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Random Thoughts
Jan. 19th, 2010 10:22 am1. Ellie and Joe got back from Florida on Thursday night. It was fun having them gone, but it was really nice to have them back. The house is a mess again, but I'm actually sort of encouraged to know that the mess is not due to me (seriously, the house was picked up and clean the entire time they were gone), but is due to the fact that I live with three people who can't/aren't very interested in keeping away the clutter.
2. We watched the extended version of Return of the King yesterday. I've always liked the book/movie, but I'd only seen the movie maybe twice. Anyway, I liked the extended version a lot. The new scenes added to the characters and I loved the music. I enjoyed recognizing themes I would have missed the first time around. Also, it was fun to introduce Ellie to Eowyn. Ellie was a little worried that Eowyn was going into battle "without her daddy" (I suppose she meant Theoden, but daddys protecting their little girls is big around here), but Ellie thought it was cool when Eowyn slew the Witch King and that was fun for me to see.
3. I could write a long post about the US military and Haiti. I guess it comes down to I'm glad that our troops are doing something that I personally can be proud of. Not that I'm not supportive of proud of those who currently serve, but I'm not 100% behind the mission, as it were. I was telling Joe that if he had to go spend a year in Haiti, I'd be feeling pretty positive about it. Like we'd miss him but feel like our sacrifice was serving the greater good. I just don't feel that way about Iraq. He understood my point and agrees with me, I think. I suppose I should say that i don't really think the Army is the best tool for nation building/peacekeeping (see Iraq), but how nice to go to a place where you are actually needed and the people want you there.
4. I will now get offline for the rest of the day. I'm supposed to be studying for the bar. It's just not as scary this time around so I'm not as motivated to get studying.
5. Oh, and I found out that I have to drive to Alamosa (3.5 hours from where I live) on Frisco's birthday. Frisco doesn't know it's his birthday and I should be home in time to pick him up, but I'm sort of bummed about it. Plus, I'm going out of a sense of obligation, and I will learn stuff, but I'm just going to be observing something (since it's not immigration court and I haven't passed the bar in CO at this point), instead of actually representing someone. That's a long way to drive on a pro bono case for a hearing in which I will mostly just sit. But I feel like my sense of professionalism requires that I go, so I'm going.
6. Okay, one last thing. I've been riding my bike to pick the kids up/drop them off at daycare. We live on the side of a mountain so it's basically downhill for 5 miles t drop them off and them 5 miles back up to get home. I do it in the morning so I don't have to pull their extra wait up the mountain. But the cool thing is that I'm really enjoying it. I had been running but was just totally lacking in motivation. But the bike I love. The view is so great (Cheyenne Mountain and then the city of Colorado Springs below) and I get to see foxes and deer. So i'm going to keep doing that as long as it's above freezing in the morning.
2. We watched the extended version of Return of the King yesterday. I've always liked the book/movie, but I'd only seen the movie maybe twice. Anyway, I liked the extended version a lot. The new scenes added to the characters and I loved the music. I enjoyed recognizing themes I would have missed the first time around. Also, it was fun to introduce Ellie to Eowyn. Ellie was a little worried that Eowyn was going into battle "without her daddy" (I suppose she meant Theoden, but daddys protecting their little girls is big around here), but Ellie thought it was cool when Eowyn slew the Witch King and that was fun for me to see.
3. I could write a long post about the US military and Haiti. I guess it comes down to I'm glad that our troops are doing something that I personally can be proud of. Not that I'm not supportive of proud of those who currently serve, but I'm not 100% behind the mission, as it were. I was telling Joe that if he had to go spend a year in Haiti, I'd be feeling pretty positive about it. Like we'd miss him but feel like our sacrifice was serving the greater good. I just don't feel that way about Iraq. He understood my point and agrees with me, I think. I suppose I should say that i don't really think the Army is the best tool for nation building/peacekeeping (see Iraq), but how nice to go to a place where you are actually needed and the people want you there.
4. I will now get offline for the rest of the day. I'm supposed to be studying for the bar. It's just not as scary this time around so I'm not as motivated to get studying.
5. Oh, and I found out that I have to drive to Alamosa (3.5 hours from where I live) on Frisco's birthday. Frisco doesn't know it's his birthday and I should be home in time to pick him up, but I'm sort of bummed about it. Plus, I'm going out of a sense of obligation, and I will learn stuff, but I'm just going to be observing something (since it's not immigration court and I haven't passed the bar in CO at this point), instead of actually representing someone. That's a long way to drive on a pro bono case for a hearing in which I will mostly just sit. But I feel like my sense of professionalism requires that I go, so I'm going.
6. Okay, one last thing. I've been riding my bike to pick the kids up/drop them off at daycare. We live on the side of a mountain so it's basically downhill for 5 miles t drop them off and them 5 miles back up to get home. I do it in the morning so I don't have to pull their extra wait up the mountain. But the cool thing is that I'm really enjoying it. I had been running but was just totally lacking in motivation. But the bike I love. The view is so great (Cheyenne Mountain and then the city of Colorado Springs below) and I get to see foxes and deer. So i'm going to keep doing that as long as it's above freezing in the morning.