Hi Everyone!
Would you believe that 38% of registered Florida voters had already voted prior to Election Day? Crazy. Brian and I had originally planned to vote early—to avoid long lines—but discovered the “long lines” were at the early polling places. Thanks to all those who did vote early, we were able to walk in to our precinct and go straight to casting our ballots with no wait at all!
I wanted to let you know that, in spite of the uncomfortable conversation I had with my friend Miss Blue (which I wrote about in this controversial post), it has turned out that both Blue and her husband are voting against the pro-abortion contingency. I don’t think it had one single thing to do with me or my comments to her at all, but I am still very relieved!
In other news….here we are, finished with daylight savings time. Is anyone else even more tired than they were last week? I’m exhausted. And to make matters worse, my kids are still on DST—goofing off at bedtime (staying up too late) and then up at the crack of dawn, which is now a whole hour earlier. I don’t have any time in the mornings after I take my 7-year-old out to his bus stop. I used to be able to check e-mail, write a blog post, read, pray, or even just go back to bed for a bit. Brian and I talked about the possibility of putting them all to bed at 7, instead of 8; but as Brian said, if we just stick to the usual routine, they’ll eventually adjust, and then the little ones will sleep a bit later in the mornings.
The other night, I saw that the movie Mean Girls was going to be on TV. I remember all the hype a few years ago, when it first came out. I seem to recall Oprah doing a whole show about it. I’d never seen it, so I decided to watch. It was nothing like I thought it would be. I imagined something very dramatic and serious. But instead, it was funny. I guess it would be considered a “black comedy,” but it really wasn’t all that dark, in my opinion. Mind you, I was watching the edited-for-television version, which dubbed over any swear words and cut the worst stuff out (presumably).
Maybe I just had my head in the sand, but I don’t remember there being girls like “the plastics” in my high school. Even middle school, which was the worst as far as cliques and “popularity” went, was not like that. Have things gotten really bad these days, or was that movie just totally unrealistic? Oprah seemed to take it all pretty seriously, and the girls she had on her show could really relate to the events in the movie.
I just don’t get it. Does anyone remember Heathers? It was kind of like that—similar, but not very funny and rather morbid. I was much younger when that movie came out, and I couldn’t really relate to the mean girls in that movie, either. I must have been really lucky to go to a high school without so much nastiness and melodrama and superficiality.
I think I am getting a cold.
This is all for today, but I will write again soon. I have some thoughts to share on the subject of beauty, as well as a terrific book to recommend, so be sure to check back when you get a chance.
Take care. Hope the rest of your day goes swimmingly!
~ Kimberly
