CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/05/nasa-grail-moon-probes_n_949485.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
I’ve had robotic twins chasing one another around for years. They know nothing about lunar gravity, but they sure know how to press each other’s buttons. And NASA, I’ll rent them to you cheap! They’ll do anything to start a bickering contest. We don’t even have to leave our familiar Earth, just get in the minivan and before we are backed out of the garage, it starts.
I know that I have most likely yelled out in my sleep or who knows, maybe even in Target, “Knock It Off!! and “Cut It Out!” But it’s always the same response I get from the wranglers, “But Mom, I didn’t do anything!”And you know the rest of the story.
I wish I had known about this mission, being an amateur astronomer and all that, I’m just sayin’, I could have maybe made a deal with NASA. The journey should take about four months, that should give Mommies In Orbit that much needed vacation ALONE, maybe even to the desert.
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Do I really have to send my kids to the moon for some peace and quiet? Apparently so! It’s been a long hot summer and a long single parent Labor Day weekend. At what age is it again that kids hibernate in their rooms wired up to every possible affordable device? Cause I’m sooo looking forward to it. When will they stop the clamoring for Mom’s attention and need me less? When do they leave the nest?
Really, parenting in midlife is an insane journey. I’ve talked to Moms who tell me it’s hard having wranglers when you’re younger too. What’s the answer, boarding school, sounds reasonable to me. Would I miss them? Hmmmm, maybe I’ll have an answer for you next time.
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