I took the red pill....

So for those of you who haven't watched "The Matrix" in a while, the red pill is in reference to Keanu Reeves's character, Neo, is given a choice to take a red or a blue pill. The Blue Pill would allow him to return to his life of ignorant "bliss", not knowing the reality of The Matrix or take the red pill, which makes you see reality. Now the background information out of the way let me explain what I mean by I took the red pill... about a year ago I had a crisis of faith, I had been raised Catholic and with the exception of a short period of time in High School I was more or less a "good Catholic". Then I just had it, my breaking point was Lent. Lent is the 40 days before Easter where good Catholics sacrifice something in order to become closer to God. Well my issue was I wanted a cheeseburger... and it was Friday. So I started complaining to a friend about it and she said something very simple to me "why does God care about what you eat on Friday?"... I had no answer for her. The concept is pretty odd when you think about it... why would God, with all the war, death and famine in the world, care that I ate a cheeseburger during Lent!? Doesn't he have something better to do? I had realized that Lent had become superficial to me, it was no longer about focusing on my relationship with God but it was more a personal challenge to see if I can survive without something. Now here I was, during Lent and not practicing it. Of course I couldn't go back to a Catholic Church...but I didn't want to give up on Church. Now would probably be a good time to specify my leaving The Church wasn't 100% over a cheeseburger, it was over a few other things. Such as women's rights, marriage equality, divorce...and the cheeseburger on Friday. So I did what any disillusioned Catholic would of done... I went online. I found out about Unitarian Universalism, which really I don't fully understand (yet) but I am loving the acceptance... Everyone is welcomed regardless of gender, orientation, race, etc everyone. Heck the Minister at the Church I am now a member of is not only a woman BUT A WITCH! Yes a Witch! How freaken cool is that!? So you could say my red pill moment was when I found UU-ism (Unitarian Universalism...UU is much easier to type)...I have found that religion can be about community, not about exclusion, and the God you pray to doesn't need to have the same name as the God the person behind you in Church is praying to in order for your prayers (or theirs) to be heard. That coexisting can be possible

SAHM theory of Time relativity

Ok so this really isnt that science-y or even that "heavy" of a thought... I just had a moment while loading the dishwasher... when your a stay at home mom you seem to have 2 kinds of weeks. One is the kind where everything needs to get done at the same time as everything else, your older kid(s)are just not being helpful at all (cause ya know when mom says we're leaving in 5 minutes get your shoes and jacket it really means "keep watching horseland...we wont leave for another 30 minutes. Of course you can start a new episode"),your husband is acting like the older kid(s), oh honey I need you to change the battery in the smoke detector over the stairs I can't reach totally means "ignore that beeping sound at 3 am, its ok to start a new Dungeon in your game. Smoke detectors are completely over rated anyway" :/ Mom is not amused. So of course in this kind of a week you are 3 days behind in laundry, a day behind in dishes, and lets just not cover when the last time you vacuumed was. Then there are the other kinds of weeks... these ones are where your older child(ren) are helpful, polite, go to bed on time. Your younger kid(s) nap on time, are cheerful (ie no teething) and your husband changes light bulbs, takes out the trash and replaces batteries as he is asked. You get so caught up in the bliss of this kind of week (here comes my theory here) that it seems the hour of nap time has gone by so quickly that you havent had time to change the load of laundry to the dryer. Why? Because you were enjoying the 5 minutes, well what felt like 5 minutes...I guess it is an hour, that you could check your Facebook with out needing to change diapers or stop fights. So you are also behind in laundry and dishes. Guess what kind of week we are having in our house? I will give you a hint... the damned smoke detector is about to find a new home in the garbage can. The new ones come with batteries right? I think I should go clean the house while there is a lull in the craziness...plus I think my husband would like to have a clean uniform for work in the morning