Hump Day

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I knew I shouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning. You remember when I said that I wanted to get a lot of stuff done today at work? Well, it wasn't meant to be. My eldest woke up with a bit of a stomach ache this morning, but after a while, INSISTED that she felt good enough to go to school. I should have listened to my gut. Let me just give you a little history about this one. She has always (well, for the most part) loved school. This year is no exception. Even though she has a lot more work, she is having a great time. The teacher she has is abolutely wonderful, but then again, all of the other ones have been that way as well. It is difficult to tell when she is sick because: 1. She is a tough cookie, and 2. She loves school. Getting her to tell you that she is sick is like pulling teeth out of a newborn. But I digress. Where were we? Oh yes, my gut (and no, I'm not talking about the size of it thanks, that's for another post!) At about 10:30 the administrator of her school called me and told me that she was sick. I look at my calendar, made a few phone calls to cancel some meetings, and went in and told my supervisor. I'm fortunate that my supervisor is an understanding sort when that kind of thing happens. It makes it a lot easier.

The problem is this. I feel as though I'm being pulled in two different directions. I was brought up with a strong work ethic so it bothers me that I have to take the time off. Part of me feels very guilty, as if I'm not doing my job. The other part known as Mom, does not. Don't get me wrong. Before I get slammed here, I do know my priorities. To me, my family comes first. When my child is sick, she comes first, above all else. Period. End of discussion. But....

This whole sniper thing in Maryland really bothers me. Who would do such a thing? There are rumors of it being terrorist related. They also talk about the possibility of more than one person being involved. My heart goes out to the family of the victims. I feel deeply for the man who was with his wife at Home Depot when she was killed. I can't begin to fathom the horror this man must have went through. Imagine, not feeling safe enough to go to the store or to fill up your tank at the local gas station. Who in God's name is doing this? I really don't think the authorities have a clue but they are really putting forth the effort.

Update

Since the tragedies of September 11th, there seems to be more of this type of thing going on. Granted, not on the same scale but they are happening just the same. There also seems to be a lot of overreaction to certain situations as well. I think that is understandable, but we really need to be careful not to go overboard. That overreaction even extends to the schools to a certain extent. My neighbors 8 year old son is very creative. He is constantly drawing. A couple of months ago, he drew a picture of a woman, and then beside the woman, a gun, and beside that a dog, with a car in the background. The teacher confiscated the picture and he was escorted to the principal's office. The long and the short of it is, he was expelled for potential terrorist activity. I'm still trying to figure that one out. He was basically drawing cartoons like he normally does, but they were trying to say that he was thinking of killing his teacher. Can someone explain that to me? And how did they tie that to terrorist activity? If they were to take a look at some of his other drawing, Lord knows WHAT they would find there. He has an active imagination. He is only 8 years old for heavens sake and has never been in trouble. If you read his report cards, the teachers always say how well behaved he is. He is always telling us how much he loves his teachers. Go figure.

We got into a discussion this morning about the death penalty first thing this morning while we were waiting for all the players to arrive for our early morning weekly status meeting. I'm not sure how it started, but I can say I was NOT in the majority. I am not, nor have I ever been, a proponent of the death penalty. It doesn't stem so much from being brought up as a Christian (thou shalt not kill) but more of wondering just what is that going to solve? Will killing this person bring the victim back? What about the survivors? By survivors, I mean, the relatives of the person who did the crime. Why are we punishing them as well? It got kind of heated at that point and I think I'm thankful everyone arrived before I go slapped up-side the head. :) Granted, I may very well change my tune if one of my loved one's is a victim....nuff said.

As my little one was sleeping off the virus that seemed to have taken over her body, I was surfing some of my favorite sites. I have a few "journals" that I try to visit on a regular basis. One of them mentioned homosexuality. The writer (sorry J) mentioned that it was his opinion that homosexuality was immoral (let me preface this by saying he had quite a bit more to say about it than what I am referring to, and I agreed with him on the rest) Now, I realize the views on homosexuality from a Christian stand point. This has been a difficult issue for me to deal with. It is my personal belief that it isn't a choice. We don't wake up one morning and say "gee, I think I'll be gay." Well, yes, I'm sure that does happen on a small scale with people who are exploring their sexuality or trying to define who they are. To me, as long as they don't enforce their beliefs on me, and vice versa, I've got no problem with it. I'm not sure I see where they are hurting anyone or doing anything wrong. Nuff said....

That's about it for today. Take care all and ciao4now!

Moo

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