Awkward Physics

     I was sitting in physics lecture today minding my own business, drinking my water and listening to a lecture on Optics. I went to take a sip of water and when I went to lower my water bottle away from my mouth, out of NOWHERE it decided to slosh around and erupt like a water volcano out of the spout of the water bottle. Random droplets of water were everywhere: on my pants, on my shirt and somehow water even managed to find its way to my forehead. HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN!? So of course my friend that was sitting next to me asked "What just happened?" I just replied, "I don't even know. Life, man. That's what happened."
     Once I got past that, later in lecture, the professor was talking about focal distances and near points. Near points are basically how close you can see something before it becomes out of focus. The average near point is about 25 cm. Of course I had to see how close my eyes were to the norm, so I moved my thumb closer and farther away until I found the shortest distance my thumb could be until it was out of focus. The same friend looks over at me, sees what I am doing, and just chuckles. I quickly put my hand down and laugh at myself.
     Now that  I think about it, I probably looked a little ridiculous moving my hand in front of my face. Just imagine a lecture room with about 75 students (give or take), and a female on the right side of the room was moving her hand ever so intently back and forth as the professor was lecturing. Yep, That would be me. I can almost guarantee that I was not the only one though! I am on a roll  today and it is not even 2 PM yet.