Some thoughts

It's Monday night and we're at the library. Matt works sometimes from home, sometimes from the library. He takes a break around dinner time, plays guitar, listens to the news, takes a walk with me, etc, and then sometimes he gets another wind of energy (can I say that?). Usually, I don't mind because I'm tired too and want to do my own thing, but since I've been on vacation, I'm finding myself very lonely. I grin as I write this because I feel pathetic, but the other day I was going crazy because I had spent the day NOT talking. The eeriness of a quiet house wasn't the problem. It was the fact that I barely opened my mouth (except to eat), and almost didn't exercise my vocal chords. When there are several days in a row like that, it's just weird. That day, Matt got home around 7 or 7:30 and when I told him, he kind of shrugged it off as no big deal. Even if he was secretly fearing that I would blab away the evening to "get my talking out" I didn't. I had nothing to report because I'm just hanging out doing nothing! Boring, right?

This week, I did end up doing some work to prepare for my first unit when school starts again. Over the summer, I worked on the fall and winter trimesters, but got sick of it and stopped. I feel good about the brainstorming I did this week, and even more encouraged when my colleague allowed me to change what we agreed to do with vocabulary for the entire spring term!! She's not one for change, but she said OK!

I've been hosting women's Bible study since I have the time on weekends to prepare for that and bake goodies. That's always enjoyable.

On Sundays, I've been going to a Bible study called "Tough Questions, Real Answers". It's basically a class that addresses "what is the historical evident for Jesus and the Resurrection?" "has science disproved Christianity?" "did God command genocide in the OT?" "why does God allow so much suffering in the world?" It's a 3 month class and so far it's been very thought-provoking and encouraging. So, to supplement that, I found a book in the library that I've started reading "The God I Don't Understand" by Christopher J. H. Wright. I find him very clear and compelling in his arguments.

What most of my time has been devoted to is my sweet sewing machine. I've made lots of things with it and I have more projects in mind. I'm learning how clothes are made, and between books, common sense, YouTube and other online tutorials, I find myself running back to my closet to inspect and measure how machines or humans have made my clothes! It's fascinating. Because I'm still a beginner, I take my grand ol' time and double check everything, which also makes me a little tense in the shoulders and neck. Once, especially with small/short amounts of fabric, I had to get up and take a break and stretch. Matt reminded me that if I were working in a sweat shop, I wouldn't be able to stop and rest. A cynical thought, I know, but still a very true statement about where we get our every day items! As I obsess about saving a buck, learning a new hobby and making a dress, I can only think about those who make a few dollars for dozens of dresses they make so that they can be resold in other countries for $80 or $298 like this one!!