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Mar. 27th, 2013 08:00 amWords cannot express how excited I am to get home to my boys this afternoon. I really, honestly can’t wait. It has been so nice to have Nana at the house keeping the boys. Getting home every day and seeing their excited faces makes my heart swell. It’s also been fantastic to be on top of dishes and laundry. So. Awesome. It makes me sad sad that she’s leaving today. The kids are really going to miss her, too. While the thought of her moving in with us indefinitely gives me hives on some level, it also makes me wonder how much MORE we could do with another adult around the house!
I’ve been pretty emotional about the Supreme Court cases, especially after watching my facebook go red yesterday. Even one of my cousins changed her profile picture and she’s not one that I would think would do that… so, heart warmed. But then *another* cousin on my mom’s side who is studying to be an evangelical pastor posted a status saying that he would “Gladly go to jail for refusing to marry a gay couple because one needs to stand on the principals of the Bible.” I somehow read all the comments from his divinity school cronies and didn’t unfriend him immediately. But I might, now. I really, really try to make it a practice to not get offended by that religious bent of (what I perceive to be) hate speech, but I hesitate to unfriend anyone over it because *I* want to be the bigger person about it, you know? I have a perfectly normal, loving family and he and I are related. I think he needs to see some of my life in his daily life… if he’s even looking at all at his lesbian cousin. Meh. I don’t know. I’m wandering all over the place today, right?
My run yesterday was a success. Best distance, best endurance and best challenge I’ve felt since I started. It was blowing snow, squalling and sunshining at the same time. Warm sun on my back, really really cold wind and stinging snowflakes to the face. I saw a fat, bright yellow bird. A huge flock of robins. Some blue birds and finches. And a huge peregrine falcon that looked like it was hunting finches and sparrows! The river was raucous and rising thanks to the snowbroth.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/27-delightful-obsolete-words-its-high-time-we-revived Randomly wonderful link. I think my favorite word out of the list is Apricity – The sun’s warmth on a cold winter day. The weather related ones are just beautiful.
I’m excited for Easter this weekend. It’s interesting to talk Easter Traditions now that the boys are getting a tad older. Nicole and I are from polar opposites on the spectrum – she comes from an extremely secular background and my experiences with Easter were basically spending all of Holy Week at church working/singing/worshipping. I had a small Easter basket and it had a few treats in it, we did egg hunts and dyed eggs and stuff, but the focus was mainly church. Nicole’s Easter experience was more of the huge basket full of goodies and presents, her mother leaving baby powder bunny prints all through the house/yard and festivities. I’d like to think we are meeting somewhere in the middle, but church isn’t a factor – my chagrin, Nicole’s habit. Maybe one day.
I miss being a part of a church family the most around this time of year. It is a beautiful time and a reminder of newness and spring cleaning your heart and mind. Luckily, I can still do that!
Life seems to be slowing down at work in a few ways. I am grateful for the pace change. I am also grateful for the grace I’ve allowed myself to make some mistakes, take some time for me, and to try to force worry from the dark crannies and shoo it out and away. I would say that the stress of the last two months has been such a teacher for me in many, many ways.
I’ve been pretty emotional about the Supreme Court cases, especially after watching my facebook go red yesterday. Even one of my cousins changed her profile picture and she’s not one that I would think would do that… so, heart warmed. But then *another* cousin on my mom’s side who is studying to be an evangelical pastor posted a status saying that he would “Gladly go to jail for refusing to marry a gay couple because one needs to stand on the principals of the Bible.” I somehow read all the comments from his divinity school cronies and didn’t unfriend him immediately. But I might, now. I really, really try to make it a practice to not get offended by that religious bent of (what I perceive to be) hate speech, but I hesitate to unfriend anyone over it because *I* want to be the bigger person about it, you know? I have a perfectly normal, loving family and he and I are related. I think he needs to see some of my life in his daily life… if he’s even looking at all at his lesbian cousin. Meh. I don’t know. I’m wandering all over the place today, right?
My run yesterday was a success. Best distance, best endurance and best challenge I’ve felt since I started. It was blowing snow, squalling and sunshining at the same time. Warm sun on my back, really really cold wind and stinging snowflakes to the face. I saw a fat, bright yellow bird. A huge flock of robins. Some blue birds and finches. And a huge peregrine falcon that looked like it was hunting finches and sparrows! The river was raucous and rising thanks to the snowbroth.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/27-delightful-obsolete-words-its-high-time-we-revived Randomly wonderful link. I think my favorite word out of the list is Apricity – The sun’s warmth on a cold winter day. The weather related ones are just beautiful.
I’m excited for Easter this weekend. It’s interesting to talk Easter Traditions now that the boys are getting a tad older. Nicole and I are from polar opposites on the spectrum – she comes from an extremely secular background and my experiences with Easter were basically spending all of Holy Week at church working/singing/worshipping. I had a small Easter basket and it had a few treats in it, we did egg hunts and dyed eggs and stuff, but the focus was mainly church. Nicole’s Easter experience was more of the huge basket full of goodies and presents, her mother leaving baby powder bunny prints all through the house/yard and festivities. I’d like to think we are meeting somewhere in the middle, but church isn’t a factor – my chagrin, Nicole’s habit. Maybe one day.
I miss being a part of a church family the most around this time of year. It is a beautiful time and a reminder of newness and spring cleaning your heart and mind. Luckily, I can still do that!
Life seems to be slowing down at work in a few ways. I am grateful for the pace change. I am also grateful for the grace I’ve allowed myself to make some mistakes, take some time for me, and to try to force worry from the dark crannies and shoo it out and away. I would say that the stress of the last two months has been such a teacher for me in many, many ways.
