Testable Question – Can Shari Follow a Schedule for 4 Weeks?

Hypothesis – No friggin’ way. 

Okay.  I am not the most organized person.  I have a nice planner that I barely use, but I just spent the last hour penciling the many activities, etc. that are coming up in the next month or so.  I will need to live by this thing if I am to get by.  This is difficult seeing that I don’t even own a watch because I dislike the control it wields over my life.

Here is a list of things I may or may not remember to go to….

Tomorrow – Violin Dress rehearsal 3:30 – 5:30

                       Violin Recital – 6:30 – 8:30  (and don’t forget a dozen cookies or cupcakes!)

Thursday – Science Club for Maya and Sophie 3:15-4:15

Saturday – Skating lessons 10:45-1:45

                    Piano Winter Festival 2:30-4:30

Monday – Piano lessons  6:00

Tuesday – Science Club for Sophie 3:15 – 4:15

Thursday – Science Club for Maya 3:15 -4:15

And interspersed in all of this is the busiest time of year for my job and Science Fair for the girls coming up on February 20th.  They have already begun their experiments.

Sophie is collecting data currently on who is most likely to wave at her when we pass them in our car on the freeway – men or women.  Women are some damned grumpy people.  Her hypothesis of “Men will wave more when I wave at them when we pass them in our car on the freeway” is being proven true with the data collected so far.  Ladies, please…for the love of all that is holy….wave at a kid now and then, will ya?

Maya is testing whether or not age affects the ability to identify smells.  The subjects are blindfolded, subjected to eight different smells, one at a time, and asked to identify them.  They are common things….vinegar, coffee, cinnamon, maple syrup, onion, peanut butter, and chocolate.  It is amazing how hard it is to identify things by smell when you can’t see them.  Some of the guesses have been fantastic.  “That smells like bunk!” was my favorite.

In looking back at the list of things, I see that they are really not that extensive.  I realize that many people have triple the activities listed above to shuttle their children to.  I have never been the type to over-schedule the girls.  Piano has really been our only extra-curricular activity, with the skating lessons being a small eight-week diversion.

I am glad.  Holy crap.  When does anyone have any time to screw off?