blogging before coffe

I don't feel so good this morning. My back hurts... straight thru to my front... My initial thought was "sleeping on an air mattress has caught up with me"... but then I realized the pain was radiating from the middle of my back on the left side (at the base of my shoulder blade) around to the front... which seems like a muscle pull? Maybe? I'm trying to remember what my doctor in Jacksonville said about pain that worsens when you breathe or move... I think that has to be muscle because if it was a diseased/damaged/sick organ, *i think* she said that moving doesn't impact the pain. I don't know. I haven't gotten up yet... haven't even had coffee yet... maybe that will help. I sorta want to go back to sleep... but we need to leave for church in just over an hour... so I'll pull it together and pop a few advil and we'll get through it.

I have SOOOO much to do today. I had sorta planned for yesterday morning to be my chore time as I knew we would be at the party all afternoon. But then... mama and daddy and Cody and Marquee showed up at my house at 10 or so... not that I wasn't glad to see them... it just shifted my priorities a bit. Now I need to catch up laundry, go grocery shopping, clean bathrooms, vacuum, etc, etc, etc. We will be in church from 9 to 12 or so... then I'll try to get as many chores done as possible... and then Austin wants to go to Bible Drill at 5pm... and I have bible study at 6pm and then the youth group is going to a corn maze this evening and I'll need to pick Austin up from that at 9:45. My friend Amy from my uncle's office is supposed to be in town this weekend and we are supposed to visit... last night would have been better but since that didn't happen, I hope it will happen today. Some time in between all the other things I need to do just to get this household ready for the week. I haven't seen her in awhile and miss her. She's got some drama in her life right now too.

I have wasted entirely too much time lately on some websites... http://www.diddit.com/ where you just click what you've done (I don't even know what the point of it is!) and http://www.facebook.com/ and of course, looking at blogs, uploading pictures, etc, etc. I feel a little guilty for not being a good steward of my time but I also am conscious that I'm adjusting from working part time to working full time and other shifting priorities and responsibilities.

CNN just did a little segment on Jon and Kate Plus 8 focusing on "critics who say the Gosselins are exploiting their children". Seriously? This is all we have to focus on THIS close to a presidential election with the current financial crisis? Negative press on these sweet Christian parents who have a positive and uplifting show that doesn't rely on sex or violence or stupid slapstick to entertain? You know I am a huge fan of the show... so of course... I'm on the defensive... but geez... Jon and Kate just give a real life, honest perspective of the challenges of raising their unique family. I believe their motives are not exploitation... but giving their kids the best life possible. I mean... if someone wanted to come in and film me and Austin, I'd let 'em. It would be boooooring! But if there was a chance that we could make a difference in the lives of others, strengthen our family, have opportunities that we might not otherwise have... yeah, I'd do it.

But then again... I am the one who lives life out loud in my blog. It's not like I have a lot of secrets or anything. I'm not appearing on the cover of Good Housekeeping magazine like Jon and Kate are this month... and there interest is not even comparable to the interest in the Gosselins... but I have found soooo many positive things that have come from having a little bit of exposure.

Time to start getting ready for church... hope you have a beautiful day!