Adventures in Space

There is a reason that God created both the long-term and short-term memory.  That reason is so that we don't become shut-ins because we cannot shake the memory of the last time we took our children out in public.  There may also be a subconscious reason that we don't go out in public unless we're out of town.

While visiting the Space Needle over the holiday weekend it became necessary to employ the following request.

"Please stop molesting the infrastructure," I instructed Ethan, who was positioned, quite unflatteringly, over a cross-beam sticking up out of the floor.  Let's just leave it at that.

This was the point in our visit, when my wife turned to me and said,

"Not only is that not the first time you have said that to Ethan, but you really need to simplify."

That was a very polite way of saying, "talk to that 9-year-old like he's nine...not like he's you."

"Like this," she said, turning to Logan.  "Stop poking that lady's butt!"  The commandment coming after the third prodding but before parachutes were issued and we were unceremoniously dropped over the edge.

- 26 May 2012