1. I thought I was going to pass on the 7 quick takes today, and write something of deep substance 😉 …but then I forgot to set my alarm, and woke up half an hour late. Oops.
2. Nicholas and I have weaned this week. I’m trying to not to think about it because otherwise I’ll start crying. It was one of those inevitable things, we’d forget one morning, I’d go no way! I’m not ready to quit! and we’d nurse the next morning, then I’d forget again…
3. Nicholas’s doctor has also decided that he is simply not growing enough. His “curve” has flattened out in the past six months, and she wants him to see a pediatric endocrinologist. I still think he’s just small and taking his time, but who wants to be the mom who ignores her child’s best interests? So I told the doctor fine, let’s check whatever you want, but if everything’s normal, then I don’t want to talk about this anymore.
4. Speaking of parenting issues, this video was a real shot in the arm for me, as a parent, in the last week or so. Rae over at No Wealth But Life shared it, and I meant to write a post on it, but that doesn’t appear to be in the cards, so here you go.
5. Life in the middle has been tough this week. Somebody whose blog I read intermittently made fun of the women who do those uber-evangelical “women, here’s how to treat your husband right” series, and the responses began by being half reasoned, and half ultra-liberal-feminist howls of outrage. I tried a couple of times to moderate the discussion and got roundly ignored as the rhetoric grew steadily uglier. Havne’t been in my inbox this morning to see what hateful gems came in overnight. Disheartening, to say the least.
6. And writing has been slowing this week…slower, and slower, slower…trouble concentrating, trouble making forward progress, trouble with motivation. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not writer’s block, but simple burnout. Temporary, to be sure, but nonetheless…I just need a break. This was what finally made the light dawn for me.
7. So, beginning on Father’s Day, when Christian is off work for a week, I’m going to take some time off too. We’ll see what that looks like, whether I choose to go blogless or just cool it from the “other.” After all, we still have painting to do in the office….
Have a great (hot) weekend, all!
Kathleen M. Basi 
I first read #7 as you considering not blogging at all anymore. On second read it looks as if you’re just talking about a blogging break of a week.
If the first is correct, then oh no. You may not do that. Well, unless you really need to, in which case we’ll be sad but deal.
If the second, then good for you! Enjoy your break if it’s what you need.
Oh, no, if I go blogless it will only be for a week. 🙂 This is my journaling now–the only way I can keep track of my life! LOL. Thanks for the concern, Rae!
Thanks for linking to your “middle” post. I find your take on that interesting. Whenever I read passages in the Gospels on what Jesus says…I guess I have never felt like He ever came from the middle. But maybe that’s my own life-bias shading how I hear it? Hmmm, something to ponder.
Have a great weekend yourself!
Michelle, I hear what you’re saying, and you’re right, Jesus was pretty radical. But OTOH, think of his response to the “Caesar” question. He basically said, “You’re asking the wrong question.” (Radical.) Then he said Caesar gets Caesar’s, and God gets God’s. That’s smack down the middle. He didn’t choose a side. And I think that’s my point–is that choosing to navigate the difficult middle, rather than let the current slam you into one bank or another and just slide along it there, is actually a lot harder, and a lot more radical. Look at the political reality these days–the ridiculous rhetoric coming from both Democrat & Republican–rhetoric that gets nothing accomplished AT ALL. No, I take that back, it confuses people until nobody knows what’s true anymore. It’s much easier for them to place things in black & white terms–us/them, good/bad–but reality is that neither of those political parties is really following the Gospel at all. Because the Gospel lies in the middle. And that’s what is so radical about it.