True, Aaron observed, her hair was a wild mess and he could see the sandman’s imprint around her eyes. Jane stuck her face in the machine right next to the microwave. Ten seconds later, she emerged – beautiful and all made up.
Just in time to answer the videophone. It was Judy, calling from college. She still wore that blonde ponytail after all these years. “Hi, Mom!” Judy said. “Are you and Daddy coming for Homecoming weekend? I want you to meet Richard, my boyfriend.”
“Now Judy,” Jane said into the videophone, “you know how your father feels about those boys you date in college.”
“This one’s different. He’s from Venus. All the other ones were from Mars,” she said. “And his parents have a summer home on the Moon.”
Just then Elroy and Astro came into the kitchen. “Mom, Astro tripped Daddy and he fell.”
Aaron wished he hadn’t taken the time machine into a cartoon. They solved their problems way too fast – always in less than thirty minutes.
“Jane, that dog has got to go!” George said from the other room. He came limping in.
“Oh, George, are you all right?”
“Sorry, Rorge!”
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