I’d Write A Post If I Had Anything Interesting To Discuss

But I do not. 

Somehow I think you all would be bored hearing about my weekend.  I did spend half of it with a foster kid, but I took no pictures and we had no funny stories.

J did like the cornbread casserole we made however, so that was a plus.  And he seemed to enjoy our trip to The Walters.  Unlike Mr. EM, he was not put off by the fact that there was a real live skeleton inside the mummy. 

Creepy, huh?

Then we spent some time looking at armor before heading to the kid’s area to create a  breastplate.  J chose to decorate his breastplate with a cheetah – his favorite animal.

Later Saturday I attended 2 different parties because I am such a social butterfly.  As well as a hermit.  Because in between the parties I holed up on the sofa underneath my afghan to finish my book.  Then I had to seriously talk myself into attending the later party. 

Self:  I’m tired.  It’s late.  I should just go to bed.

Other Self:  You should go to this party.  The hostess is a good friend.

Self:  I’ll be ten years older than everyone there.  And I don’t want to do any kegstands.

Other Self:  You never know just who might be at this party.  It’s always good to meet new people.

Self:  It’s all the way across town.  Parking’s going to be a pain.  And I want to go to early church tomorrow.

Other Self:  You never know, someone may have just left a perfect parking spot for you.  You don’t have to stay terribly late – you can still make church.

So I did not change clothes, did not freshen my hair or my make up, nor did I brush my teeth.  I did chew some Trident on the way over (that counts like halfway brushing, right?) and I put on some Burt’s Bees lip shimmer because I felt chapped. 

This stuff is amazing. And I'm really sorry that that poor town in Maine has been ruined by the woman who sold out Burt but I still really like the Lip Shimmer.

And you know what?  I had a great time.  There was a parking spot on the same block as the party.  I met some neat people including one woman (E) who went to my old church and another woman (L) who sings in a local band.  I’ll go check out L’s show sometime.  Plus I had an interesting conversation with one guy.  The best part was when he tried to rope E into the conversation (promoting Buddhism) and she indicated to him that she and I were both born again Christians.  So the guy says to me “You’ve already discussed religion with her?”  And I nodded.  Then he says “What, do you like bring this up with everyone?”  And I said no, but that it was an important part of my life, so it just comes out naturally in my conversation. 

It felt really good being able to say that.  I can’t say that it has always been true. 

Maybe those extra ten years have brought me some wisdom.  Or maybe it was just the Lip Shimmer talking.