Early to bed early to rise, so it seems.

Yesterday I woke up at 4:30. I couldn't go back to sleep. I just contributed it to the fact that I went to bed at 8:30 the night before and had had enough sleep.

I went to bed kind of early last night too. (I get to go to bed early when the kids aren't here) 9:00 bedtime last night. Then this morning I woke up at TWO THIRTY!! I laid in bed for over an hour trying to go back to sleep but I just couldn't. So now I will take the kids to school at 7:30 and probably come back home and have a little nap. Or maybe not, who knows.

I finished reading the book THE HELP and now that DH is back in town he is going to take me to see the movie tonight. There seems to be a lot of controversy over this book. A lot of ppl in the black community are upset because they think the book kind of white washed the actual mistreatment and brutality that some ppl faced from their white employers. But I say... The atrocities carried out by the white man on the black help was not really what this book was about. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it or seen the movie. The book is about the main character Skeeter who decided to write a book and she enlists the help of all the local maids to tell their stories of what experiences they have had working for white ppl. Some of the stories are bad, some of the stories are good, some of them are even funny. But in the time frame of this book, what was going on in Skeeter's life, and the maids she had interactions with weren't beaing beaten, or raped or lynched. So why show that? This wasn't a movie about civil rights, even though they do include a chapter about the killing of Medgar Evars. They do that because he was shot really close to where some of these maids lived. I don't think there is anything racist about it. I think there are groups of ppl who will cry racism at the drop of a hat. That's the popular thing to do when you don't like something. Call it racist. It's even more amusing at some of the white ppl on Twitter I follow protesting the movie because of their black friends. They are't going to go see the movie on principal. I think you don't have to go out of your way every day to post things and write things to PROVE to the world you aren't racist. That's trying a little too hard to seem like you aren't a racist. Anyway, I am going to see it. Tonight. =) (For the record... I say black ppl, which may not be the politically correct word to say nowadays but I think saying African American is a little redundant. I don't call myself an English American. I wouldn't call my Russian friends Russian American. You don't have to preface where your ancestors came from to acknowledge your race. Just wanted to get that out there so nobody gets offended thinking I am being disrespectful)

I found two new books, well one of them isn't new but new to me. One is called drive (It is the older one) And one is called The Killer is Dying by James Sallis. I saw his new book The Killer is Dying in a little blurb in Entertainment weekly and checked into him and saw he has the earlier book too. I am going to try those 2 right after I get through with these 2 Patricia Cornwell books I have checked out right now. Port Mortuary and Predator. Predator is older but when I saw it on the shelf at the library I don't remember ever reading it. I thought I had read everything she has written. I may get to reading it and start remembering that I have read it. I do that a lot. But this new one Port Mortuary starts off bad. It sucks for the first 30 pages. I almost put it down and was going to not even read it anymore, but they started a case at the beginning of the book that I really want to see how it turns out. So I kept reading a little bit further and it does get much better. So if you start it, don't be discouraged. Just trudge through the first 30 pages and you will be ok.

In other news... My kids went to 2 years of private christian school. They had bible class every day and learned about God & Jesus. Had to memorize scripture, etc. I sent them there because it was a small school. It was close to home. It was affordable. I also wanted to expose my kids to the other side. The side I am not on. I am Athiest. But I didn't want to automatically raise Athiest kids just because I was. That's what my dad did to me. So I let them go. They would probably still be there now if the school hadn't closed. But my point is. One kid came away from it (DD) claiming to be a christian and one came away from it not believing in God at all. I never really discussed my beliefs, or lack thereof, with the kids as to not sway them. I never even answered them when they asked me if I believe in God. After they left the school I told them the truth, that I don't. But you can expose 2 kids to the very same thing and get 2 very different results. What made me think to even bring it up was because I was on the phone with DD yesterday (she is at her dad's house) and she made the comment about her being christian. She says it every once in awhile. We do not go to church. I don't take her to church. But when she gets older she may decide to go herself. And that's fine. I would never discourage her from doing that if that's the path she wants to take.

So anyway... enough of my ramblings this morning. I will let you get back to your regularly scheduled programming. Until next time when I have a head full of thoughts I want to jam all into on blog post. I will see you when I see you. =)