do YOU know what a gnu is???

so. jaelynn is 8 yrs. old today. and to celebrate, she came home with a boat load of homework. yipee. typically, homework consists of a math worksheet and 'homelinks'-which is another page of math homework. followed by 15 minutes of reading silently. occasionally, she has 'GT' homework that gets sent home. 'GT' homework is gifted and talented homework. you know, that class that the 'smart kids' get to go to. yep, i wasn't in that class when i was little. my mom said that i used to tell my teacher that my mom wanted her to call her at home bc she thought i should be in it. (so not true, I thought i should be in it). so today jaelynn comes home with this worksheet from 'GT'. its a paragraph. in the paragraph you are supposed to find 21 mammals out the words in the paragraphs. no kidding--kelly and i stared at this thing for over 45 minutes. jaelynn had the word 'gnu' circled. have YOU ever heard of a gnu??? i havent. the definition of a gnu-a large dark antelope with a long head. OH, yes!! a GNU. i saw one of THOSE yesterday. or a BAY? apparently this is a type of horse. i even looked it up in the dictionary. jaelynn knew this. i didnt. and a NAG?? this, too, is a horse suitable for riding. what THE heck???? clearly, i need to go back to school. and NOW i know why i wasnt/arent gifted and talented. humpf. i took us about an hour to do this. i was not a happy person. friggin ridiculous. second grade?!

i have been sooo sick its not even funny. on friday my head was so full of junk, i tried to send jaelynn to school with my boots. she looked at me like what are you doing? i packed her lunch and could find the her yogurt anywhere--and she looked and it was RIGHT there. i spent the whole day/night in bed on friday. jae's bday party was saturday. it went great, but i felt so yukky. as soon as it was over, i went home to bed. kell took the kids to his moms for the night and i went home to bed. i still havent been able to shake this, and actually feel worse. i cant breathe and my head feels like its going to explode.

watching jaelynn open her gifts i realized how 'old' she is getting.... ahhhh. and watching her talk on the phone today when everyone called to wish her happy birthday....:( my baby is growing up! shes turning into such a young lady! shes such a babe. i love her so much....