Rebecca was feeling much better today, although she sneezed about a thousand times yesterday!  We gave Dayquil a try because NyQuil performed wondrously the night before.  Unfortunately, the poor child was MISERABLE and I was afraid to give her anything else because DayQuil has such a laundry list of drugs in it. 

This morning we went to Wal-Mart and picked up Benadryl and Zyrtec and Jolly Ranchers.  The Benadryl I chose because it works great for me, the Zyrtec because it worked wonders for her allergies several years ago, and the Jolly Ranchers because when in doubt, try hard candy for a cough.  The Zyrtec finally kicked in after about three hours, but the Jolly Ranchers were a hit with Rebecca's cough and her buddies at Robotics this afternoon. 

Yes, the girl made it to a meeting today--yay!!  It's a good thing, too, because no one else is so good at putting together the stinky "polluted water" experiment as yours truly.  I did them for the last competition and the honor was reserved for me once again, lucky me!  You see, each team has a table where they display their research and everybody has some sort of give away/handout type thingy for visitors who come to see their work.  Well, Coach Nichelle, our truly inspired leader, found simple experiments for each team to assemble and hand out.  These are extremely cool!

Fireball, Rebecca's team, has an experiment where you show how contaminants in water can make it into the air.  The only thing we have to assemble is the polluted water.  Coach Nichelle had a bottle of essential lavendar oil left over from soap making she and her children attempted several years ago for Christmas gifts (she is a fellow homeschooler, just so ya know) and decided that would be the perfect pollutant.  Well, all I got to say is that by about the 20th vial, that stuff is foul! 

I learned last time that 20 vials were all I could take before the onset of head pain.  I guess I'll never get into aromatherapy!  It only took five batches of 20 vials, but I got them filled, tagged, bagged, and boxed.

As to the burned grilled cheese, Elizabeth learned last night that it's better to cook when you're fully awake.  Please note the timecode!