It’s February and I’ve learned that that means Science Fair! But as a parent of a kindergartener, I am less than excited about “conducting a science experiment” with a 5 year old. Really, we’re only just getting over all those science experiments from a couple of years ago. Experiments done by my child alone, like what a combination of sprinkles and food coloring looks like on the kitchen counter at 4am.
Plus, I am not really the science-y type. The only experiment I’ve conducted in the past decade has been to see how long my armpit hair will grow from November to March (pretty long, in case you’re wondering).
The hubs, however, is the real scientist with a real science degree. We even have a current experiment going on right now!
This is our French dutch oven (is that right? French Dutch? I’m probably insulting them both.). See?
It may look like a dutch oven, but really today, and for the past few weeks, it is an extra large petri dish.
Just from the photo, you might notice something odd about it. It is on the deck. It is covered.
What started as dinner by the hubs has evolved into the white elephant in the middle of the room on the deck. Maybe it’s our own Super Size Me type study except I have no idea when it started and don’t have an intern to deal with innards.
Why is it on the deck? Does it smell? No. Sometimes, we’re so white trash we store our food on the deck, well, mostly beer our fridge is too full and the leftovers so huge, we put it on the deck for the night. In winter. Never summer unless no one is visiting.
And so far, this generation of raccoons has not figured out how to open the thing. Ultimately, that might become the experiment: how long will it take a raccoon to open it?
Can you guess what is inside? I’m too scared to open it. I might need one of those nuclear reactor suits to even peek in that thing.
If you don’t hear from me again, it’s because I went in with no backup.
Are you conducting any experiments? Officially or otherwise?
[In case you're wondering, the hubs and I have not discussed this pot at all. No one has nagged, no one has inferred. It's like that rule whoever sees the dog poop has to pick it up, so I see nothing. La, la, la....]
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