Box of Worms

Patch had a dream last night a little after midnight; a nightmare that she was being chased by a ghost. The wife got out of bed and attended to that. I rolled over and fell into deep REM sleep.

Had many dreams, but one struck me in particular, enough so that I remembered it this morning and told all the girls about it.

Me and Little One belonged to the Science Experiment of the Month Club. One month we worked (in my little workshop – imagine that! – must be a holdover of my Mr. Fixit moment yesterday!) on a Chemistry Experiment of the Month, one month we worked on a Electricity Experiment of the Month. There were other experiments, too, just not as vividly set in my post-dream mind though.

What was the take-away from the dream was this: in every single Experiment of the Month, there was a box of worms! No matter what the month’s theme was, the company shipped me and Little One a box of worms! I remember reading the instructions, month after month, and realizing that this box of worms had nothing to do with the experiment. It baffled us completely what we were supposed to do with our box of worms.

Well, the ladies all had a good chuckle at the breakfast table this morning about that. My wife thought that was an excellent business opportunity – the Science Experiment of the Month! Get on it, she said.

Well, I don’t know about the economic feasibility of such a club, but my most perplexing business decision is –

Do I include the box of worms as a Free Starter Gift, or do I try to figure out what the heck is supposed to be done with them month after month after month?