My weekend and the Connecticut school shooting
We did go to Rhine yesterday. We got a bit of a late start. J had a headache, as he has had for days. I wonder if the weather doesn't have an effect, but I know he has another sinus infection.
We took some stuff to the other house and had lunch with my aunt and uncle. I brought home some fresh mustard greens(which I had tonight for dinner - - so good!), but we both pussied out on doing anything after we got home. We were both tired from work, and I had been working on ornaments and Christmas cards all week, so we just watched TV. More Bones, the ep where Cam and the Iranian not!Zach got together, and I like them a lot as a couple. We also watched an ep of Life on Mars, and some news on TYT.
I slept 12 hours, from 9 to 9, and when J got up, around 10:30, we had intentions of finally getting that room cleaned out, but our DVR PC went down again, so J was working on that, and I was making sugared pecans, which had to be stirred every 10 minutes. We had barely gotten started on the room when I realized if I was going to wash any mustard greens, all those dishes had to be washed so I could use both sides of the sink. So, we did dishes, and I did the pecans until I ran of sugar and egg whites. Also, we did 2 loads of laundry.
This week will be insanely busy. I work tomorrow and Tuesday, off Wednesday, but it doesn't count because I'm making a chicken pot pie for J to take to work Thursday in the morning, going to Eastman to meet Jan for Chinese for lunch, then... I'm sure there's something else. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I work. Off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Still no idea of we're doing anything for Christmas. J told me the other day his dad would be out of town this week, but neglected to mention he might not be back until after the New Year. Which means, no getting together at Christmas, and no progress on the bedroom floor. It may be just was well. My bonus was not as big as it was supposed to be. For my group(32 hours per week), it was supposed to be $388. But even though I've worked the entire quarter(I only got $8 last time, because I'd been out 3 months), because I had short hours for the first few weeks, I'm only getting $244. So it'll be next quarter before I'm back up to a full bonus. J's getting extra on his check next week, so we're going to go ahead and get as many materials as we can to fix the floor.
And now the really unpleasant part. The school shooting. Getting on Facebook after things like this is not good. All these, "Now is not the time to talk about this", or "Second Amendment/Bring yours when you come for mine" memes, and the one that really set me off - - the "Why didn't God stop the shooting? Because He's not allowed in school." And I thought, you know, this is why people hate Christians. Because now we(well, not all of us) don't say logical things like "Our prayers are with the families affected", or "What can we do to stop this violence", we say stupid shit like that. So I went off on everyone, and asked, would you want one of those parents who just lost a child to read that? If you'd just lost a child, would you want to read that? Would it comfort you? It all makes my blood pressure go up. And when the fuck can we talk about it? The time between shootings is getting shorter, so when is a good time?
We took some stuff to the other house and had lunch with my aunt and uncle. I brought home some fresh mustard greens(which I had tonight for dinner - - so good!), but we both pussied out on doing anything after we got home. We were both tired from work, and I had been working on ornaments and Christmas cards all week, so we just watched TV. More Bones, the ep where Cam and the Iranian not!Zach got together, and I like them a lot as a couple. We also watched an ep of Life on Mars, and some news on TYT.
I slept 12 hours, from 9 to 9, and when J got up, around 10:30, we had intentions of finally getting that room cleaned out, but our DVR PC went down again, so J was working on that, and I was making sugared pecans, which had to be stirred every 10 minutes. We had barely gotten started on the room when I realized if I was going to wash any mustard greens, all those dishes had to be washed so I could use both sides of the sink. So, we did dishes, and I did the pecans until I ran of sugar and egg whites. Also, we did 2 loads of laundry.
This week will be insanely busy. I work tomorrow and Tuesday, off Wednesday, but it doesn't count because I'm making a chicken pot pie for J to take to work Thursday in the morning, going to Eastman to meet Jan for Chinese for lunch, then... I'm sure there's something else. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I work. Off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Still no idea of we're doing anything for Christmas. J told me the other day his dad would be out of town this week, but neglected to mention he might not be back until after the New Year. Which means, no getting together at Christmas, and no progress on the bedroom floor. It may be just was well. My bonus was not as big as it was supposed to be. For my group(32 hours per week), it was supposed to be $388. But even though I've worked the entire quarter(I only got $8 last time, because I'd been out 3 months), because I had short hours for the first few weeks, I'm only getting $244. So it'll be next quarter before I'm back up to a full bonus. J's getting extra on his check next week, so we're going to go ahead and get as many materials as we can to fix the floor.
And now the really unpleasant part. The school shooting. Getting on Facebook after things like this is not good. All these, "Now is not the time to talk about this", or "Second Amendment/Bring yours when you come for mine" memes, and the one that really set me off - - the "Why didn't God stop the shooting? Because He's not allowed in school." And I thought, you know, this is why people hate Christians. Because now we(well, not all of us) don't say logical things like "Our prayers are with the families affected", or "What can we do to stop this violence", we say stupid shit like that. So I went off on everyone, and asked, would you want one of those parents who just lost a child to read that? If you'd just lost a child, would you want to read that? Would it comfort you? It all makes my blood pressure go up. And when the fuck can we talk about it? The time between shootings is getting shorter, so when is a good time?