full-fledged pidgin

jen issued her first rule about the baby today.
she looked across the dinner table at me
very seriously
I was talking about language acquisition and babies
and experiments
she had this flash of recognition and said
“no electrodes on the baby!”, and started wagging her finger at me.

I laughed nervously, waiting for the grin.

Jen, not laughing, repeated “none!”
She was dead serious.
I’m not sure if I’m more disturbed by the fact that she was seriously worried that I would put electrodes on our precious baby or that her rule slightly changes my plans for the first three months.

I’m not sure how else I’m supposed to get ERP data.