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A Slowly Growing List of Things to Look Forward To When You Have a Child
- Every day is either Christmas or Halloween or Birthday or Easter
- Leave those cats alone! They're going to scratch you and it will hurt
- You cannot lie under circumstances, but nor can you tell the literal truth
- Geez that kid is sharp
- Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Huh? Daddy? Can I have cake?
- For the last time, stop asking me!
- Noticing the growth: taller and a bit heavier to carry
- Children's television shows
- Food. Wasted food
- Remembering that you once acted this way yourself
- Watching where the both of you are going
- The joy of hearing the word "fuck" being used experimentally, and justifying this experimentation by saying "Well they learn it eventually"
- TANTRUMS
- Sitting down together on the living room floor, a mess of blocks & cars & plush Care Bears strewn around you, discussing the complexities of each car's identity, its name, and why it is so humorous
- Having to take responsibility for someone else for a change
- More frustration than you're prepared for
- Wicked cackling
- Drawings of potato guys
- Learning about the world all over again
- Circular Logic
- Unexpected hugs and words put beautifully together out of context
- Waking up after 4 hours of sleep, and unexpectedly having to confront shit, in more than one place, including the carpet, a big toe, a butt, a bed, a toilet seat, and underpants
3 comments:
Panic days are good. Are you doing the test in the fall then?
Here's my advice, and I don't even know if it's worth anything since I don't know if I passed: Go in with a strategy for the first exam. It really screwed with me to have two and a half hours for the first two essays. I didn't divide my time well and jumped between the two essays leading to poor constructions.
Yes, I will take the test in the fall. The Comprehensive Exam Panic Day (CEPD) is by no means limited to those of us who will take the Comprehensive Exam during fall semester. Anyone who has previously taken the exam is encouraged to panic on CEPD as well.
The word verification, "cogil", now officially defines this panic: cogil, n. "The action by which students who have not yet taken the Comprehensive Exam panic, due to uncertainty, doubt, fear, hesitation, or anxiety in their abilities to successfully complete the Comprehensive Exam in the allotted time."
I hereby swear to demonstrate mass amounts of cogil on August 8th.
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