Cave Incognito

My Problem, Scientifically Analyzed Okay, I have a problem. Since the age of one year old, I've been, let's say, kind of absent-minded. Sometimes, okay? I tend to be a total klutz . 🙃 Let’s view this problem by solving it the science way. (Hey, I'm a ninth grader and a student of bio, so no judging. 🧬) 🔍 Step 1: Recognition of the Problem Am I a walking disaster on planet Earth? Observations? I can fill a book . 🧠 Observation 1: The Car That Wasn't Ours School was over and all the kids were crowding the exit gate — yelling, laughing, chatting, fighting, biting... whatever those kids do. I found Dad in the crowd and he handed me the car key. He told me he's gonna go and search for Matt and Mike while I go and unlock the car. Easy , right? I spotted the gray car and headed over to it, feeling — for some reason — awesome. Like I was radiating cool energy and stuff. 😎 In other words, I felt like I was the center of attention . I mean, even though I can be du...

 Let me just say it right out loud: friends are cool, sure. But family? Family is everything . Period. 💯 So the other day, I was outside with my siblings — you know, the whole squad. I'm the eldest (aka team captain 😎), then there’s my sister (12), my brother (10), and the youngest, who’s six and basically a walking teddy bear. 🧸 We decided to shoot some hoops because... why not? We're playing basketball in this chilled, totally non-serious way, when out of nowhere, these two girls walk up — one’s 18, and the other’s like 13.  They’d been watching us and finally asked if they could join. We were like, “Sure, let’s play buckets.” 🏀 (Which, if you don't know, is basically just throwing the ball and scoring. No rules.) It started getting a little boring with just buckets. So I was like, “Hey, why not make it a real match? Us four vs you two.” 💁‍♀️ Easy peasy. But then — they go, “We want to add one more player.” And I'm like, “Rude?” 😂 Enter: Xavier. They literally ...