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<p>Just celebrated my one-year anniversary. I’ll start round 2 of the college-admissions “game”, as D2 starts to narrow her list this summer and does all the applications in the fall. In the meantime, I stay as addicted as ever…</p>

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<p>At times it reminds me of what 2-year-olds do: “Tandem Play.” Stay in a room together, talk, flail their arms, side-by-side, paying NO attention to what the other one says or does. BUt pick them up and pull them away, and they cryyyy for each other!!</p>

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<p>kat! How’s your boy liking Princeton? </p>

<p>Is he bickering? Not that that’s the most important thing - how are his studies going?</p>

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This reminded me of some funnies my cousin sent me about parenthood and aging: </p>

<p>GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

  1. No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats.
  2. When your mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.
  3. If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person
  4. Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
  5. You can’t trust dogs to watch your food.
  6. Don’t sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
  7. Never hold a dust-buster and a cat at the same time.
  8. You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
  9. Don’t wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
  10. The best place to be when you’re sad is Grandpa’s lap. </p>

<p>GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

  1. Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
  2. Wrinkles don’t hurt.
  3. Families are like fudge…mostly sweet, with a few nuts
  4. Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
  5. Laughing is good exercise. It’s like jogging on the inside.
  6. Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy. </p>

<p>GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

  1. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
  2. Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
  3. When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.
  4. You’re getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair
    that you once got from a roller coaster.
  5. It’s frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
  6. Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
  7. Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. </p>

<p>SUCCESS:
At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 17 success is . . having a driver’s license.
At age 35 success is . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 70 success is . … . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.</p>

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<p>^ Delightful!</p>

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<p>Any nominations for the Norm, Carla or Cliff of CC?</p>

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<p>Hi Alu!!!</p>

<p>He is loving it, big time. My worries about the whole thing were all “my dealo”, according to him!</p>

<p>He’s got 6 classes including orgo/physics/orf and off-season practice/workouts/running daily so he was undecided on bickering when he was here on semester break. We’ll see.</p>

<p>Thank you for asking!</p>

<p>His bro is surviving USNA and their sis is getting her prospective med schools lined up for another round of apps. She is graduating early and will be home in less than a year!!! (hopefully she gets into some of the med schools here in our state!)</p>

<p>How is your daughter doing?</p>

<p>I figured out I have been on since oldest was a junior, she is now 23. Wow.
No wonder y’all look familiar!!!</p>

<p>Kat</p>

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<p>Can I be Kirstie Alley?</p>

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<p>Kat - 6 classes? That is wild. My daughter found 5 to be a lot. She is also loving it, doing way too much, dancing, newspaper, and, yes, the eating club. She is at Tiger Inn and very involved. It is so funny, I never even set foot in Tiger Inn when I was there, being much more the alternative arty type, and I quit my eating club senior year because it just wasn’t my thing. Goes to show that many different kinds of people can like the same school. </p>

<p>23 huh? Won’t it be great if most of your kiddos find their way back to live near you? I will keep my fingers crossed.</p>

<p>I refuse to be Shelly Long.</p>

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<p>great lakes mom</p>

<p>If your alternative is cleaning your basement, no wonder we look good.</p>

<p>Very amusing p3t and teri. I have never once used the abbreviation lol, but I did, in fact lol. I did not, however roflmao. If I ever do that, I’ll be sure to let somebody know about it.</p>