Wild Weekends?

It must have been a rough weekend around here.

I work in an office with 6 employees. Of those 7, only 3 of us made it to work at our usual time. (Actually, since my "usual" time is anywhere between 7 and 9, I don't really count, and I don't know when Stephanie made it in so I'm just guessing she made it at her usual time, which is 7 to 10.)

Anyway, 3 of the others were 1 - 2 hours later than their regular time and one didn't make it in at all.

Do you suppose it was the weather? The Easter egg hunts in near gale-force winds? Coincidence?

You know what it probably was? Daylight Savings Time!
That's just screwed everything up since it started.

No greater love

This is Easter morning. I have been awake since three and I just realized it wasn't Saturday night anymore, but Sunday morning.

Easter Sunday morning. Not the celebration of the anniversary of the death of Jesus, but a celebration of the resurrection.

In No Greater Love, Mother M. Angelica wrote, "Is there any human being who could ever understand the humiliation of a God becoming man? Our pride is so great that this sign of love on the part of God is lost to most of us."

I had never thought of that before. If it was humiliating to be born a human, how much more so to die as one? To wear a crown of thorns instead of the crown of the Kingdom? To be beaten and mocked and nailed to the cross like a common criminal?

Jesus could have called 10,000 angels to deliver him from that torment, but instead he endured it, and then asked forgiveness for His tormenters. Why? Because He loved me.

Jesus said in Matthew 28:20 "...I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

It's not a fairy tale

Did you watch the Bachelor Monday night?

I've always thought that was a weird show with a demeaning, insulting premise, but they've made it into a comedy, mocking the desperate women looking for love in all the wrong places, so of course I watched it.

First imagine a room full of two dozen women dressed in formals. Then imagine this - if you watched the show you wouldn't have to imagine it, 'cause this is reality TV. Monday night:

• A woman fell off a bar stool, but held on to her drink.
• A loud obnoxious woman told another contestant that the only reason she was singled out for attention from the bachelor was because of luck, insinuating that the contestant was ugly and had no personality - she told those around her, as well as the audience, that the woman was "hideous" and dressed ugly.
• Two future brides tried to make a cake by substituting tequila for eggs.
• Now remember that all these women are wearing evening gowns.
• One of them challenged the bachelor, a Navy officer, to do push ups.
• Another did back flips to impress him.
• Still another did a dance move that involved lying on her belly on the floor.
• Tipsy obnoxious woman tried to start a fight with the drunk that fell off her chair.
• Tipsy obnoxious woman got really ticked when the bachelor didn't choose her.

Finally a real reality show.

Soup today, Chili tomorrow

Well, I can't say it snowed today, but I can say I saw snowflakes. Just two or three tiny ones, but they were definitely snowflakes. Yesterday afternoon, it was close to 80 degrees here in Indiana and 24 hours later there's snow.

Weird, huh?

Spring Maladies