The 7 year old: “Mom, did you know that boys go to college to get more knowledge, but girls go to Jupiter to get more stupider?”
me: “Where’d you hear that?”
The 7 year old: “VBS.” (Vacation Bible School)
me: “That’s great. Say, would you like to know how the real world works?”
The 7 year old: “No.”
me: “That’s okay, I’ll tell you anyway. It’s ‘Girls go to college to get more knowledge. Boys go to college to join a fraternity and get drunk and stupid.’ ”
And that, my friends, is what she sing-songed the rest of the night while she skipped around. No no, I’ve patted myself on my own back, you don’t need to do it again for me.
So hey, I bet you’re wondering why I have a photo of Jim Belushi up there with my kid. Completely unintentional on my part. It’s because WordPress can be hard. So hard. “Thank you sir, may I have another?”
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Cassandra can be found on Twitter @aclevergirl. Learn more about her family’s unique challenges and why they have hope for a cure for muscular dystrophy at Byrds for a Cure.
I’ve been waiting for this to post for ages! Yay! LOL! I always love your stories Cass… thanks for giving us a peek into your life each week!
You know, I spent so much time feeling embarrassed that I inadvertently included the Animal House photo above that it never occurred to me that it’s actually quite relevant to the content of my post. Hahahahaha!