Bella's class is currently discussing Lewis and Clark so she did the one thing that comes second nature to todays young generation. She googled them. After google spit out the 2,897,543 possible links for them she accidentally clicked on the link for Lewis and Clark College. I quickly grabbed the mouse, hit the back arrow and made a joke about how she was way too young to be looking into college.
Bella looked at me and announced "I already know where I want to go."
At this point my jaw dropped open and I made a sound that probably sounded like a cat being stangled. Bella mistook this sound as further interest on my part.
"I want to go to Loras," she declared with more confidence than I ever had at age 8.
I then responded like the rational level headed person I am. "What? Where did you even hear about that college and it's existence? Are you just saying this because you once overheard your dad say that his kids will never go to Loras because everyone who goes there feels like they have to mention it in every single conversation they have?"
Bella is looking at me with this bewildered look on her face and laughing at me at the same time. This might have to do with the fact that my voice has risen to an octive I have never once thought possible for me to reach. I'm panicking and in this short span of time I have flashed on multiple different things. Wasn't there just a story in the news about how the school I went to and used to cost $10,000 a year now costs $20,000? We only have eight years to save. Will she be able to commute from home? How much change is in my couch?
Somewhere in the fog of my brain I hear Bella say "It's where Nicole wants to go."
That phrase flips a switch in my head and the voices are quickly silenced. This just came about because Bella wants to go where her friend wants to go? It's just a phase. She'll get over it. Just to be on the safe side though, would you like to give to the Bella wants to go to an expensive college fund?
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