Let’s say that you use a milk pitcher. Let’s say that that pitcher is empty and you need to refill it. Let’s say that you look in a refrigerator, and there are two gallon jugs of milk – one is half-full, the other is unopened. Which milk jug do you use to refill the milk pitcher?
If you are my kids, the answer is obvious – you use the full unopened one, of course! I was just flabbergasted when I opened the backup refrigerator and found two half-full jugs of milk. What the hell?! You’d think that you’d use up all of the opened container before you open another one, but not in my house. That just makes too much sense.
Reflections From The Wedding II
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Even though there are eight of us, the gender balance is uneven, with five male and three female. Thus, even though we had two rooms that could sleep four each, the sleeping arrangements reflected the gender unbalance, as the genders could not be mixed. In one room were 1, 2, and 3, and in the other room were 0 (me), 4, 5, 6, and 7. In the female room, 1 had her own bed and 2 and 3 shared. In the male room, 0, 5, and 7 shared one bed and 4 and 6 shared the other.
Now 7 doesn’t sleep well in strange places, so how he would react to not only sleeping in a strange place but also sharing a bed with two others was a mystery. A few observations. He kicks a lot. He snores. He takes up a lot of room. Like, most of the bed.
The first night, I awoke early in the morning. I looked around at my boys. I chuckled. In my bed, I was on the edge. 5 was on the other edge. 7 was sprawled out between us like he owned the place! The 43 year old had 1/6 of the bed. The 7 year old had 1/6 of the bed. The 1 year old had the remaining 2/3!
Something is wrong with this equation!
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