Monday, October 14, 2013

Extra

Yesterday we switched Duchess from her "Park Shark" swim lesson to another aquatic activity she had noticed going on at the same time. Screw boring old solitary swimming; Duchess is taking synchronized swimming now, and she thinks it's the best thing ever. I went straight home and checked to see if this is the kind of obscure activity that has scholarships attached to it, because that's the kind of helicopter parent I am. Regrettably, there are no significant scholarships available, but she can set her sights on Ohio State University (apologies to Papa Big Cook), which spends the most money of any school on their synchronized swimming program.

1 comment:

tiffky doofky said...

Hmmm, glimmers of sociability! Now I have to go watch that old Martin Short skit on SNL.

months go by

We are alive! Not much to report. Cook has a new job, still in government, but doing a different kind of work. I have the same job. Duchess ...