Q & A

Why didn't I pay better attention in school? While I was busy passing notebooks in class and worrying if Darren Schumacher was still infatuated with me I could have been learning stuff. Important stuff. Stuff that my almost three year old daughter is stumping me on daily. She wants to know how the leaves turn color and why some trees are bare and others are not. She wants to know how long it takes to get to the moon in a rocket "chip". All I can say is that I haven't been. She wants to know why the moon makes different shapes and what it's made of...cheese right? It's a barrage of questions daily and her daycare isn't helping. They studied a praying mantis today and I'm bracing myself for the fallout of questions. What the hell do I know about praying mantises (is that even a word???)? Each day is a pop quiz with this kid...and I ain't earning any gold stars. I'm sorry Mrs. Olson, and all of my science and math teachers; my failure is not a reflection on your teaching abilities. Now off to invest in a set of encyclopedias.