We bet Freud and Einstein talked about Pinterest alllllll the time

Ava likes to share her mental disorders with her teenage children.  She thinks it helps them deal with being moody in a, “Wow, we’re moody with our teenage problems no one understands, not even other teenagers, but our mother is nuts and therefore, we’re going to be okay.” Or something like that.

In elementary school, Ava had a teacher who taught the class how to make paper snowflakes.  One of the instructions was to never cut off the “magic point” or the snowflake would fall apart.  It didn’t take Ava long to realize this part of the instructions was total horse poop.  You can cut the tip-off all you wanted and nothing happens.  The MAGIC part was actually one of the sides.  If you cut the entire side off – then it would fall apart.  How could a teacher mess-up such an important life skill?  She dwells on this ’til this very day.

Now you’re wondering why this old traumatic memory has returned to Ava’s life.  That would be Pinterest’s fault.  Not a day goes by without yet another set of instructions on how to make snowflakes.  Who knew the world was so lacking in the xmas paper arts that the instructions are needed daily under “Holiday Decor”.  But – there you have it.

Upon hearing of his mother’s distress from the past, the boy says, “Had you paid attention in Calculus! you would have been able to explain the principle covering this effect to her.”  (Note on the word Calculus! – every time the boy says this word he’s excited and we always picture it in our heads with a capital C and an exclamation point.)  Next he says “The rear differential being in the fifth house of the timed amoeba . . . blah, blah, blah.”  Okay, he didn’t really say that but who listens when someone is about to tell you a Calculus! principle?  You only kept reading because you wanted to know if Ava actually listened and now you know she didn’t.  No one tell the boy.

And, there’s the difference between the Sisters and their own children – emotional issues with paper cutouts and Calculus!  The next time someone asks the Sisters to craft something we’re going to use the Theory of Relativity and go take a nap while we get those too smart kids to make party favors from chemicals and Calculus!