I read a great book called "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson (spelling?). It is about a slave girl during the American Revolution who is also (duh duh DUH) a spy! It was a great book, but left me unsatisfied. I needed more to her story. I needed to follow her through all the remaining years of her life and make sure she was safe and happy. I get such strong feeling when I read books about slavery or the Holocaust - those things that have historically happened and I can't change it at all. I always want to go back in time and sway the course of history, make a stand, eradicate the evil. Do y'all have that sort of reaction?
I am at the end of my rope with the kids. I am so S&T of repeating myself twenty dang-diddely times for EVERY SINGLE THING I SAY. They are busy sobbing upstairs right now because I asked them to go upstairs twice after asking them to stop running through the house twice. Yeah, I'm going to take a tone by that last time, kids. You don't like it? Hm, then OBEY THE FIRST TIME. Sorry, I just need to vent it out.
So, nothing new. I just feel a little compelled to write because it is the only journaling I do. Hey - future self - your life is bland and uneventful. That's all you need to know.
Speaking of that, I am really considering the whole idea of changing my attitude to like the mundane. We'll see what I decide.
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That book sounds so interesting. I have a hard time with Holocaust/slavery subject matter. It makes me so sad. I didn't used to until I had kids. I know what you mean about the kids. I also know what you mean about hibernation. I hate cold weather and just want to hide in bed when it's cold. It's a good thing we live a warmer area of the world! I don't know what I'd do if I lived somewhere really cold!
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