More About the Space/Time Continuum

I'm becoming, as my daughter can now attest, an expert in this field--at least on the subject of how it works--The space time continuum. I am of the educated opinion that those with ADD can better grasp the concept. The rest of you need to listen to us or just trust that we know what we're talking about.

Example One: The aforementioned memory card of 1,000 photos is now in my possession---or at least wherever my camera happens to be. The other memory card, the newer one, was given to my daughter for safe keeping until we should arrive home from Wally World where we ordered pictures from the Fuji kiosk rather than our usual Kodak kiosk. This choice is what would ultimately also cause a rift in the space/time continuum. However, to get into detail on that path would be it's own separate example of the S/TC but, as usual, I digress.

Back to the 1,000 photos memory card versus the newer one: The newer one has now evaporated into thin air from the inner sanctum of my daughter's jeans pocket. She has searched her pockets, purse, lair and hair. It is not to be found in this dimension. It is in the same world as my ATM card which I had replaced today during my lunch half-hour.

Robbin, the credit union lady was so nice and helpful. She said there had been a breach of security and that they had just sent out a letter asking me to come in and have it replaced for free anyway. The other good news was that no one had spent any of my hundreds of pennies using the card. Notice I didn't say "dollars." To quote Socrates: "I teach; therefore I do not keep dollars." The last transaction was over a week ago when I ordered Chinese takeout for my mother's house. Yet, I digress once again.

I have explained this phenomenon to my daughter, like this: As she sits at home and waits for the DirecTV tech to tack the dish back up on the roof after last Thursday's storm toppled it over, the two memory cards cannot exist in the same plane of existence simultaneously. Yes, the satellite dish is involved and that is why is it mentioned. Bear with me. This--the existence of the two memory cards in the same dimension-- will cause a rift in the space/time continuum. I know this because, my reason for purchasing the second memory card was not simply due to the older one having 1,000 photos on it, but because, at the time, the 1,000 photo memory card was in another dimension. The fact that when it showed itself, the new card appeared to evaporate proves theory and that I comprehend--not what makes it work--but that I do understand the rules for how it works. It's rather like understanding what certain HTML codes do but not why. You just know they do what they do, you live with it and all is right with the world.

It is the same principle as when your paper evaporates---the one for a school assignment or some special ed paperwork that is diligently started weeks in advance. This may occur a few days before it is to be submitted to a professor or supervisor. Inevitably, when this happens, one has to begin again and upon submission of a new paper, the old one returns in some outlandish place, such as the cat box or the refrigerator.

I will allow the above to be Example Two because that is how organized I am in my thinking about the entire process. Envy me.

I have also noticed another phenomenom concerning this S/TC process: It happens less frequently during and after a holiday and more so right before a holiday when one has been experiencing STATE TESTING, IEPs, special education paperwork deadlines and the like.

I am so looking forward to my spring break! But I digress.