Waving the Flag

As, I am sure you are all asking,

"What, flag, exactly?"

The middle child flag.

Proudly.

If you have seen the 1st Home Alone movie,

now celebrating something like its 20th or 25th anniversary, if you need to feel old,

in the first 10 minutes the only thing the adults talk about is a.....

voltage adapter.

Question #2

"What, on earth, does a voltage adapter have to do with being a middle child?"

that is a fair question.

The miniature people in my house received the 4 volume set of Home Alone movies, recently,

yes, 4 (who knew)

& have been watching them on repeat,

the way children are apt to do.

so, we have been chatting, frequently about all things,

to include voltage adapters, what they do & why they are needed.

As a side note, my trusty old Lenovo Laptop, went to technology heaven today, after 10 lovely, & education filled years.

RIP dear friend.

Before you decide to rob us, it has been replaced with a tiny, space-aged looking micro book/tablet/thingie.

This futuristic artifact arrived with, wouldn't you know,

an adaptable charger.

How cool is that? You can change the prongs!

Which of course led us back to talking about voltage adapters.

Here was a real one.

A total nerdy/teaching moment.

We even pulled out the globe,

& talked about France- the Holiday destination from

Home Alone #1.

............................

Still.......the point?

As I am stirring the pasta sauce for tonight's gourmet meal,

I got to thinking.

My sister got to go to France, for a summer exchange program,

in high school.

Before she left, we scoured all of Kansas City for a voltage adapter.

Which, if I remember correctly ended up catching fire in Paris.

All things aside, No one ever offered to send me on a summer exchange.

Neither of the parents can remember why.

Though, 3 or 4 years ago, well into my 20's, I announced that I would like to go to California

for a Hippie Retreat,

& Mother insisted that if I did go, that I take a chaperone, & not travel by myself.