Mushrooms aren’t cool


Four days until I begin another school year.

That means completing syllabii, finalizing Power Point presentations and going over class lists.
I remember when it meant getting a new plastic lunch pail with a thermos that was held in by a hard plastic thing that looked like a seatbelt.
Ah, grade 2.  I’m re-living it.  Vicariously.  Through my daughter.
She started 2nd grade french immersion on Tuesday.  Believe it or not, she already has a concept of “cool”.  
I didn’t know what “cool” was until grade 7.  
I remember the day it happened.  Or failed to happen.
I went to my father’s barber for a new cut.  Youngsters, here’s a hint: if you’re looking for “cool”, you won’t find it at dad’s barber shop.  My new dew made me look like a mushroom.  Mushrooms aren’t cool.
What is cool?  My little girl.  She’s super cool.  
Right now she wants to fight me.  Cool.

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