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[darkfyre_muse]

It's 1030, early. It feels late. I do know why. And I am searching the net for happy. Really though it's not a bad night just really mellow. So some Firefly, some Angel, chocolate cupcakes and YouTube. (Celtic Thunder, look it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlnLk4Y_kKM&NR=1 )

As wayhagar and julesk can atest to I have had way too much free time at work. (gotta love gchat)

So other than bothering my friends, what have I been wasting my time on? The interwebs of course.
-- mmm...memes
-- too much LJ browsing
-- too little posting
-- email musing with reedrover and quixotic_goat (Yes I owe you both lots of
responses)
-- Jury Duty (not the highlight of the week)
-- searching Irish baby names (traditional not modern, really there are good ones that Americans
should be able to pronounce. Beats the heck out of fruit)(and yes this should be its own
post)
-- Boot shopping. (yep I am finally a shoe girl, deal. Maybe more girl clothes are next?)

And a bit of actual work.

Evenings? Too much TV and not enough laundry or vacuuming. Biggest accomplishment? Catching up on sleep & some not depressing life musings. (Its amazing the conversations we can still start after 6 months and over email no less)

Next week my bosses are on vacation and due to recent developments I have very little real, billable work to do. Go thumb twiddling.

For 2 weeks now I have been in this stasis, for lack of a more accurate word. I feel that coming to an end. I find that the start of each season is a time of renewal for me. I did a good bit of soul searching on Sunday at the temple. Now its time to do something about it.

And with that I leave you with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ajw3AZA_7A , and I head off to get more of that sleep. (oops it's now midnight.)

Comments

[drlori.livejournal.com]

Stupid computer. It posted too quick.

There is also the issue that it is a nice idea that people should show they are grown-up and responsible before having a child. Yet the system most people choose is to turn over all responsibility for their body and their baby to someone else. And we as society enable this. We say okay I'll deliver your baby. I'll feed your baby. I'll raise your baby.

Beyond the obvious physical measurable benefits to home birth there is the very hard to measure emotional aspect. When you do the work you feel empowered. Its so hard to explain. Think of something important that you did - getting hired for your first real job. It gives you such a feeling of self-worth. It takes women out of victim-hood.

Yes, women have the choice to be victims. And they have to make the choice but shouldn't we as a society try to push them out of the victim roll?