Soggy Universe

Harrisburg - Highway 1 between Harrisburg and Greenfield is partially flooded; Highway 14 in Harrisburg is partially flooded; Some of Center Street flooded, water inside a few businesses.

O RLY? Yeah. This is why the 6 minute drive from my house to Highway 49 (think of that, if you've been to my house) took me TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES this morning. o_o!!! Obviously I was hardcore late for class. I even left early; I didn't wash my hair in the shower; I just threw a hat on because it's GOING TO RAIN FOREVER.

Pete was freaking out all night over the thunder. This morning Bryan blinked at me when he woke up. "I vaguely remember you grabbing Pete in the middle of the night and stuffing something down his throat." ^_^ It was a melatonin; I was trying to calm the dog down so I could freaking SLEEP. He sits there and pants as loudly as possible and shakes so hard the bed moves.

Our power went off for 2 hours last night. This irritated the crap out of me & Bryan because we both had assignments we wanted to work on.

It's a weird, drizzly day. I'm having a hard time mustering up much motivation, which is madly inconvenient because I have a formal care plan I want to finish up before the Epic BFF Concert this weekend. <3 Bryan has decided to come with us so he can visit his grandma, who's going to be in Frisco this weekend, while Q & I hit the concert. We're all staying in an AWESOME hotel. SO EXCITING. I really can't wait to show Q all around Frisco. *flail*

Letters and a cutie

I have a tradition over at Livejournal and I see no reason not to continue it here. ^_^ I live in Weiner, AR, and the nearest town of any size is Jonesboro, Arkansas. Jonesboro's newspaper is the Jonesboro Sun, and they get so few letters to the editor that they publish any & all they recieve. Normally when I post the text of one, it's one that makes me angry with its pigheaded ignorance of the point of view of ANYONE who isn't white, protestant, middle-class and living in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Like this one!

( Christian Nation )

So, you see, if you don't have religion you're a terrible person who murders and commits incest. Because of course professed Christians NEVER, EVER do anything wrong, and all those athiests I know just run around kicking puppies. I'm a follower of Christ myself, but this unwillingness to see the world in anything other than "us" or "them" completely baffles me. It also baffles me that so many Christians honestly believe they are being persecuted because they can't rub their religion in the faces of every child in a school. It's like they're honestly not able to put themselves in someone else's shoes. How would they feel if their child was in a majority Muslim school, and was asked to get up 5 times a day & pray toward Mecca? Offended? Then why on earth do they want to enforce that very thing in the other direction? You can't make people Christians by legislating Christian behavior.



Sometimes, however, we get a piece of pure gold.

( A Job for God )

I always want to hug the ones who write in something that I agree with.

My mom sent me a photo from her cell phone today.

Momma sent me this photo from her cell phone. <3 

Click through to see the larger size; it's worth it to see how clearly you can see the grass through the water. Like you're looking through a bit of glass. That, by the way, is my son Ganon. He's currently our only child, though we do expect to go for another one after I graduate nursing school in August. He's a sweet little guy, and just as cautious as this picture suggests. Look at how gingerly he's putting his feet down. Somehow my extroverted, "eat life with chopsticks" self managed to get an adorably cautious, curious little introvert (quiara tells me if there is an extrovert in the world is qualified to raise an introvert, it's me!). I love him.