Annie from the Orphanage

Hello Everyone!

I am so happy we could do this

I know you kept asking me

And I kept saying--

‘Maybe, maybe’

But now that I have no reason

To not do this
I’m so excited

That I have to

The truth is, I just didn’t realize

That you all enjoyed your time
So much at Hannigan’s orphanage

I know, for me, um

It was pretty--depressing

I mean, it was an orphanage

I don’t know if there any

Happy orphanages out there

But I know ours was--

Not one of them

Oh sure, there was singing
And dancing

But we were only allowed to do it

While scrubbing floors

So it kind of took the joy

Right out of it for me

That has a long-lasting impression, you know

To this day

The minute I hear a showtune
I’m down on my hands and knees

With a bucket and a rag

Tears streaming down my--

So how are you all of YOU doing?

I follow Pepper on Instagram

But the rest of you--

By the way, Pepper

I’m surprised you didn’t change your name

I always thought Pepper
Was more of a nickname

Not necessarily a name

You’d take with you

For the rest of your life

I figured after med school

You’d change it

But, uh, since you didn’t

I gotta know--

Do you patients call you

Dr. Pepper?

Hahahahaha

My kids told me

Not to do that joke

But I’ve been waiting a long time, so…

Uh, things are going well with me

I took over the company

From Daddy Warbucks

And we shifted into a cosmetics company

As you can see

I managed to get the hair

Under control

Or I did

Until we weren’t allowed

To go to salons anymore

And I ran out of our flagship product

Because we import it from overseas

So now I might as well

Put on the red dress

And sing about my biological parents

Because I’m retrogressing FAST

Hahahahaha

I had three children

All daughters

All teenagers

Send help

They’re, uh, I wouldn’t say

They’re spoiled

But they do complain a lot

Because I won’t let them each

Have their own maid

I was hoping this time

Could be beneficial to us

Because we’ve had to lay off

Most of the housekeeping staff

And the girls really need to be, uh

You know, humbled

I tried putting on music

To see if I could get them

To clean the kitchen

But it turns out

That tic doesn’t run in the family

The other day I tried telling them

About what it was like

Back at the orphanage

Before I got adopted

And they were like--

Mom, you’re not allowed

In this wing of the house

This is MY wing!

Hahaha kids are...kids, right?

So that’s what’s going on with me

Oh, and also

The company bought Sweden last week

I’m not sure if that makes me

The President or something

But it’s very excited

Maybe we could all take a trip there

When all this is over

I mean, maybe all of YOU should

I’m going to be so busy with--things

With--whatever there is to do

Once all this is over

For now I’m just trying

To keep a positive attitude

If nothing else

There’s always

Tomorrow