Atlanta Traffic Baffles me

 I am sitting in a very cool coffee bar in Atlanta called Octane.  It is near Atlantic station kind of in the warehouse district.  I am here because my daughter has an internship nearby with Fabrefaction Theater doing costuming.  In my mind, it doesn't make sense to drive down to Atlanta and back, and back again and then back home, when I always get more work done away from the distractions of my home. 

Anyway, here's what baffles me.  The kids have classes once or twice a week, about 40 minutes from our house, on the other side of our county.  It can take an hour to get there is traffic is difficult, but usually 45 minutes will do. (all street traffic with lots of stop lights)

What I discovered (or rediscovered today) is that it only takes 30 minutes to get into Atlanta if it is timed right.  Fortunately, my daughter's internship supervisor lives further northeast than we do, so she set times that made it super easy to avoid traffic.  yay. 

So all this time I have been whining and complaining about driving to Atlanta has just been noise.  It the traffic didn't make me so tense and leave my neck in knots, I could spend more time in Atlanta.  I know I am now open to finding more opportunities for my kids here.

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Marcia Gay Harden on Homeschooling (video)

As she sees it:

Children learn more in their travels
We cram too much information into children
What about family time?
Not against public school, but is enjoying the homeschool experience



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Late night vlogarama

Decided to do a late night vlog while watching late night TV.
~about making videos and graduating homeschoolers.


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Dear Sarah Burge.... Really?

Dear Sarah Burge, 

I just wanted to point out a few other things you could have done with the $10,000 voucher you just gave to your seven year old daughter for breast implants.  By the way, this kind of superficiality is the kind of thing that makes me so glad that we homeschooled. I'd hate for my girl to be infected with this bug.

1.  Start a college fund, so she can feel good about her mind and not worry so much about her body.
2. Buy her a treasury bond or put it in a high yield saving or stock account. Teach her how to invest and double her money.  That way she will grow to be independently wealthy and not need to use her looks to make money.
3.  Take her on a trip.  Tour Europe, Italy, or Africa so she can expand her knowledge of the world.  This will make her less superficial.
4. Donate the money to a charity in her name, or better yet, use the money to help her start a charity, so she will end up with a big heart instead of big boobs.

Get the point?

The only thing dumber than giving a 7 year old a voucher for a boob job is wasting good money on it.  It would be better to invest in her future mind and heart.  Not her future body.



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