Dad Entry #145

I spent about 24 hours with just Meg-Pie and my niece, E-Lo (Ellie Laurienzo). Both are seven years old. And female. Here's what I learned:
1. That annoying song - that I like now - is by Taylor Swift
2. Side ponytails are trending, and are a fashion tier above the regular variety
3. Little girls fart a lot, like way more than chili-lovers, teenage boys, frijole-fans, you name it. The demographics I formerly thought of as world-champion are likely shameful underachievers.

Birthdays come and go, organic material fossilizes, glaciers move, then melt, Donald Trump's hair would even crack or unravel! in the time it takes my children to tie their shoes. And that's only after they locate them. And after they discard them for another pair they suddenly favor (with obvious unawareness of the weather, or 'what goes with what' outfit-wise). And that is only after - the worst part - they untie the strongman-tightened triple-knotted rats-nested laces perfectly preserved from the previous wearing. Because it's possible - very easy, in fact - to just slip their shoes off and kick them aside when no longer needed. But putting them back on again takes millennia. Go figure. There is paradox and irony and metaphor here to chew on and twist for days. I'll have more time to think about it the next time M & m are putting on shoes.