Mamma is proud

June 22, 2009 by Melissa 

I know I told the Wicked group about this but I have to brag. My oldest is her father’s child. If you don’t know my husband, he is the guy who ruined the curve in class, who studied for his SATs months ahead of time, and always did those extra credit assignments. Me, I am the opposite. Yeah, I had the honors classes, but I never overly applied myself. I look back now and realize that a lot of it was probably due to my undiagnosed ADD. But, part of it was due to laziness. Unless it is a favorite subject or deed, I don’t apply myself. If you could see our grade point averages side by side…well it is embarrassing. We both took some kind of IQ test one time and only scored several points apart-both borderline genius, but it does not show in our academic records, lol.

My DSF(demon seed the first) has some of my laziness, but she has a lot of daddy’s drive. Friday was the last day of school around here, and I had to go see the 8th grade awards program. First, it was emotional enough that she was spending her last day in middle school. It is a real shock when it finally hits you that you are now the parent of a high schooler. But, the next surprise came with the awards.

She won in Language Arts, Am Hist, PE and Science. She also won the Silver Award for having a cul average of 3.5-3.99 for all of her middle school years.That last award came with a personally signed certificate by none other than Pres Obama! If you recall, we saw him speak in San Antonio and from that point on, DSF was a HUGE supporter.  I was so proud and to say she was surprised is not an understatement.

So, we let her pick her favorite place to eat, which is a Japanese steakhouse here in town and we celebrated:)

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3 Responses to “Mamma is proud”

  1. Lori on June 22nd, 2009 10:43 am

    Congrats, Melissa! You should be very proud, indeed!

  2. mary beth on June 22nd, 2009 2:39 pm

    YAY Mom!

  3. Fedora on June 22nd, 2009 3:10 pm

    Huge hoorays for your daughter and for your family, Mel! Good for her and for all of you! What a fabulous accomplishment–just imagine what else she’ll be doing when she sets her mind to it ;)

    (And I totally am way more like you–but I haven’t written any books either! Good for you, too, Melissa!)

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