I'm supposed to work on my Science Fair project this week, and my assigned area is geology, the study of rocks and minerals. Mr. Reynolds gave me some tools for collecting rocks today, a little hammer that he called a geologic hammer and a pair of goggles. The hammer is square on one side and has a small chisel for chipping away at rock on the other side. He is a fanatic about wearing safety goggles too. It is kind of neat though, the way he put a notebook and pencil in my backpack, to record the place and location and date of my finds.
Real scientists do that.
I can't believe we have been at the beach for five days. It is going fast, too fast. Mr. Reynolds and my mom were holding hands on the porch swing when I left. First, it made me feel bad, then my mom laughed and smiled and she looked real pretty. She cried all the time after my dad died, so I guess I like the fact that she is laughing again.