I received an official looking piece of junk-mail today, and it certainly has me laughing.   Here is the gist of it:  

 

“Dear Julie,  

 

You were recently appointed as a biographical candidate to represent Indianapolis, IN in the 2008/2009 online Cambridge Who’s Who Registry Among Executive and Professional Women.

 

We are pleased to inform you that on November 21, 2008, your candidacy was approved...

 

The office of the Managing Director appoints individuals based upon a candidate’s current position, and usually with information obtained from researched executive and professional listings.  The Director thinks that you may make an interesting biographical subject, as individual achievement is what Cambridge Who’s Who is all about...Best wishes for continued success.”

 

Ha Ha! Me, professional?  I once had such aspirations, but on Tuesday last week I was still in my P.J.s at 2:00 PM.  Individual achievements?  Well, during this pregnancy I’ve finally learned to vomit through my mouth, not my nose. Yes, I’m rather proud of myself for mastering the technique, but I didn’t think anyone else would find it noteworthy.  Perhaps they would be more interested in publishing the results of yesterday’s ironing:  8 of Rob’s shirts, 2 of mine, and Elissa’s silk dress.  Quite a feat, as the pile had been sitting on a living room chair, breeding, for over a month.  I wonder who nominated me?  My bosses are a little young to be aware of such accolades.  But I do get a rather cute, and much more meaningful form of recognition from them:  A chant of “My Mom is cool, uh-huh, My Mom is cool!”

 

Perhaps someday, when their chant has faded into memory, such a letter will bring skepticism and be sent straight to the bin.  But for now it has a couple of tired parents laughing their heads off.