“Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.”- Seth Lloyd

Just in case you’ve forgotten the second law of thermodynamics, here it is courtesy of Wikipedia :

The second law of thermodynamics is an expression of the tendency that over time, differences in temperature, pressure, and chemical potential equilibrate in an isolated physical system. From the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the law deduced the principle of the increase of entropy and explains the phenomenon of irreversibility in nature.

It involves other stuff as well including Kelvin and Clausius and stuff that looks like this:

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In case that didn’t make things clear we can look to Woody Allen for help –  “It’s the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Sooner or later everything turns to shit.”

That my friends was how my day went. It started beautifully, with waffles, well behaved children, a clean house and great swimming lessons….. then the second law of thermodynamics hit.

-air went out of tires

-Clara puked

-the house was no longer neat and clean

-things were forgotten

-the computer malfunctioned just exactly when I really needed to put in a DVD for Ivy

-staples could only be found for the hand staple gun while the electric staple gun was the only staple gun seeming to still be in existence

-clippers were dull

-children snuck bubble mix into their beds at nap time

-math functions failed miserably

-building supplies were short

-straw bales fell apart

-stuff broke

-diapers went from clean to dirty

-laundry piled higher

-Clara screamed, and screamed and screamed

and the day was no longer beautiful.

Fortunately by that point there wasn’t much “day” left anymore and we spent a lovely evening with some new friends while watching the entropy attack their house.

Now we have returned home, energy has been spent to attempt to reclaim some of what went awry, plans have been made for tomorrow and I have quit for the day.

Taxes don’t seem to be going anywhere, death is inevitable and one can only do so much against a thermodynamic law, I’m giving up the fight until tomorrow!

*note: The author of this blog realizes that not all of the above items are technically functions of the second thermodynamic law. Some are functions of other laws such as; the law of the kids will be the worst when you need them to be the best, the law of never give Clara anything with dairy in it even on accident, the law of Jessie can’t divide, and most importantly the law of projects with kids never go as planned.