Helloooooooooo, strangers!!! It's been so long since we've chatted! Let's not go long between posts again, okay? Y'all need to quit slacking off . . .
This weekend I went to Birmingham to go to my 10 year law school reunion. I stayed with my friend Ashley and her family and had SO much fun. She has an 8-year-old daughter named Annie (I've written about her before - click here to refresh your memory if you want!) and she is my little buddy. I went to have lunch with her at her school on Friday. She was very excited because she had just gotten a 100 on her spelling test. And I'm so glad she did because it led to this conversation with her classmates:
Annie: Guess what?!
Catchy: What?!
Annie: I got a hundred on my spelling test!!
Catchy: Stop it!!
Annie: No!!
Catchy: Stop! It!!!
Annie: No!!
[high five!]
Girl next to Annie: I got a 100, too!
Catchy: What? Way to go!
[high five!]
Girl across from Annie: I got a 100, too!
Catchy: Unbelievable!
[high five!]
Girl across from me: [bummed out] I missed one.
Catchy: Well, that's okay! That's still awesome!
[high five . . . a bit unenthusiastically]
Same Girl: Yeah. I forgot the "h."
Catchy: Ooooooh . . . that's a bummer.
Same Girl: Yeah. And I KNEW there was an "h" - I just forgot to write it.
Catchy: Oh man! I HATE it when that happens! What was the word?
Same Girl: [sighs regretfully] "Stomp." [shakes head sadly]
[awkward silence]
Catchy: Well . . . that's . . . it probably wouldn't have . . . you'll do better next time.
I didn't have the heart to tell her that, even had she remembered to put the "h" in "stomp" she would have still missed one on her spelling test. I just felt too sorry for her. But later I found out that she has been bullying sweet little Annie! What the "h"??? Now I wish I hadn't been so nice to her!
I should have just STHOMPED on her foot and walked away.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
What the "h"?
Posted by Catherine at 12:37 AM
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