random wednesday

I leave work early on Wednesdays so that Austin and I can go to the family dinners at church. It's my time to get in a little extra parenting. Tonight we're not going to church because I need to take the decongestant to try to get the pressure in my eardrum relieved... but I'm still getting some extra parenting time in... in the form of making this kid do his chores that he's been slacking on all week!

Seriously... Austin has been really sweet to me while I've been feeling icky. He made me a hamburger for dinner last night, otherwise I wouldn't have eaten. It was actually pretty good...

Cody started school today. He's going to become a licensed massage therapist. He goes to this training school for nine months or a year or something like that. He got his books and his scrubs today... can't wait to see that! I sent Barry a text this morning that said, "your boy is in school now, aren't you proud?" and he wrote back, "yes. very!". Cody has always been "his" kid. Cody's email address uses Barry's last name... they're tight.

I'm proud of all my boys right now... Ryan's working in PA... Cody's in school... Austin's adjusted so well up here. I took Austin's remote control away so he's working hard to finish his chores.

I got the Good Housekeeping magazine in the mail today... it's a red letter day, y'all! You know I lead an exciting life when a new magazine is noteworthy!

Today's epiphany was about blame. I was thinking about how some people always need to blame others for the stuff that happens to them... and how much that limits us. You know... if you can't take responsibility for something, then you have no power to correct it. Obviously... there are going to be things that happen to us that we have no control over... I think about people who are victims of violent crimes and so forth... but for just about every circumstance of our life we have an opportunity to take some corrective action for improvement.

Gonna take a big old chill pill... both ears hurt now... *hugs*