A librarian who travels time and space to retrieve late library books--how cool is that?!

My mother gave me a cool gift:  30 count of several items to celebrate the 30th anniversary of my birth.  She was all worried I'd think she was crazy, but I appreciate the fact that she went out of her way to give me something unique like that. 

Thank goodness I'm not Program director again in the forseeable future.  No one can submit things in a timely manner. 

I'm doing better this week since I last posted.  Maybe it's because I'm not getting enough sleep or too busy with convention work.  Or maybe I'm processing better.  Who knows.  Thank God for his continued grace in my life, however he actuated it. 

I must go.  I just needed a quick break for my sanity.

Thanks to Kitty for this quiz:

You Should Be a Film Writer

You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

St Theresa's Seminarians' letters to the Life Teen Program are an interesting window into my friends lives.  I remember Matt & John from when we were in Life Teen together.  When we were growing up, I never thought that anyone I knew would go on to become a priest.  It's so cool, and yet so weird.  I guess I was too busy always deflecting people's desires that I seriously look into the priesthood.  I always wanted to be an example of single laity involved in the church.  I don't think you see enough positive examples of that, personally.

I find myself more and more...occupied.  It's almost like a drug, where I look forward to my fix every week.  Then I find myself lost in thought about...  I've always prayed, but this situation is causing me to pray even more.  Each week, I become more preoccupied than the last, causing me to pray even more.  I could definitely use all the prayers people have out there.  I would really like a positive result from all this.  I need to let go and let God.  Easier prayed than done.

Earlier, Kitty and I were discussing how we (humanity) learn our parenting skills as children.  How, once we are tested to the max, our earliest examples of parenting bleed out, no matter how much we might work against turning out like that.  I believe that through hard work, we can overcome those mistakes while she thinks that we can be so sorely tested that we instinctively revert to our parents' parenting skill set.  She's had kids and grandkids, while I just enjoy other people's kids, so I'll have to concede.  But I don't think that we should go into parenting with that mindset, which I believe sets us up to fail.  If we believe we can do better, we will do better with God's help.  He, our spouse, human support network, the angels, and the saints can support and reinforce our efforts to be better.  And should we falter, they will assist us in getting back up, rectifying the situation, and support us from making those mistakes again.  Think positive and get positive. 

Anyway, the reason I bring this up is that I realised that maybe this was the real reason Child Protective Services had me attend parenting classes with my parents.  Perhaps the people in CPS were hoping to mold me while I was still young, and that I would instinctively retreat to my parenting class training when I myself became a parent.  It's an interesting idea, one of which I would be curious to see the outcome.

MSN Money - Planning: Taxes 

So, another friend found this place through Google.  Luckily, he seemed OK with the fact that I've aired my oppions of him online for the world to see.  Sure enough, use my full name and it pulls up the first page of this journal.  Good thing that's the page where I warn people of my intent behind this journal.  He said that most of my writing here was unlike me, but more like the surfacing of my subconscience.  I'd argue that is still me, but then again I'm usually the only one with any idea what my subconscience is like, so I can see why he might say that.  Considering how I've been journaling most of my life, I'm happy with how it comes out.   

Dang, my cat is purposefully knocking stuff off the counters again.  Type to you all later.

I have to admit, I'm very unlikely to ever read this book:

You're The Guns of August!
by Barbara Tuchman
Though you're interested in war, what you really want to know is what causes war. You're out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they really are. Nevertheless, you're always living in the past and have a hard time dealing with what's going on today. You're also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in the world. A fitting motto for you might be "Guns do kill, but so can diplomats."
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"Doing things for others our way is a selfish, immature form of love." ~If Only He Knew, Gary Smalley

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