Hoping that your relatives might know something about chemical analysis and the physics of particle movement, you begin throwing around all manner of buzzwords. You even start throwing down some of the bio-medical compounds names which have way more numbers and letter than real nicknames that you’ve been trying to analyze recently. They should at least recognize what sort of research you’re doing these days. Much more complicated than before you started your research. You still weren’t sure if any of the words were really sticking. All you saw was your fathers blank stare while he sipped on a Coors Light.
What do you do?