So wow. My last two entries have really had me thinking a lot about morality and ethics and being just and fair. I haven’t really come to much conclusion except that there’s obviously something big pushing me to explore how I feel about things, myself, my surroundings in general.
It feels like random things hit me the hardest for some reason. You know what had me irked today? When I heard the news of Paul Ryan’s ULWL (Un-Little White Lie) about his sub-3-hour marathon. Not really the other stuff, because I take politicians as truth-benders anyway, so it’s just a given that they are going to fib and flub and twist the truth anyway. But! But this?! It’s so ridiculous and…insulting. Maybe it’s becuase I’m taking my running seriously again. I don’t know, but come on! Really? Rounding down by OVER AN HOUR?! Please.
I listened to this episode of Radiolab on morality over the weekend. Had some interesting insights on the sense of morality that we are born with and some of the more complex ideas that we generally learn while growing up through making mistakes and feeling empathy. It was interesting to hear that some of us take these lessons from childhood to the grave and some of us are simply lost causes.
There’s more, of course. So much to ponder and so few concrete answers.
I will say that starting my weekend on a bit of an emotionally intense mood, I had a FUN time with SP over Labor Day wkend. We went to visit his family and go to a big football season kick-off. Yes, football season is here!! I surprised myself with how much fun we had considering some of the heavier conversations (including a lot of what I’ve covered in my previous entries).
Without really saying anything, he could tell that I was in need of a little steam-blowing, and he indulged me a LOT. In fact, he completely took care of me, wined me, dined me, got sassy with me. It was an absolute blast. We laughed and laughed and it surprised me to feel so much joy. I just didn’t really expect it, I guess.
We ate terribly (Mexican – including giganitc margaritas – with his extended step-family on Friday night), biggggg home-cooked meals from his mom the rest of the weekend. Tons of bar food at the watering holes and airports, and even a hot dog at the football stadium!
While working wonders on my blowing off of the steam, it has finally taken a toll on my waistline and I’m finally fed up enough about it to take some real action. I know I’ve been saying it for months, but we are now at critical mass. Take the fact that summer is fading and combine that with the fact that NONE of my jeans fit and I refuse to buy a bigger size. See the problem here?
Enter Operation MMJF! (Make My Jeans Fit). More on that later. I’ve just started with the drastic measures yesterday, and I don’t want to jinx things just yet. It sucks when I do that, so…I’m not going to. Hmmmph.
And now, back in the office. Big changes going on again at work that are sort of aligning possibly in my favor (???) if I want to make them. I need to work on this. It was a little painful getting back into the swing of things today – you know, coming off a three-day bender and all that.
But ugh. Summer’s over. Heck, the year is almost over. Time to take some serious action.
Well, need to finish my overseas emails. Better roll for now.
Love and more!
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