D2 in the house!

Well D1 has grabbed most of the headlines lately, due to her mishap on the Pike. Fortunately she continues to mend, and her butler is acquitting her duties quite acceptably.

In that regard, last night D1 sent a photo to D2 by text, causing D2 to laugh uncontrollably. It was a photo of Wifey standing in D1's closet, wearing only a smirk and a pair of "mom panties."

Wifey, to her credit, had a sense of humor about it, although was concerned that "these things make their way onto the internet." I said that if this did, we would entitle it "Hot Dorm Mom '09" and share the profits.

Ah, D2, the more stoic of the Ds. She's so quiet around the family that my mother in law remarked, in her typical charming way "You know --she's so qviet all de time, you vouldn't tink she's too smart."

Well, class rankings came out today, and D2 is in the top 4% of her Class of 2010!!!!!

I'm so proud of her. She is quite bright, and has worked very hard for her grades.

This is her moment in the sun, but her self deprecating nature would never let you know that. She spent a big chunk of last weekend studying for her AP classes and finishing off college applications.

Top 4%. I still remember that I was number 34 out of 455, but the Ds' rankings are much more significant. A large number of the MacArthur High class were stoned, or such poor students, that being ranked high was like being the tallest of midgets.

My friend Jeff, who was our number 2 man (I can't spell salutatorian correctly, I don't think), and the only one of my class to attend an Ivy League college (Penn) used to tell his classmates that he was from a different school, since they knew that Levittown was no hotbed of intellect.

Not so for D2. She's done better than 96% of classmates in arguably the top public high school in Florida, a school rife with high pressure, stressed out, overachieving kids.

So, tonight we're going to celebrate --by going to the dentist! Afterwards, though, a think a nice dinner is in order.

D2 --you rock!