Z - Y - X - W - V - U - T- S - R - Q - P - O - N ...

"Mama?"

"Mmm-hmm?"

"Mama?"

"Mmm-hmm?"

"Mama, say 'Yes, Chago'," he demands.

I swallow my bagel in one huge clump. "Yes, Chago?"

"Mama, say the ABCs backwards."

[*%&#^#@!]

"Um...C - B - A," I say.

"No, Mama!" he yells. Not at all amused with my clever side-step. "Say the whoooooole alphabet backwards."

[Man, the pressure. It took me a good 4 1/2 minutes to get through the whole thing. What am I gonna do when they need help with trigonometry?!?!?]