Not an informative post

My usual cop-out for not blogging is the "I have nothing to say," excuse. I realized today that this is false. I mean, obviously. I never shut up. So my real excuse is, "I am so opinionated that everything I would like to say will offend someone." We all know how it goes in the movies. You say something about someone, then your relationship changes and you feel awful about what you used to think and then they find some trace of it. So, I am going to keep things as vague as possible. We all know that makes for fantastic reading.

The other day the husband and I were presented with some choices. Mostly one big one. A life-altering one. It was met with hardly any enthusiasm, even though he and I feel very enthusiastic and confident about it. I mean, this is way bigger than the whole "How high of a thread-count are we willing to buy?" or "white or wheat?" kind of thing. I feel that we have already made our decision, but it is sort of a change of pace that those around us aren't as supportive as we thought. We are very blessed to be surrounded by people who love and support us, in most cases :). We are both the youngest children, so I feel like that is part of it. This is going to be a slow process, for this decision to take effect, and we have already done oodles of research. We've weighed the pros and the cons, we've taken a spiritual approach...but we're still the babies in the family, so I'm sure it's disconcerting for everyone to see this decision and think that we can understand the depth of it. We sure can.

Besides, if it all goes to crap, what's the worst that could happen?

Babies and Books

I love summer! Team Dorius loves summer. We have so many plans! Dave is gobbling up books like crazy. I think he's read about 7 in the last couple weeks. I am in a close second with 2. Ha. Relating to that, let me give you my critique of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol.

The Da Vinci Code was fast-paced and intriguing. The Lost Symbol was fast paced. It has some interesting twists, but (SPOILER ALERT!) I just found the whole thing redundant, over dramatic, and pointless. Exactly why is it necessary to keep different pieces of the puzzle separate, because they are "too powerful" when at the end they are simply a tool of piquing interest? It's full of "man-is God" doctrine and complicated clues loosely tied to a non-solution of metaphor. All in all, I kept waiting for it to hold my interest and attention the way The Da Vinci Code did, but we never reached that. Sorry, Mr. Brown, but the book stunk of desperation. It seemed so forced. You took a good shot, but you probably should've just quit while you were ahead.

In other news, we have a new little person in our family! Dave's sister had a little boy on May 4th. His name is Trenton. He was born with a little cleft palate, so when we went to visit him he was in the infant ICU (NICU), simply because he needed a little feeding tube, because he had to be taught to eat. He was carried full term, so he is normal sized. Next to all the other NICU babies he's a giant. It broke my heart a little to see these tiny things. Trenton's roommate had the most adorable hiccups, followed by an alarming (to me) attempt to rip out his feeding tube. Mommy and baby should be coming home today.

Seeing all those teenies reminds how far I still am from being ready to have my own. I think there's still a lot Dave and I need to do first. Not in the have a career, buy a house, get a nice car sense, more in the emotional/spiritual sense. I know that nothing quite prepares you for being a parent, but I would like to do the best I can and skip any regrets. I will NOT let my child read The Lost Symbol. What a waste of time.