No puedo...

I've been thinking...there are quite a few things that I can't do. Things that most adults can do, yet I can not. Then again I can do some things that the average 26 year old woman can't...like change a tire, drive a stick shift, do the splits, or pull a piece of spaghetti out of my nose. Maybe I shouldn't have admitted to the last one.

Here are a few of the things that I just can't do:

- - Jump. Seriously, I have maybe about 2" of vertical. I have tried to learn...but maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks? I am not kidding. This white girl can't jump.

- - Dive. Yes I missed the boat on this too. I did take swim lessons when I was a kid but the only way I learned to dive was "frogger diving" where you are on your knees on the ledge of the pool and you schlep yourself head first into the water that way. It's not attractive. And not likely to be the fastest way to get into the water.

- - Basic Math. The highest math level I ever got through was Alegbra I. I am awful at numbers. I mean AWFUL. In fact, my college math class was the one where you count votes & learn how to read barcodes on the bottom of letters that you get in the mail. I kid you not.

- - Braid. Then again, I've always had relatively short hair so I've not really needed to know. I can do the "simple braid" (intertwining 3 strands) but not the "french braid" (aka the more useful of the 2.) So as a child my Barbies only had pigtails or ponytails. They were deprived.

- - Slide down a pole. You know, like a fireman's pole? (Not the other kind of pole). The whole wrapping myself around the pole & not letting go completely, but not holding on too tight so you can slide down...now that is too much for me. I just can't do it.

I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones that came to mind when it came time to write them down. Is there anything that you "missed the boat" on? Something that you should probably know how to do by now, but just don't? Or am I the only one?