A few months ago, a politician showed up at our doorstep. He wasn't a politician yet, actually. Just a business person. But he literally was at our door, telling us he was running for state senate, long before I even thought about Election Day or things like that. So fast forward to today, and we're starting our election process in our house, which we take seriously. The primaries are difficult, because everyone running in one party or the other generally is in favor of the same thing. So it comes down to experience, or nuance, or gut feelings, or whatever. It takes too long to go through all the positions in one day, so we take it one day at a time, one position at a time. So the state senate position came up today, and we're looking at three candidates for that office. And they're all good. They all say the right things. One guy has more experience, and one guy seems to have a sharper marketing. And then there's this third guy: he's the one Daddy met at his front door. And he's the one that Daddy is voting for. Because really they're all relatively the same: the something 'extra' is that he showed up at our door personally.
This is no guarantee that I'll vote for you if you show up at the door. It's just what happened this time around. By walking around this neighborhood - along with his positions that he shared with me - this guy earned my vote.
We'll look at all the other positions throughout the week. But I'm not going to necessarily broadcast or endorse anyone here. I will say it's important to look at these people before you vote, as it's a better way of knowing about a candidate before walking into a ballot area and picking someone based on the fact that their last name isn't as goofy as the other. Which, by the way, we have some goofy last names for state senate. Of course, who are we to judge that...?
Anyway, today was sunny and warm. It's not supposed to last. But it was nice nevertheless. The pollen is not nice though. We're all taking medication to combat that. And "combat" is an appropriate word here. It's pollen warfare out there. It's warm outside, but you're afraid to go outside. Daddy is hacking a lot, and not the kind of hacking you do on a computer.
Madison is taking medication too, and she seems to be doing okay. She had piano tonight, and has about two weeks to master "Tightrope," which seems pretty close. She's a bit concerned if she can pull it off. She's getting better, but no question about it: we'll be hearing this song over and over again on piano for the next few weeks. It's okay - there are worse songs, right? Yes, of course right.
We read another huge chapter tonight from "A Wrinkle in Time," and Madison is enjoying it greatly. Mommy and Daddy think it's okay, although a bit surreal. It does have some teachable moments to it, as there seems to be an implication about socialism versus individualism. Well, not an implication: it hits you over the head with it. Like a thousand basketballs hitting you on the head, all in unison. Okay, that might be extreme. But if you read the book, you get the point.
Madison is studying the Civil Rights Movement this week, and writing a short paper about Ruby Bridges even. We'll enhance this study time by showing her "Hidden Figures" at the end of week - it'll be good to see that one anyway. It's an inspiring movie, but obviously a challenging one as well.
She does Minecraft a lot. This week, she's working on this village area, primarily this ginormous structure with hearts and lights on it, something that looks really good, actually. She's got this all laid out, and spends a lot of time building and adding and creating. She also does drawings too, her latest efforts involving these patterns and papers.
This is just a little doodle that she's been doing, roughly the size of an index card. She has a few more like this, some larger and others in different colors, and all different from each other.
She's always drawing though. It's always something different, either drawings of people or patterns. There's a lot of creativity inside her, even with writing stories. She gets that from her parents!
This is no guarantee that I'll vote for you if you show up at the door. It's just what happened this time around. By walking around this neighborhood - along with his positions that he shared with me - this guy earned my vote.
We'll look at all the other positions throughout the week. But I'm not going to necessarily broadcast or endorse anyone here. I will say it's important to look at these people before you vote, as it's a better way of knowing about a candidate before walking into a ballot area and picking someone based on the fact that their last name isn't as goofy as the other. Which, by the way, we have some goofy last names for state senate. Of course, who are we to judge that...?
Anyway, today was sunny and warm. It's not supposed to last. But it was nice nevertheless. The pollen is not nice though. We're all taking medication to combat that. And "combat" is an appropriate word here. It's pollen warfare out there. It's warm outside, but you're afraid to go outside. Daddy is hacking a lot, and not the kind of hacking you do on a computer.
Madison is taking medication too, and she seems to be doing okay. She had piano tonight, and has about two weeks to master "Tightrope," which seems pretty close. She's a bit concerned if she can pull it off. She's getting better, but no question about it: we'll be hearing this song over and over again on piano for the next few weeks. It's okay - there are worse songs, right? Yes, of course right.
We read another huge chapter tonight from "A Wrinkle in Time," and Madison is enjoying it greatly. Mommy and Daddy think it's okay, although a bit surreal. It does have some teachable moments to it, as there seems to be an implication about socialism versus individualism. Well, not an implication: it hits you over the head with it. Like a thousand basketballs hitting you on the head, all in unison. Okay, that might be extreme. But if you read the book, you get the point.
Madison is studying the Civil Rights Movement this week, and writing a short paper about Ruby Bridges even. We'll enhance this study time by showing her "Hidden Figures" at the end of week - it'll be good to see that one anyway. It's an inspiring movie, but obviously a challenging one as well.
She does Minecraft a lot. This week, she's working on this village area, primarily this ginormous structure with hearts and lights on it, something that looks really good, actually. She's got this all laid out, and spends a lot of time building and adding and creating. She also does drawings too, her latest efforts involving these patterns and papers.
This is just a little doodle that she's been doing, roughly the size of an index card. She has a few more like this, some larger and others in different colors, and all different from each other.
She's always drawing though. It's always something different, either drawings of people or patterns. There's a lot of creativity inside her, even with writing stories. She gets that from her parents!
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