one time, when I was 4 or so, I was in the restroom. I had recently figured out how many pieces of toilet paper I was to use when I go to the restroom. 4 pieces per go, 4 goes to go clean. So, I figured, why not think about this while I do it? so I thought, and I had assessed that 4 wipes and 4 pieces makes 16. this was my first introduction to math almost outside of addition and subtraction.

fast forward a few years, and my brothers, who were interested in planes, wanted to get this little game on their iPods. It was called Simpleplanes, and it was cool. They didn't let me build, but I saw them. I tried to think of some way to see this game more. So, I searched on YouTube for SimplePlanes. I found a few videos, and binged.

fast forward a little further, and I was understanding division of 2s and 4s way better than my other 6th grade friends. I wondered where my understanding came from, and was very confused. I was also trying to determine what in the world 1/16 was in decimal notation (0.0625). I went further.

fast forward. a little over half a year ago, I was sitting in my bed in Wisconsin, watching videos of FSX, where my dad now lives, and Simpleplanes comes up in my mind. "Hey, 'member that game, where you have those planes, and you can build em? What was it? Simpleplanes?" I went to the appstore. I found the app, and downloaded it. It was exactly like how I remembered it! But, there was something weird about this. There's a download planes button? what? I click, and it brings me to this site. I make an account, and start looking. I play, and I think, How might I make better planes.

Back to Youtube. I look up, "How to build a good plane in simpleplanes". they tell me I need to use Fuselage Blocks. I try them, and am surprisingly good. I never knew why, until now, when I put the pieces together (literally).

Today. I just a few minutes before writing this, realize how I was so good with the division of 2s and multiplying 5s. how I was great at making simple planes, and how I was amazing at manual fuselage scaling. It went all the way back to that fateful day, when I wasn't even in school, and I did my first multiplication problem.