In the Beginning.....there was Genesis......

So, here I am after 27 years, going back to school.  I texted my daughter (the one who likes comedic one-liners) and said," Yo Momma Goes to College."  Technically I have taken classes in the last 27 years, but nothing full time.  Now, thanks to all you tax payers out there and Uncle Sam, the Post 9/11 GI Bill is paying my way to full time college!  Today was my first day of school, and after much pestering of the husband and many failed picture attempts, I finally have this picture to show for it.

I had told my husband that it was customary to have "first day of school pictures," and he was muttering under his breath that he had never heard such a thing for college students....I had to finally let him get back to work because after like 7 pictures, the camera was not capturing what the mirror was telling me I looked like, ie, the mirror was being polite and showing subtle shading, however, this new "smart" phone was showing EXTRA lighting features that frankly, no one wants to see in a first day of school picture, I mean, bags under the eyes??????  The picture that finally made the cut was taken by yours truly and "WeChatted" to middle daughter so she could "Instagram" it for her ma.  She asked, "Any effects you want specifically?" I reply,"Make me pretty, whatever it takes."  She says, "Don't need to change anything then."  Wow, that girl is golden.  Well, anyway, she sent it right back to me, and viola!  Oh, and she says, "I posted it on Instagram." Lovely.  Later, I read her blog, and the picture made it there too, congratulating me on my first day of school. 
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 I tell my husband I made her blog and I told him,"See, I told you we had this thing about first-day-of-school pictures."  And he laughs, he gets it now.....I think......