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| I had to laugh this weekend when Sawyer asked if I still had my copy of Vogue magazine with Harry Styles on the cover. When I told her that not only did I have it, but it was still in its plastic wrapper as I hadn't read it yet, she was very happy. |
| Besides it being a historic cover, is there a reason you are telling me this? |
| You tell me. She asked if I could be VERY careful when I read it and to make sure not to bend any of the pages. That she wanted it to remain in pristine condition. |
| Like mother, like daughter. Except I thought you were only like that with books. |
| I am. But it did make me wonder if she inherited that trait from me. |
| Or, learned it by watching you read a book, barely willing to open for fear of breaking the spine. I hope she realized that is not normal. |
| Well, it is for me. But I'm bracing myself for when she starts college next year, wondering if she'll be like me and want all her textbooks to be brand new and remain pristine. |
| I still cannot believe you did that. It never dawned on me to tell you to buy used textbooks. Not only to save money, but if you looked for ones that were carefully highlighted and had good notes in the margins, it could save time. I only wished I knew the previous owner's final grade in the course to help me "grade" their annotation skills. |
| That's funny. But let's face it, you probably did it because, unlike me, you didn't want to do all the reading and studying yourself. |
| Actually, it allowed me to focus on key points and the big picture. When and if necessary, I could go back for additional detail. It was efficient. |
| Well, you've always been a big picture and bullet-point type person. |
| And, you have always been that "straight-A student" who takes copious notes – just never directly in a book. |
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