Comments on: You’ve Been Served http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/ this is my life... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: wendee http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40565 wendee Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:26:06 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40565 This KILLS me! Bravo, Boy Wonder! I used to get the "big sick" at the worst times! I swear, it seemed like every October/ early November, (too early, no trick or treating - too late, no b-day party) I would get a high fever, Dr. appointment, full-on-antibiotic ear infection. Miserable! Then, I would have to fake it big-time for important occasions (oh, say... tests...) when I wanted to be sick, but wasn't. Oh, how I loved those sneaky days of feeling perfectly fine, watching the Price is Right in the morning. Sadly, I'd end up totally bored by the afternoon (no cable TV) and wish I were at school... ____________________________________ <em>Oh, yes, he's quite the character.  And I don't remember ever faking sick, at least not as a child. As a grad student... all the time!! :D ~W</em> This KILLS me! Bravo, Boy Wonder!

I used to get the “big sick” at the worst times! I swear, it seemed like every October/ early November, (too early, no trick or treating - too late, no b-day party) I would get a high fever, Dr. appointment, full-on-antibiotic ear infection. Miserable!

Then, I would have to fake it big-time for important occasions (oh, say… tests…) when I wanted to be sick, but wasn’t. Oh, how I loved those sneaky days of feeling perfectly fine, watching the Price is Right in the morning. Sadly, I’d end up totally bored by the afternoon (no cable TV) and wish I were at school…

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Oh, yes, he’s quite the character.  And I don’t remember ever faking sick, at least not as a child. As a grad student… all the time!! :D ~W

]]> By: IZ http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40560 IZ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:59:24 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40560 As the, er, um, "victim" - it was less funny in the moment to me than for everyone else. Sadly, when "served" I didn't have much of a sense of humor about it. The Boy didn't get in trouble or anything - I just didn't handle it with any creativity. *sigh* At least I didn't hold him in "contempt" (aka grounding) or anything like that. ;-) ____________________________________ <em>Oh, he does know how to push your buttons!!! ~W</em> As the, er, um, “victim” - it was less funny in the moment to me than for everyone else. Sadly, when “served” I didn’t have much of a sense of humor about it. The Boy didn’t get in trouble or anything - I just didn’t handle it with any creativity. *sigh* At least I didn’t hold him in “contempt” (aka grounding) or anything like that. ;-)

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Oh, he does know how to push your buttons!!! ~W

]]> By: bonnie http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40512 bonnie Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:02:40 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40512 Does he get to grade your cursive? ____________________________________ <em>No. :D ~W</em> Does he get to grade your cursive?

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No. :D ~W

]]> By: Liza Lee Miller http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40477 Liza Lee Miller Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:59:04 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40477 Glad you circled and pointed to a dictionary! Hilarious! ____________________________________ <em>Of course! :D ~W</em> Glad you circled and pointed to a dictionary! Hilarious!

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Of course! :D ~W

]]> By: Lauri http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40471 Lauri Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40471 ROFL!!! Thanks for the laugh! ____________________________________ <em>You're most welcome! ~W</em> ROFL!!! Thanks for the laugh!

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You’re most welcome! ~W

]]> By: raehan http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40385 raehan Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:35:26 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40385 My parents used to let us take "rest" days when we got too down. We didn't even need a scratchy throat, though I do remember once sleeping with ice on my body because I wanted to get sick before a test i wasn't prepared for. You've got a sweet, smart kid there. ___________________________________ <em>I think down days are great! However, with a homeschooler, it takes on a different look. And thanks, he has his moments. :D ~W</em> My parents used to let us take “rest” days when we got too down. We didn’t even need a scratchy throat, though I do remember once sleeping with ice on my body because I wanted to get sick before a test i wasn’t prepared for.

You’ve got a sweet, smart kid there.

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I think down days are great! However, with a homeschooler, it takes on a different look. And thanks, he has his moments. :D ~W

]]> By: Miz S http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40376 Miz S Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:25:43 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40376 Man, I was just the opposite of Margaret. I would inform my mother the minute that I felt "funny" because I LOVED staying home from school. My mother was a sucker for the "my throat is scratchy and I feel funny" line. Boy Wonder is a laugh riot. ___________________________________ <em>Well, he can be! He keeps us hopping, that's for sure. ~W</em> Man, I was just the opposite of Margaret. I would inform my mother the minute that I felt “funny” because I LOVED staying home from school. My mother was a sucker for the “my throat is scratchy and I feel funny” line.

Boy Wonder is a laugh riot.

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Well, he can be! He keeps us hopping, that’s for sure. ~W

]]> By: Paula http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40346 Paula Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:54:37 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40346 He'll want that framed and on the wall when he hangs out his shingle on his own practice. So, what is the mysterious sickness this time? More of the same infection? Poor kid! ___________________________________ <em>You know, I've always thought he'd head for law school, but he shows no inclination for it---other than a natural bent for lawyering his parents. We shall see. ~W</em> He’ll want that framed and on the wall when he hangs out his shingle on his own practice. So, what is the mysterious sickness this time? More of the same infection? Poor kid!

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You know, I’ve always thought he’d head for law school, but he shows no inclination for it—other than a natural bent for lawyering his parents. We shall see. ~W

]]> By: Amy http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40313 Amy Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:08:31 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40313 That is absolutely classic. You've got to save this in a scrapbook. ___________________________________ <em>We have a box of his stuff. And it is classic... he's always leaving us funny notes. ~W</em> That is absolutely classic. You’ve got to save this in a scrapbook.

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We have a box of his stuff. And it is classic… he’s always leaving us funny notes. ~W

]]> By: Marie http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40300 Marie Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:57:25 +0000 http://www.evidently.org/2007/boy-wonder/youve-been-served/#comment-40300 Is that hours, minutes, AND seconds on the time? He is hilarious! ___________________________________ <em>Yes, yes it is. He's nothing if precise. Now, if we could just get him to clean his room. ~W</em> Is that hours, minutes, AND seconds on the time? He is hilarious!

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Yes, yes it is. He’s nothing if precise. Now, if we could just get him to clean his room. ~W

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