I Am the Reason My Mother Drinks
As you may have previously read, Cameron had a science project that we helped him to complete a couple of weeks ago. While the point was to further the knowledge base that Cameron will need to survive in the world, I found the behavioral observation to be quite entertaining.
It was the job of all of the adults that are in Cameron's regular life to help in this effort by getting drunk.
The entertainment factor came when Cameron tried to keep all of us on task as we became looser and looser. Because we were all supposed to monitor our own times to begin drinking, take our breathalizer tests and record our results, Cameron was left to make sure that everyone did just that.
At first, this was fairly simple. Cameron gave us our sheets to fill out after each time we took the breathalizer tests and we filled them out with gusto. Of course with more and more wine, this became more challenging and Cameron had to do more prompting to get the adults to comply. As some folks hold their liquor better than others, some required more prompting than others.
The first of the group to drop, was Cyndy (followed closely by James), however, before this could happen, she became very loquatious, as is her want. I guess it was time for her to blow into the meter, and Cameron was apparently having difficulty with focusing her on the task. From somwhere just to the side of me I could hear him becoming quite frustrated and turned around just in time to see him channel his inner Woody Allen and say to Cyndy, "Could you stop being drunk for just one minute and focus?!"
It would seem that Cameron was learning all kinds of things about intoxication that day.
Moral of the story- "Grasshopper, when you can hold back the ocean with a broom, you may leave", or "When your parents and their friends are getting drunk around you, give up and play Nintendo".
(This entry was started the day after Cameron's experiment. It was finished 6-24-07. No, it is not because of a very long hangover.)
It was the job of all of the adults that are in Cameron's regular life to help in this effort by getting drunk.
The entertainment factor came when Cameron tried to keep all of us on task as we became looser and looser. Because we were all supposed to monitor our own times to begin drinking, take our breathalizer tests and record our results, Cameron was left to make sure that everyone did just that.
At first, this was fairly simple. Cameron gave us our sheets to fill out after each time we took the breathalizer tests and we filled them out with gusto. Of course with more and more wine, this became more challenging and Cameron had to do more prompting to get the adults to comply. As some folks hold their liquor better than others, some required more prompting than others.
The first of the group to drop, was Cyndy (followed closely by James), however, before this could happen, she became very loquatious, as is her want. I guess it was time for her to blow into the meter, and Cameron was apparently having difficulty with focusing her on the task. From somwhere just to the side of me I could hear him becoming quite frustrated and turned around just in time to see him channel his inner Woody Allen and say to Cyndy, "Could you stop being drunk for just one minute and focus?!"
It would seem that Cameron was learning all kinds of things about intoxication that day.
Moral of the story- "Grasshopper, when you can hold back the ocean with a broom, you may leave", or "When your parents and their friends are getting drunk around you, give up and play Nintendo".
(This entry was started the day after Cameron's experiment. It was finished 6-24-07. No, it is not because of a very long hangover.)
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