I like to complain about the engineers in my life, but today I had an experience that reminded me why I love them.  You see, during the summer months I work as a daycare teacher.  There are about 12 kids, depending on the day, ranging from 5-12 years old.  Most of the kids in my class are the children of the other teachers at the school who need daycare for their children who are off school.  We have lots of fun while I trick them into doing lots of language arts, math, science, social studies, and all sorts of art and music.

In any case, today one of my co-workers brought her daughter lunch today, and as the daughter opened it I here a loud squeal and "Look Miss Kristina, Mom packed me blue juice!"

It was one of those plastic, individually wrapped juices.  You know the ones that sort of look like a pale white rocket filled with strange blue rocket fuel?  Yuck.  I made a face.  This is our game, this little person and I.  She shows me all the gross processed food she eats, and I make a face and share my fruits and veggies with her.  Perhaps someday she will not die of a heart attack because of the apricot I made her try, but I suppose we will never know.  Back to the story.

Her mother and I are great friends, but when she looked at me and said slightly defensively, "You know, I felt a little bad about getting those sugar water things for them, but I looked at all the juices, and they're all just sugar water!" I didn't know what to say.  As if I didn't know.  Yes, they are all sugar water.  You can reduce the amount of sugar, by drinking, wait for it, water.  Just like the ladies taught us last summer at that healthy drinking event she scheduled.

This is why I must stay with engineers.  Their logic will make up for their quirkiness.  I hope they never abandon me.