Ummmm.... Duh!

I love my mom. Seriously, I do. She's completely amazing... has helped me through some of the toughest situations ever. And she's an incredible role model... had 2 kids, went back to school, became a RN... seriously, I'm convinced she's Wonder Woman in disguise. I guess all superheroes have their forgetful moments, though, as I discovered earlier this week while I was talking to her on the phone.

See, my brother's doing a lifeguard certification course soon. And I'd already been though it (same company, same class, just a different instructor), so she decided to ask me what he needed to bring with him to the class. I gave her the usual list... you know, a bag lunch, pens/pencils, a highlighter, a sharpie (to write his name on his CPR mask and the CPR mask case), a couple of beach towels, and a pair of goggles ("So he can see while he's swimming his 300," I told her). She then proceeds to ask me if he'd need to wear a bathing suit to the certification course.

I nearly fell off my bed laughing.

See, I figured it'd be pretty obvious that a lifeguard certification course would require a bathing suit, seeing as you're in the pool a majority of the day. I even mentioned that he'd be swimming a 300 on the first day. Obviously, none of that registered with my mom (who has actually spent a summer working as a lifeguard as well).

*sighs, then chuckles*

Yes, Mom, he will need a bathing suit.

Dear HIST395 Paper...

Dear History 395 Paper,

I wish you would write yourself. Please learn how to read and analyze books, and write a decent twenty-page paper within the next 48 hours. It would make my life a lot easier.

Thanks so much!

Sincerely,
A Stressed College Student