Hello, it’s me

I’m a mother, a Christian, a Ravenclaw, and a veteran.  You can’t scare me.

     I’m also a member of my high school’s 30th reunion planning committee.  That fact, coupled with that I live with both a teenager and an octogenarian, have given me cause for reflection.  My friend, also from this class (Go, Rams), knowing that I have always wanted to write, but never have, suggested that I blog.  I’ve been thinking about it ever since.  Tonight, I rewatched the wonderful “Julie and Julia,” and that helped give me a good, swift kick.  Unlike Julie, I have no exciting, year-long project for you to anxiously follow, just some thoughts about living here in this confusing world that is changing so rapidly.

     

     It’s 8:21.  Mom is asleep and The Kid is out.  I’m sitting in the dark eating popcorn for dinner.  Let’s hear it for Friday night in your forties.  The Kid is out playing D&D, which is cool.  Well, not cool, but you know.  It’s the Christian version, so no demons.  Not that I knew about the demons.  I guess they had to pick two things for “D” to stand for.  I’m no gamer, video or otherwise.  I play one game on my phone and one on my iPad.  I watch lots of movies and love to discuss them.  I read less than I used to.  I might have adult ADD.  I had a department head ask me if I did, once.  My supervisor cut him off before I could say “Probably.”

     I retired from the Navy two years ago.  I spent most of my career in Europe and I miss it, every day.  Not the Navy part.  Okay, some of it.  I’m back in my hometown so I have old friends near by.  That helps with the missing my shipmates part,  That’s not a cliche’.  They do become your family.  But, thanks to Facebook, I can keep up with their shenanigans.  It’s almost Veterans Day, the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.  Happy Veterans Day to all who served.

     

This is my dad.  

     I’m gonna go watch another movie.  Please comment, ask questions, and suggest future posts.