Still Fighting the New Year's Battle/Blues, but Getting Back into the Saddle (Shoes)

So, I'll start by telling you about my PSAT scores. First, I didn't not make National Merit Scholar. But I got close. Close? What the heck is that? I'm 46, taking a 10th-grade test and I only got close. Hmmm. Did you know that California has one of the higher "indices" for this Scholarship program? You have to get over a 217, and I got a 213. In fact, if I had taken the PSAT in 30 other states (with indices 213 or lower), I would have qualified for a National Merit Scholarship. But then, I'd have to live in 30 other states, and I'm sure my husband and kids would miss me!

Did they have National Merit Scholar back in our day? Yes, I just looked it up. Founded in 1955. Wasn't even on my radar. I think if they mentioned it, but I must have mistaken it for "National Square Dance Caller." Though that would have gotten my attention, I am sure. So who knows?

In any case, I got a 63 out of 80 on my Math. Not bad, considering what I scored in 10th grade.

I have my answer booklet here (they returned it). Here's one I didn't have time to answer. Maybe you have some time to answer it:

Points A, B, and X do not lie on the same line. Point X is 5 units from A and 3 units from B. How many other points in the same plane as A, B, and X are also 5 units from A and 3 units from B?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Four

(E) More than four

If you can get that one lickety split, then you're a square. If you can't, maybe you're more of a square dancer. (If you're any good, you might become a National Square Dance Caller!)

Dosey-doe for now!

For All the Time I've Been Gone-o; My Classmates Must Think I have Mono!

OK, so procrastination was my big issue in high school. And clearly some things never change (though I did improve my PSAT scores by a wide margin!). I just got such a case of school-itis in December, and I had to take a mental health break (while eating every holiday goody I could find).


You're all correct: I'm insane to try to go back to High School; it was tough enough once upon a time. And to choose to foist that on myself--what is that?


But don't think that's going to stop me. Mark my violets, I will take the SAT in the fall! As God is my witness, I will never be hungry again! (Oops, wrong reference, but you can smell my resolve, can't you?) Hey, speaking of hungry, Café M opened Jan 4, which is Marlborough's new cafeteria. The state-of-the-art and fully equipped with a salad bar, sandwich corner, hot and cold wells, frozen yogurt machine, and a pizza oven. And you get to use those debit cards we used in our college dorm. (Maybe we'll all never be hungry again!)


So, I'm getting back on the Mustang. I just finished the whole Twilight Series just to prove I can still hang with the student body. I'll be back, tell you about my PSAT scores, and we can just call my lapse a "family vacation," and no one has to mark me tardy, OK?


Bye for now.