Another Week Ran Swiftly By

I can’t keep up.

Part of my current troubles include a computer that is so slow, it might as well sit down and give up. Every now and then I open it with the ridiculous idea that I’ll get some pictures uploaded, or check my email, or do the bulletin, or just even open Firefox, only to enter into hysterical despair as it veerryy slooooowly considers to itself whatever it is considering. Then, children screaming around me, I slam it down mid application and go on to the next thing. If you’re wondering what machine I’m on now, its Matt’s and only because he is cooking dinner and not sitting here in my way.

Also, my wearisome children expect to learn more than my little slips of paper and various curriculum guides tell me they require. They want to ‘do school’ all the time, skipping play time, skipping rest time (well, I Will Not skip rest time), and of course skipping clean up time. I don’t say this to brag, I say this as a mournful complaint because I’m having to work harder to keep up with them.

And then, as we all know, there was the election, upon which we spent time, emotional energy and much conversation-discussing the candidates, whether they are ‘good’ or ‘bad’, whether or not they will do ‘good’ or ‘bad’ things, why we elect a president instead of making ourselves king, what an honor it is to vote etc. etc. etc. etc.

And then Thursday, E came out in spots which I immediately, and mistakenly, assumed were chicken pox. They were all over her, little tiny red spots, and they itched, so she had a baking soda bath and that seemed to cure it.

And then today, just as our best hour of school was taking off, I had to stop everything and take the babies to their well baby appointments and shots. What a joy. What a great way to spend two hours. Anyway, they’re totally healthy. And no, G’s legs are not too bowed, they are supposed to look like that at this age. Matt, are you reading this? She’s fine.

I’ve written whole posts in my head, in the absence of the computer, about the end of western civilization, the failure of the church, the demoralization of the republican party, the unhelpfulness of evangelicals who didn’t support McCain because they don’t think women should dwell in the public sphere (I was going to link someone here, I WAS, but, well, you’ve probably already found her), the unhelpfulness of McCain himself who seemed determined to loose…but I didn’t write any of them, and considering the breakneck speed of the days ahead, I doubt I’ll get to it. There is some small consolation, and that is the Sovereignty of God who is not surprised by anything.

We have finally learnt by heart this song.

Right now, A is wandering around, holding a tiny spiderman and singing
‘then he had Shealtiel who begat Zerubabel who had Abiud who had Eliakim. Eliakim had Azor who had Zadoc who had Akim….intent to form a new nation, intent to form a new nation, intent to form a new nation‘
If God could still bring Jesus into the world, even out of the mess of his lineage, well, he can probably still come back, even though we’ve elected such a nice young misguided man to be president.