The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics basically states that everything will fall apart in the end.

Most ideas in science are considered theoretical- so it must be pretty well proven for it to be considered an actual law. However, in case you still aren't sure, I offer further proof as to the validity of this law, below.

As it pertains to:

1. My Life
I saw an old friend at my sisters wedding; she is actually the mother of my sister's best friend. I always enjoyed her company because of her wit and her upfront, say-it-as-I-see-it manner. I havn't seen her in years- since before Juliette was born, in fact. She commented that she always thought that I would be the type of mother that was very much in control of things, that would have everything broken down into lists and schedules and that- get this- I would actually be able to follow these schedules. If anyone could do it, she said, it would be me. Thus, I tell you this now: I have not done it and, therefore, it cannot be done. Yes, it was a difficult lesson to learn, but as my high school physics teacher taught me: as hard as you try to keep things organized, it is the natural state of things to move towards disorder. Semi-controlled chaos is my way of life, now.

2. My Body.
Last week, both girls were in day care and I wasn't yet back at work. Ah, what to do with all that free time??? I had many ideas, but ended up spending a large amount of time on the hellish task of finding something to wear to my sister's rehearsal dinner. My post-pregnancy belly and breastfeeding chest made it hard for me to predict what size clothes to try; I have curves where none used to exist and the old curves have both expanded and redistributed themselves. Where once there was order (and muscle tone), there is now- well- much less. OK, I could actually start working out and thereby defy the laws of thermodynamics by restoring order to this body, but who am I to fight nature?