Finished the paper. I just sent it to Steve and asked him if he could proof it, please. Yeah, that would be great. [Channeling the voice of the boss from Office Space.]

This afternoon with my head still on the paper, I took a break to feed Jonah. I explained why I’ve been ignoring him all week and giving him carte blanche on the Game Cube. I told him I am writing a paper for a conference in Chicago next week. I’m going to meet with all the other professors. We’re going to get all dressesd up. I’m going to get on a stage and read my paper with a microphone and then they are going to raise their hands and tell me how their dissertations relate to my paper.

Jonah is not sure what he thinks about this conference except that he
hopes they happen more often so that he can have more time on the Game Cube.

Steve just tells the kids he’s a banker, because his job is rather confusing. I don’t have a firm grip on what he does, and when he starts using words like "flex deals" and "the repo documentation," I’m completely befuddled.

I actually had the hardest time explaining to the kids, and well everyone else, what my job was when I was a stay at home parent without the professor bit, too.

Question of the Day: How do you describe your job to kids?