Days like this are just fun!

Wow! You never know how a day is going to go when you wake up in the morning. I mean, really!

It started quiet enough. Our usual morning routine. Jesse volunteering, while Chloe and I ran a couple of errands. Lunch at home (much to Chloe's dismay), then some cleaning. Okay, the cleaning was not really cleaning but organizing. Our closet is now reorganized. Woohoo! The plants have all been moved and their old table is now in our bedroom.

We had a visitor today. We don't get them often, but this was my favorite Jehovah Witness. She always cracks me up and we have such a good talk. Today's talk was brief because it was cold and windy out. She never comes in, but always makes sure I have something to read. And yes, I do read all of her pamphlets...in case you were wondering.

Tonight was also another rehearsal for Chloe. Which reminds me, that people are funny. Now, the girls have not done a play in Columbia since last January, so there are quite a few "new" people who have never seen us there before. I was trying to sign-up to volunteer and the nice lady at the table was trying to con me. (First of all, never con a con. It doesn't work.) "Oh," she said, "I heard the Green Room is the funnest job". Yes, "funnest". Um. Yeah, lady, sure it is that is why the third Green Room person is now called "Green Room Bouncer". Tell it to someone else I'm not buying today. :)

I have to tell you a story. I'm being stalked. No, really. When I say the name, some of you will roll your eyes and be in total belief. Alex. Yes, he is stalking me. I'm not kidding. You see it happened three weeks ago. Master Mike has a new class on Mon/Wed nights at another rec center. Alex is now teaching there. Three weeks ago, I was at B&N while Chloe was at rehearsal. He just happen to come in and saw me. He has been there now every week for three weeks after class. Tonight, however, things went a little different.

Rather than sitting in the café, my friend and I went to the kids book section to watch her baby so her oldest could make a few phone calls. I was hoping this way I could avoid Alex. Well, it worked...up until we left. I'll skip some of the slap stick comedy once I saw Alex. What happened in the end was we were all running toward the door, when I saw Alex inside the mall on the other side of the glass wall we were all running down. I laughed so hard I almost cried. He turned around to come back to the door to speak. I cannot wait for this show to be over. lol

John was busy tonight too. While we were out, he went to Lowe's to buy the wood for the swings. He is hoping to get it built before the weekend, but I'm not sure how since I won't be here to help hold the wood. However, once he gets something in his head, he usually does it. :)

A lot on my mind...

more than usual it seems.

I've been thinking a lot lately about different kinds of things. One is remembering why we chose to homeschool in the first place. I've been tired lately and sometimes I must remind myself that I will only make these sacrifices for a few years then our girls will set off on a journey of their choosing.

I've been thinking a lot about family. What does "family" mean to me? I don't think of "family" as just those who happen to have the same bloodline. I feel a very strong bond to those who are not bound to us by blood, but have included us as part of their family; and they are certainly a part of ours. I have recently found my "little brother" on Facebook, which has led me more recently to his mom. Who I claim, and have for quite a while, to be my "second" mom. A lady whose poise and quiet nature always amazed me in a classroom full of nitwits! Well, not full but those few do stand out in a room of less than twenty.

Religion has been on my mind a lot lately too. Maybe Jesse's history studies have been playing in my head or life as it is right now. I am, brace yourselves, atheist. I am. I have been for quite a while. It took me a long to realize it. I mean after all I grew up in southern Baptist church getting yelled at the minister every Sunday until I was a teenager. But somewhere along the way, I found myself. Most readers of this will choose to believe I "lost" myself, but that would not be correct. I spent many years being what other people around me thought I should be even though it wasn't me. Now, today, I can see who I am and I have to say I am proud of who I am. I am a strong person, both mentally and physically. I have depth. I can see in people who they are, usually before they say anything. (I am not always right, but mostly.) I am accepting of others who are not like me. I mean really why would I want everyone to be like me...what would we have to discuss. Some of my closest friends are...dare I say...Republican. Deep breath! lol And no I am not a Democrat either. On that matter too I show and Independent thought.

Back to religion. I wish, and believe me this is hard for humans, everyone could be accepting of people's religious views. There are so many views going back so many years and they have changed so much over time. People seem to be in the mind set that what they believe is the only thing to believe. When really it is the only way for that person. That individual could not imagine believing anything else, and can not understand what is wrong with the rest of the world and tries to convert everyone. Something I find ridiculous, annoying and quite frankly disrespectful. Believing that anything you could say in a brief conversation could change a person's religious viewpoint on the spot is arrogant. I beg you to stop trying. If a person is going to change it will only come from within. Here is one I love! I personally get this one a lot. People who constantly tell me they were put in my life to show me the way. Really? Maybe I was put in your life to show you another way! Now, we are even. And by the way, stop that! Religions are delicate and fragile, yet create the strongest emotions possible in people. People protect their religions like they would protect a child, so be gentle.

I have a lot more on my mind, like why does laundry never seem to end even after you finish it. Why is it the neighbor's dogs prefer to poop in your yard? Where do all the pumpkins go after Halloween? Why do sweet things have to be so incredibly bad for you? Why can't lunch fix itself? And of course, where did the extra sock come from in the laundry? My mind seems to have, well, a mind of its own lately. If I have upset you, I apologize that was certainly not my intent. My intent was to clear my mind on my blog. If you have more thoughts, please feel free to clear your mind on your blog.

Note: I wrote this the morning of Nov. 5th. I didn't post it because I wanted to "sit on it" a bit. We had school in the afternoon so the TV was off. I did not hear about Fort Hood until I arrived at TaeKwonDo and Master Mike told me. This morning I listened to GMA as they discussed the Major being harassed because of his religion. I also heard he had been reprimanded for pushing his religion. Religion is not a two-way street...it is each person's own private road.