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My Life Thus Far
To Believe Everything Or To Doubt Everything
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There are two ways to slide easily through life; to
believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save
us from thinking.
Alfred Korzybski
US (Polish-born) author, logician, & scientist
(1879 - 1950)
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I had the day off from work, but that doesn't mean I had a
day without work. Since Kiki wasn't feeling well last
night, I decided to keep her with me today. As good as she
is, any day with a two year old in tow is a hectic one.
Gen, Cyrus, Kiki and I went to Starbucks this morning. At
that point Kiki was still not feeling 100%, she hadn't
eaten anything yet, but she'd had some water and managed
to keep that down. So, I figured she was on the mend. We
sat and talked for awhile. Kiki relaxing on my lap,
wrapped up in her blankie, clutching her little teddy
bear. Then, she decided to get down and sprawl out on the
entrance rug. At first, my instinct told me to make her
move, but I decided not to. The door opened out, not in
and it was glass, so there was no danger of the door being
opened on her. One dumbass did trip over her, but he
scared himself more than her. How do you miss a huge
purple (the color of her jacket) lump when you've got so
much warning it's in front of you? I feel bad for him if
he's ever in the desert. A rattle snake is going to make
quick work of him.
It just so happened there was a reporter for the Kitsap
News Group in Starbucks today and he took an interest in
Kiki. There's really no story to tell about a little girl
laying in the entrance of a Starbucks, but he thought it
was cute and took pictures of her and asked her name, my
name and were we're from. It might or might not end up in
the paper, but it did do one thing. It cemented the idea
in me that just because the majority of society thinks
something is wrong, doesn't make it so. I had mixed
reactions to her being there. Two people who verbally
insulted my parenting skills by letting her do so and also
on the other hand, looks of adoration for her (because she
is so darn cute). Gen and I feel like we're in similar
situations. She gets the same treatment for nursing in
public. At the time I was nursing Kiki, I wasn't self-
assured or assertive enough to exercise my right to nurse
in public, but when I have another baby, I WILL. It's a
right, not a privilege.
The rest of my day was uneventful. I procrastinated about
coming home because I know I have laundry waiting for me,
but I'm going to pitter-patter around the house and get
some things done before I go to bed. So, I think I'll go
do that now. Ciao.
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