Taking Leave

Saturday night I was sitting on my bed trying to find something for my wife and I to enjoy. I just wanted to watch a movie, but she wanted to get out of the house. After some debate, I finally made up my mind. "Pack a bag; we're leaving." I told my wife. She immediately began smiling and threw together a bag of clothes, make-up, and a few snacks. We threw a couple bags in the car and left the house. We had no idea where we were going, but that was half the fun. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a few supplies and left town. Since it was the night before father's day, we decided to go visit my parents for a little while. We stopped and got coffee at their house and visited for a couple hours, and then it was back onto the road with no clue where we were heading. We headed east until we found a motel, stayed the night, watched some TV, and then continued on our way in the morning. We basically drove in a giant circle around a small part of east Kansas. We had an amazing adventure. In one day, we drove a few hundred miles, went to the zoo, stopped at a couple historic sites, visited a wind farm, and went back home to enjoy an amazing steak and potato dinner. Oh! We also saved three turtles!

 The reason I like telling this story is because it reminds me of a time when I was able to just drop everything and leave without any plans. I was able to take my wife and drive away from home with little regard for where I ended up, and it turned out to be one of the best trips that I have ever taken. We didn't get to do a lot of site seeing or ride any rides, but it was still a very enjoyable trip. I recommend everyone just take off and leave every once in a while. Just get away from all the stress you encounter in your daily life, and don't even plan it. Just take a couple hundred dollars and drive. If you don't want to spend that much money, take a fifty for gas and pack a tent and some food. Leaving home for the weekend on a whim is an adventure all by itself.

If you go on an adventure as a result of my blog, comment and let me know! I would love to hear about it if I inspired you.

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That's gay...

I was sitting at my computer the other day and my wife had the radio playing a little distance away. Taylor Swift came on the radio singing "Picture to Burn" and I noticed that from the album version to the radio there was a part edited out. Now, before I write anything else, I have to clarify that I have no desire to be politically correct, though it does happen occasionally. The part that they edited out in this song now says, "...you won't mind if I say...” what it used to say was, "...I'll tell mine (friends) that you’re gay...". Now, apparently a girl singing about telling her friends that her ex-boyfriend is gay is offensive. I have to point out a flaw in this logic. If you are taking offense to this line, it can only be because you are either misunderstanding what she is saying, or you think that being gay is a bad thing. She simply said that she was going to tell her friends that the reason they broke up was because he liked men, and she is a women. Obviously, if he was gay, they would end up breaking up. Taylor Swift never said, in this song, that being gay was a bad thing, so, why did that line have to be edited out? This same logic can be applied to the phrase, "That's gay." It's only offensive if you take "gay" as a bad thing. Food for thought.

A poem I like

Saw this poem today. I can relate. Share it if you like it.


"With a clouded mind, I sit down here
And try my hardest to think very clear
To think of things that I believe
And to consider what my mind perceives
I can’t seem to think clearly today
Almost as if being blocked in some way
Blocked by worries I can’t control
And stress I have, my head is full.
I feel as if I will explode
If I can’t lighten this load
But what can I do to shift this weight?
I sit and consider this very debate
What can I say, and what is there to do?
What can be done, or maybe it’s who?
Who can help me with all of my stress?
I feel so stuck, like I’m under a press
I’m just a grape being turned into wine
And the only help I see is divine
So I will cry out for His help and relax
And on me this weight will no longer tax."

-Unknown