Thinking Out Loud

Good Morning all,

Today and for the rest of the weekend the kids are visiting Lake Sommerville to spend time with Chris' Dad and Aunt Sandra. They left last night - happy, and excited. I managed to be the perfect mother calling out just the right number of, "did you remember to pack..., do you have enough..., what about the sunblock, don't forget to take the phone", all the while leaping and cartwheeling in my mind with sheer joy! Freedom! Weehoo!

So - I am sitting here at my desk - coffee cup to the left; Good Morning America to the right; three open tabs in the Explorer and faithful Mr. Frodo napping in his bed (three feet from my desk). Eve and Skyped our, "Good morning" greetings and I am ready to begin a day of paper writing, APA revisions to the Laerd website, ethnography transcription, and math homework. Wow, sounds like a lot, but really it's not as much as some days.

Most likely, I will not complete everything today, but that's okay...it'll wait. My thoughts wander to recent conversations about politics, religion, food, Ghost Adventures, and I am having fun recalling the funny and/or interesting interjections made by all the participants - including myself. This is how I clear my mind - get myself ready for the "work" that must be done.

Last night Eve and I discussed politics. A tricky conversation even for people who share similiar positions. We discussed, and listened to each other's opinions of the current state of affairs in this country we love. I made some remarks that would, most definitely, get me kicked out of a party post haste. I do not agree with most of our president's decisions for America, but I think everyone has lost a healthy perspective on the situation. People are saying that Barak will turn out to be our worst president EVER...I postulate that just like any other polarizing leader, he will be known to our children's children as a groundbreaker and brave leader who changed our country forever. Lincoln's presidency and platform brought Civil War and I imagine the people of that era thought he would go down in history as the worst president EVER. One hundred and twleve years later I would sit in Ms. Flysowki's Social Studies class and be honored to come from a place where people like Abraham Lincoln could stand against the masses and bring about change. Are you shocked? I am not surprised. I am not saying that Obama is Lincoln - I am saying that one hundred years from now - he will be taught about in classrooms.

Well, I suppose it's actually time to get to work and put aside all this self-indulgent rhetoric. I am hoping everyone spends a few minutes a day thinking out loud, laughing at themselves, and most importantly - getting outside the box! Later gators...