Alexa and I talked about a real-life example of exponential growth. It is actually a comical situation. I am having problems with mildew in the shower grout of one of my bathrooms. I had to explain to Alexa what grout is. This past weekend, I had a relative visiting from out of town. She knew of my "grout battles", and had commented on the problem when she visited a few months ago. On Saturday, she happened to notice the shower tiles again. She told me, "Tori, the grout looks EXPONENTIALLY worse." Great! So, I told Alexa this story, because I think it is comical that someone used a math term to describe my growing issue of mildew in my grout! I drew an exponential graph for Alexa, and reminded her that exponential growth is slow at first, but then steadily and often quickly rises. I joked that I better get my mildewy grout fixed soon, or else my entire bathroom, and maybe even house, would be covered with mold and mildew!