Why I’m Getting Gray Hair…
“Mom, I need some red cabbage.”
I am used to odd requests, so I don’t even look up from the computer, but try to sound interested to keep from hurting his feelings. “Why?”
“For my Science Fair Project.”
Immediately a little alarm goes off and I reluctantly take my eyes off the computer screen and look at my son. “Your Science Fair Project? When do you need to turn in a Science Fair Project?”
“Thursday. I told you about it.”
Er…no he didn’t. He’s just slipping that in there, hoping that I’ll think that he probably did tell me and I’ve been so deep into this book that I’ve just forgotten. However, I know that he hasn’t told me about the Science Fair Project because last year’s race to finish the SFP was a hellish nightmare I have yet to forget. To compound matters, my daughter has recently asked for lemons and I have a horrible suspicion that they aren’t for lemonade, as I’d orginally suspected, which means she probably has a SFP due on Thursday as well.
Oh, joy.
But then I remembered some magical words, words which would solve my problem and make it someone else’s….
“Tell your father.”
 
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February 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Hello, are you delusional? You are at home so I suspect that “honey” will take it that you can pick these items up in your spare time….
. Hope you have a beautiful Monday.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I break out in hives at the mere sight of the words Science Fair Project. It was beyond hellish.
Good luck with the cabbage and lemons.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I still remember the parents’ meeting the school had regarding science projects one year. “This,” they said, holding up an average-looking project board, “is not an acceptable project.” Looked okay to me. Actually, it looked pretty darned good for a fifth grader. “This, on the other hand,” they said, holding up a project board that looked like it emerged from the propulsion lab at NASA, “is a perfect science project.” Well yeah. It looked like someone with a Ph.D. had put it together. It was perfect.
So what they were telling us was to do the projects for our kids. Yeah, right. We helped, but it was THEIR project. However, one year #1 son did win at the school level and go on to the regional level. And it was the beginning of the computer age, so we did the projects on computer and I saved them so I could re-cycle them for #2 son.
Of course, they stopped the science fair program when #2 son got to that age.
Good luck with that red cabbage. Just what in the heck kind of science project do you do with red cabbage? Or lemons?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Sigh. I am so not looking forward to science projects. Although…I do have a built-in go to guy
DH is a pharmaceutical chemist.
Kira
February 26th, 2007 at 11:49 am
February 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Please tell me I have years before this starts…
Good thing I have a geek handy, huh?
February 26th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Ginger, my dh is pretty good about taking care of things when I’m on deadline. He may grumble about it, but I can usually count on him to step up to the plate.
Jen, it seems like I remember your last foray with Girl and her SFP.
Mariyn, I’m not entirely sure about the cabbage. It’s got something to do with making testing strips to check and see if ants produce some sort of acid when they are scared. I suspect at some point my son will be disturbing an ant hill. Fun.
The lemons are for citrus power–she’s supposed to light a light bulb with them. We shall see…
Kira, sounds like your girls are set when SFP time rolls around.
Kimberly, I think they start in the 6th grade, but I could be wrong. But I suspect that your geek will be all over the SFP with your baby, so you’ll be off the hook.
February 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I don’t look forward to Science projects. We had enough trouble with a cardboard car for AWANA this week. Of course we have known about it for months. Husband said he would take care of it. He did get a car plain cardboard car done Sat afternoon. So Sunday after church we yes all three of us had to do some decorating on it.
February 26th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
I am so glad I didn’t have to worry about that. HE HE… I was driving over the road when that came up so my DH had to deal all by himself.