Scientific progress goes boom

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | Uncategorized

Two years ago Anna got to come to Bring Your Child to Work Day. She doesn’t get to do that anymore because of one crochety higher-up, but the sole year made an impact. She wants to be a chemist “like Mommy” when she grows up. I told her not to limit herself, but I think it’s cute. I can’t help encouraging her interest in science, so last night we attended the annual Faraday Lecture. Lots of things blew up. Anna was delighted. Claire got bored, but I expected as much. Claire wants to be a firefighter.

I attended the lecture three years ago by myself, I checked to make sure it was the 19th lecture back in 2006. I could have sworn I was knitting on the Alpine scarf while waiting for the show to begin. I remember it so clearly, the fine blue yarn getting briefly tangled in the zipper of my purse, the feeling of absolute geekdom of knitting lace while waiting for a chemistry lecture. This blog tells me I didn’t start the scarf until 2007, roughly in April. My brain has become autonomous and is making up its own history.

Claire fell asleep on the way home but when I put her to bed she drowsily insisted on a bed snack. I knew she wouldn’t stay awake long enough to eat so much as a cracker, so I promised I’d bring her something. She was back in dreamland by the time I returned from the kitchen, so I put the cup of dry cereal beside her bed and let her sleep. This morning the first words out of her mouth were, “You left me a bedsnack! I love it! Thanks Mommy!” Behold, I have invented the bedsnack fairy!

1 Comment to Scientific progress goes boom

Steve
November 18, 2009

Now if only the bedsnack fairy left butter and turkey sandwiches, then Claire would complain that only one of the slices of bread was buttered.

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