I suppose with such a huge word in the title of this blog I should define that word so we are all on the same page. A hypochondriac is a person who is abnormally anxious about their health. I’ve been aware of my hypochondriac tendencies since I was a small child. I’m so old I lived through the polio epidemic of the 1950’s. In fact, I can still remember the fear I felt when an elementary student in our school…..
A couple weeks ago I received a frantic call from a science teacher who was in need of a science fair judge. It seems his normal judges were members of the Department of Natural Resources and when the science fair was accidently scheduled on Martin Luther King’s Day a national holiday that meant his normal judges would be enjoying a day off from work. Since I am a retired biology teacher I am on many science fair organizers ‘speed dial’…..