Jesus was a nomad.

Things you should know before reading this. A. Contrary to the name, this is not a religious piece. B. I didn't hold back.



So this thought process started with stuff. I was frustrated with all the stuff at the house, and how I had visions of just burning it and demo-ing the house. Really gut it out. But who has the time and the money. I sure as fuck don't. And then I started thinking about how I let my work affect my homelife-demeanor-attitude-and I would come home and do nothing. Or have something to do after work. Even less time at home to do the projects that need to be done and all this stuff piling up around me and I would bring more stuff home. A home that has not been emptied of it's contents and overhauled in 24 years. I need to go through and strip every room of everything and just to have trim. I need a giant shovel. Jesus was a nomad. What did Jesus Do with all his stuff? Would Jesus have stuff? Bare minimum Stuff. Would Jesus have carried a Satchel? Would Jesus take the bus? Where would Jesus live? Would Jesus have a home? What would Jesus do? So far we have him pegged to a satchel wearing, bus riding homeless guy. He isn't sick or unhappy. Jesus wouldn't beg for food, he would wait for the Universe to provide. Was Jesus a hippie? Would Jesus walk the Earth or whatever city he was living in at the time. Is Jesus that guy that sits in the weird guy's shoe store or wherever and sing Christian songs? Would Jesus accept money. Where would Jesus take a shit. Now I have offended someone. So, I don't think that Jesus had stuff. So why do we have so much stuff? What is the secret of people with really clean houses? Where do they put there stuff? I mean you have kids and you have keepsakes of when they were younger and then school and the papers all the papers. How do you keep up? Where do you draw the line, what to keep and it starts off as a shoebox and then it evolves and where do you put it all? My high school stuff. Do I Really need it? Distant memories, things that happened so many years ago. What is the point. To take it out every few years and reminisce. Bah! I want to be more nomadic. I want to pare down my stuff to very minimal stuff. My next vacation will be a stay at home and work on the house vacation. Don't you JUdGe ME.

Shamu

We went to Sea World yesterday in San Antonio. There were 4 kids ages 18 months to 9, and 5 adults. We planned to arrive there at 10:00a.m. At 12:30 we finally pulled into the gates. The weather was great, it wasn't crowded, and we had a wagon to pull the boys and a stroller for the baby. All we managed to do between the hours of 1 and 5 was see two shows, ride two rides, and splash in some water. I think I can safely say that was way too many people to try and coordinate a theme park day. Not to say it wasn't fun, it was nice, but I like to ride rides and the day was perfect for it. We did however, (my husband and I), take our 3 year old boy on his first "big ride". He was all smiles, raised his hands in the air when we went down the drops and had a hell of a time!! He was so funny, we got out and he raced around to do it again. Meanwhile, my nine year old daughter had her eyes closed and looked like she was gonna hurl. I think she might have actually been chanting "please don't throw up" the first time around. I actually got teary eyed watching my little boy's face light up in anticipation. The last thing we did was watch The Shamu Show. This was nothing like what it used to be, but we got to see a baby whale!! Sooo cute. My son was pretty excited about the whales too. Afterward, he hugs me and says "I'm so happy. I got to see Shampoo!" Then he fell asleep in the wagon. Awwwww!