I got a call from a friend around noon. She had just finished a job interview not far from my house, so I invited her out for lunch. We went to On The Border, which was DELICIOUS!!! We had a great meal together, and had an especially great waitress named Rashael.

Before I left for lunch, I remembered to throw my gym bag in the car. So after lunch I went straight to the gym, where I had a GREAT workout. I swam somewhere between 600 and 750 meters- I was praying, and too distracted to focus on counting. But I’m certainly not complaining because it was a GREAT workout- it just felt so good!

After I cleaned up from my workout, I relaxed for awhile and got some more work done. Sooooo relaxing!

We had dinner at Chick-Fil-A tonight. My mom’s school had a fundraising evening- they got 10% of the profits. Tasty.

I wonder what tomorrow will hold. This whole week has been so good. I look forward to seeing how the week ends!
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Today I was looking through some of my archives and I saw the photos of Sadie.  And I thought… she is just awfully cute.  Maybe I will dog-nap her and run away to one of the myrtle beach resorts.  We’ll run up and down the beach resorts myrtle beach, and I can spend the whole day enjoying her cuteness.

I mean, come on, if you want to say it then you should have the guts to stand behind your words, right?

Anyway, tonight I was sorting through my rss reader, and reading some old blogs.  I came across a blog that was set up by a family that used to go to my church (many many years ago!).  Now this family has always been a little off the deep end, if you know what I mean.  I knew them as a preteen, and as I’ve grown older I have realized all the flaws in their logic.  I think they would describe themselves as “very conservative”, but I believe that giving them that label disrespects conservatives, because they believe in soooo much flawed logic!

Back when they first started this blog (a year and a half ago, give or take), they would ALWAYS delete my comments because my email address and blog clearly identify my name.  I don’t try to hide it!  Once upon a time, I did the anonymous route, but I’ve learned it is more trouble than it is worth!  Anyway, this family was afraid that somehow, my name would cause sex offenders and serial killers to find them (this, regardless of the fact that we live in different states and don’t communicate except via facebook anymore).  Yea, total paranoia.

Well, they didn’t want me to comment, so I didn’t read their blog much.  Occasionally I may read a post but nothing regular.  I mean, if they don’t want me to comment, what’s the point?

Today, in reading through some old blogs and such, I came across their blog.  Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the most recent post was a diatribe against public schools and Barack Obama.  (It’s worth noting that they homeschool their children.)  Basically he said, since Obama has become president, he will be convincing every public school student to become a socialist, and every public school teacher will follow along with this plan because they’re all Obama-bots.

Look, I’m not a fan of Obama.  I didn’t vote for him and I don’t think he has done our nation any favors.  Is he trying to push his agenda in public schools?  Maybe, but I don’t really know enough about the issue to form an educated opinion.  But to call all public school teachers “Obama-bots” or to ridicule public school teachers is insulting.  Not everyone has the privilege of home-schooling their children like you- and quite frankly, I would count you among the people I’ve met who are homeschooling but probably shouldn’t be.  Teachers have a very hard job, perhaps one of the hardest jobs in existence.  To ridicule them is to ridicule the future.

Besides, you never know when you may need a teacher’s help.  Don’t burn those bridges!

So of course I commented anonymously.  I’ll update you on any response I may get.

It definitely got me to thinking.  There’s such a story in that, in the world of illegal organ trafficking.  It’s scary, in a way, because it’s real.  None of us know what tomorrow holds, and it’s always possible that something could happen tomorrow that would cause us to need an organ transplant or a bone graft or something like that.

Fiction always explores reality.

Then I got a call from a friend asking me to meet her for lunch. We ate at Minskys Pizza and I have to tell you, it was GREAT. There was a buffet and you know what, they had the BEST canadian bacon and pineapple pizza I’ve ever had. Yum!!

Before I left for lunch, I threw my gym bag in the car, and I’m glad I did. I stopped at the gym on the way home for an invigorating swim- and it was! It felt great and I felt great.

I renewed my library card, which felt great because I LOVE my library!

Then I picked up a cake at Price Chopper for the birthday of friend at church. The cake remained in the car while I ate dinner with my parents, then we took it to church and set up a table with the cake, forks, plates, and napkins.

Church was awesome, as usual. On Wednesday nights we gather and just pray. It’s a simple gathering but so beautiful, so nice to just rest in God’s presence.

Finally the day ended with cake and a celebration of another year lived well.

The only negative thing that happened today occured this evening, when I accidentally deleted all the saved passwords from my computer. But this wasn’t a crisis- I have all my passwords backed up in a secret “analog” file- i.e. not on a computer. It will be annoying to have to reenter passwords for the next few weeks, but that is such a mild nuisance that it certainly didn’t put a damper on my day.

I am so blessed.
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A West Highland White Terrier who was tied up momentarily outside a supermarket was mugged for his green wool coat.

Seriously, if you are literally stealing the coat off the back of a dog, you have reached a new low!

Today was a good day. Very relaxed! I ordered a cake this morning (for someone else’s celebration- can’t tell you until after tomorrow night!). Starting a day with cake is the perfect way to start a day!

Then, a few errands, lunch, a little work, and off to the gym! Yes, I managed to drag myself to the gym today! 500m in the pool, yay for me!

I discovered this evening that my library card expired. What a shock! I go to the library all the time so I was very surprised! But it’s not a total shock- it has been quite awhile since I renewed this card. I will straighten it out tomorrow.

Anyway… Tomorrow, I think, will be a good day. Life is good.
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