Just before FHE this evening we were talking about Andrew's upcoming conference in Hawaii, a trip we had decided would be a solo one for him even before COVID-19, and which we're not even sure that Andrew will be making (so I'm feeling pretty good about not going to Hawaii with him at this point). Anyway, he thought the conference was a week sooner than it actually is so was thrilled today to learn that he didn't have to submit his paper by this Thursday. He had until next Thursday.
"So that's a week of my life back!" Andrew said, relieved.
"Your job is pretty boring," Benjamin surmised. "I want a more adventurous job."
"What?!" I said, getting a little offended for Andrew who is living the dream. "Remember how excited you are about your next math unit?"
"Yeah," Benjamin shrugged. "Because it's graphs!"
"That's what I do!" Andrew said, excited to bond with his boy over x-axes. "I make graphs and then I write about them!"
"WOW!" Benjamin said with genuine awe. "That is boring!"
And I just...
Let's take a moment to remember 2014 when ickle-PhD-student Andrew was taking his comprehensive exams and his sweet daughters greeted him with cards saying:
"Congratulations Daddy. I'm glad you are out of work"
and
"I'm so glad you passed the test, Dad. You defintly will be a person who works for the government!"
It's perfectly normal for kids to not have any sort of concept of what their parents do for a living, right?
"So that's a week of my life back!" Andrew said, relieved.
"Your job is pretty boring," Benjamin surmised. "I want a more adventurous job."
"What?!" I said, getting a little offended for Andrew who is living the dream. "Remember how excited you are about your next math unit?"
"Yeah," Benjamin shrugged. "Because it's graphs!"
"That's what I do!" Andrew said, excited to bond with his boy over x-axes. "I make graphs and then I write about them!"
"WOW!" Benjamin said with genuine awe. "That is boring!"
And I just...
Let's take a moment to remember 2014 when ickle-PhD-student Andrew was taking his comprehensive exams and his sweet daughters greeted him with cards saying:
"Congratulations Daddy. I'm glad you are out of work"
and
"I'm so glad you passed the test, Dad. You defintly will be a person who works for the government!"
It's perfectly normal for kids to not have any sort of concept of what their parents do for a living, right?
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