Just for the Record

Other women don't make any sense.  Thankfully, I have mostly male students.  I get their misbehavior.  I see what they are doing and I understand.  The non-verbal behavior of women-those hidden rules.  I haven't a clue. 

Ms. T has been evicted

So, Ms. T was a Paraguard IUD.  Now she is in the trash at a doctor's office.  I already feel better.  I know many IUD Divas say to give it 6 months for the who works to relax, I don't have that long to be in this kind of pain.  Pain is a strange beast, my forearm muscles were getting very sore because I was clenching my fists in response to the pain.  My sciatic nerve was really talking back to me with pain shooting down my legs.  The sort of thing that happened with my cycle as a teen, but only for a week, not two solid months.  It can't be good for the system to have that much pain.
I am now looking forward to keeping track of things naturally.  Getting in touch with my inner hypie, I guess you could say :-)

Exodus 23: A meditation

Exodus 23: 
1 "Do not pass along false reports. Do not cooperate with evil people by telling lies on the witness stand.
2 "Do not join a crowd that intends to do evil. When you are on the witness stand, do not be swayed in your testimony by the opinion of the majority.
-Self-explanatory to me, yet I can feel the silent social pressure to go along to get along, to not make trouble.  Mostly the trouble I don't want to make is for other people.  I hate inconveniencing others.  The truth can be mighty inconvenient.3 And do not slant your testimony in favor of a person just because that person is poor.
-I find it strange that this would need to be said.  In the New Testament, there are many reminders to think of the poor, to care for them, etc.  In this case, I am being reminded not to go overboard and sin in my consideration for the poor.  Is this always poor in money or poor in ability, poor in cognitive power?

4 "If you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you struggling beneath a heavy load, do not walk by. Instead, stop and offer to help.
-It is easy to say, hard to do: Do the Right Thing No Matter What!

6 "Do not twist justice against people simply because they are poor.
-He must be serious about treating the poor fairly.  This time the verse says don't go against them.  I can see this happening more often in American culture than I can verse 3.  It is just easier to get away with not doing right by the poor because they don't have the resources.

7 "Keep far away from falsely charging anyone with evil. Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free.
-Innocent or honest (in legal terms is there a difference).
-This verse, along with love thy neighbor and the over all Bible theme of Grace and Mercy, make me even more sure of my stance against the death penalty.  I certainly don't want to get something that serious wrong.  Of course, this verse does not say 'don't put anyone who is actually guilty to death' but it is very difficult to determine that in many cases in which people are actually sentenced to death.

I wish I could remember

Have you ever had a list of things you wanted to do when you got the chance?
Then when you got the chance you couldn't remember anything on the list?

I feel your pain.


I know there is a long list of things I wanted to get off my chest (what chest-oh wait, that's a topic for a therapist---rule #1 and jk)....
Anything from issues de mi madre to hopes of being a madre some day.  To ee gad, you make no sense boy....


Thank heavens it is all covered by grace or I would be in a load of manure!

Laters, Ya'll

Ground Rules for Reading

1. I may be serious/ I may not be serious
2. Do not assume for you know what that makes you
and I take offense to what it makes me
3. It only has to make sense to me when I am writing it
4. Writing is cathartic.
Once it's on the page, don't assume it is bothering
me anymore.
**A rabbit can only count to four, so there aren't any more**