"The Talk" and everything else

Emma told me on Monday that the 4th grade girls would be taken this week to watch a movie... just the girls, not the boys. Uh-Oh... think I know what this is about. She said (when I asked her what it was about) "I dunno, but I think it's gonna be icky, and I don't want to know"

Sorry, babe, you really have no choice.

So tonight, she and I sat down, as promised, and I gave her 'the talk' so she would be prepared and not so embarrassed/grossed out on Thursday when they show the movie.

Favorite part of the conversation (besides the ENDING of it) was this question:

"Ok, I get all that, gross... but, um, what's 'sex'??"

I got some grades back today, some good, some bad. That accounting test on stocks that we took home over spring break? Yeah, I suck ass at that, got a high C... shit.

Got back our midterm exams from Intro to Public Speaking... that was the one I didn't even know we were having until I walked into class. Yup, aced that sucker... only got 4 wrong, without studying A BIT! I'm so cool.

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AND

In speech class tonight we were to give our 4-5 minute long commemorative speeches. I wrote mine, as you will recall, last week in the waiting room of the oil change place. I never once read it out loud, didn't have any idea how long it would be. My outline was pretty rough, too, very short. I figured I would just wing it... less stress that way, right?

The teacher sits out among the students during our speeches, so she can see us for the critique sheets she fills out. I can see these sheets from where I sit. I was the last one to give a speech, and up until me, the highest grade given was a B...

I got an A.

She wrote crap about "being well written and well prepared" hehehe, if she only knew! I read through it for the first time as other people were giving their speeches. (Which, btw, sucked... I thought she was being rather generous with her B's)

When I got home, I didn't feel like cooking, so I called the Pizza dude. Then I ran to the store while leaving the children home to straighten up the house... No cooking, no cleaning...

Well, there ya go, that's my Tuesday in a nutshell. Now if you will excuse me, I have a buttload of Accounting homework to do. Must atone for my pitiful showing on the last test.