Lunacy

oh fuck me.

remember when I wrote about the romantic bullshit that the girls' mother fed them about looking at the moon at 730 every single night??

and how dejected the girls are when they can't see the moon

well

I was worried about the fact that the days are getting longer
and
that when it rains - there are no clouds

but

ok

embarrassed now to admit this

I don't think I really realized that at this time of year -- you really can't see the moon at all during the night.

in fact

the next time the moon will be visible where I live at 730pm - -is going to be March 12th.

did you all know this?
am I the only one who is so unobservant that I didn't really notice that you don't see the moon at this time of  year all that much - that mostly it's out in the day -- or very low on the horizon?

in my defense -- I grew up in a mountain valley

we rarely saw the moon for very long anyway -

but wow

um

I was thinking that it would be hit and miss

but now - -I'm going to have to explain

somehow to the girls - that they're not going to see the moon at all
not because of the time change
but

because it's not there to see.

ok

so I'm counting on all of you sciencey people out there -- all of you brainiacs (and I know you exist)

how do you explain this to them
in a way they can understand
and that doesn't mean that their mom isn't looking back at them

perhaps I can just make it the "night sky?"

sigh

hate this

maybe Sir P has a brilliant solution.