can be ALIVE?
Yes, it's a brave new world.
I love when I have all the kids in a family. In fact, I feel cheated if there's four in a family, and I've gotten only three of them. Damn.
Sherry is the third Abdul kid I've had. Her older sibs passed their time with me, too. All three are blonde and blue-eyed. I don't where the Abdul comes in. When I asked Sherry if she was Constance and Miles' sister, she lit up. "Yes!" she said. "Did you have them? Connie's having a baby!"
"Oh, really?" I asked. I wasn't surprised.
Sherry went on. "Yeah, my parents were really upset, but they've gotten used to the idea. She'll almost be graduated from high school when the baby comes."
"Well," I offered, "my mom was pretty young when she had me. I turned out okay. It'll be hard, but it's not the end of the world."
Sherry's friend Vicky then addressed me, head cocked to one side, eyes full of the concern you see when watching a commercial about dealing with adult incontinence: "Is she still alive?"
"Uh, yes," I answered.
"Is she still active?" Vicky pressed on, head cocked to the other side.
"Yeah, she is? She'll be 54 this fall?" I continued.
How the fuck old am I to these kids that they don't think my parents can be ALIVE?
Yes, it's a brave new world.
# posted by Chrissy Snow @ 9/03/2006 05:51:00 PM 
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That's hilarious!
Want to feel really old?
Clayton spend all today today instant messaging with a girl. A girl! Girls wear nasty greasy lipgloss that smells like pink bubblegum, and girls say tee-hee-hee and toss their hair like dimwits. Girls dress like streetwalkers and talk babytalk and giggle stupidly at inappropriate times. What's my baby want with a girl?
Want to feel really old?
Clayton spend all today today instant messaging with a girl. A girl! Girls wear nasty greasy lipgloss that smells like pink bubblegum, and girls say tee-hee-hee and toss their hair like dimwits. Girls dress like streetwalkers and talk babytalk and giggle stupidly at inappropriate times. What's my baby want with a girl?
That is hilarious. You think you got it bad, I'm old enough to be the grandparent to my students kids. That is really old.
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