I've Learned So Much

Mom and Dad have taught me a lot.
"To thine own self be true?" Check.
There are three keys to financial success: save, own, invest? Check.
Always cut away from yourself? Uh...not quite.

I return from college and have my first sit-down dinner with my family in some time. I'm telling them about the A's I got in Religion and my Internship Class, and our efforts to start a campus rescue squad. I fill them in on exciting calls I've run, and my efforts to find a job.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to slice the skin off a kiwi because my traditional use-a-spoon-to-scoop-it-out method that I learned in Australia is failing. Kiwi wasn't ripe enough or something, so I grab the steak knife.
Slice, slice, slice...
Oh damn!

Mom and Dad look over at me and see me wincing as I apply pressure to the cut.

"Did you just cut yourself with that really sharp knife," Dad asks with a cocked eyebrow.
"Uh...yeah."
"Didn't you ever learn not to cut towards yourself," Mom inquires.
"No?"
"You were a Girl Scout!"
"...yeah."

Now I'm wrapping a napkin around my finger as I continue slicing the infernal kiwi.

"Do we need to rush you to the ED?" Dad is obviously kidding as he watches me struggle.
"Well, if I were any of a number of my patients, the answer would be yes."

So after 19 years of life, 14 years of school (having managed to graduate and finish half of college already), entrance into the National Honors Society, and more...I still haven't learned how to cut my own food. My parents must be so proud.


In other news, my dad of all people turned me on to twitter. I'm already addicted! If you twitter, you can follow me here...and if you don't twitter, you should! My twitter now shows up in my sidebar, so it'll be plaguing you one way or the other!

Yours,
Sam