So many little things. Lets make goulash.
One.
S: "Chlo? How did I get this bruise on my knee?"
She barely looks up from the knitting I've been trying to teach her since yesterday. She keeps taking the whole thing out and starting over because she wants it to be perfect.
C: "You fell out of a shopping cart yesterday."
S: "Are you sure? I thought he fell out of the shopping cart. I don't think I did."
C, still knitting, concentrating very hard and speaking in a monotone: "Ummm, that's right. He fell out when you ran him into the curb..."
S: "That was an accident, and he landed on his feet."
C: "...and you got that bruise when you ran into the tree."
S: "That was fun."
C: "Running into the tree?"
S: "Well, that certainly wasn't the best part..."
Two.
In my dumb kids math class last night we were reminded that if you cross multiply fractions and they equal the same number, they will eventually reduce to the same number. Lets remember that this whole 'school' thing is terrifying to me, but I had to know, so I raised my hand.
"I'm sorry if this is stupid,but why does that work?"
She kind of looked at me for a second. "It's been proven. Somebody noticed a certain pattern and it's worked for everything since."
Which didn't answer my question at all, but actually cleared up my entire problem with math. (Ready for this? It's taken me 7 years.)
It doesn't ever matter Why It Works.
Three.
I called my parents yesterday morning and my father picked up the phone. He never picks up the phone. He has jury duty for the third time in 8 years. I think this is hilarious.
Less hilarious (not funny at all, actually) is that my mom isn't healing from her surgery. I'm a little nervous. It would be ridiculous if this ended up being the thing that finally overtook her non-existent immune system. Things are going to be fine, I'm sure, but if you're the praying or finger-crossing type....yeah. thanks.
Four.
Happy Birthday Alisha! You're the sexiest periodical librarian I know.
Posted by Sonya at January 14, 2003 09:10 AMThis is why we never learn math!
A proper teacher would have shown you how the proof worked, and you would have actually UNDERSTOOD.
It's when they wave their hands and essentially say "Oh just trust me!" that we end up feeling insecure ever after.
Phooey on them!
Posted by: Pascale Soleil at January 14, 2003 10:19 AMI don't pray, so much... but I do wish and hope with all my heart, and I find that squishing my face up like a prune helps. (I am sending your mom my squishiest pruneface.)
Posted by: freesia at January 14, 2003 10:56 AMKeeping your mom in my thoughts.
Incidentally, I'm all blueberry today.
Posted by: yukino at January 14, 2003 07:09 PM