Aunt Bea’s Corner

I had a day off today.  My question is, “Just what do you do with a day off in the middle of the week?”  I have to work all day this coming Saturday due to a wedding we are doing at the shop so my boss (whose trying to not pay overtime) asked me to take a day off during the week.  Because of her schedule today was the only day available.

It is strange to be off during a week day.  Steve wasn’t off so I couldn’t hang out with him.  It’s not time to do the laundry yet.  I tried to claim in on a massage that Steve had given me for Mother’s Day, but just my luck, she was on vacation.  I ended up going to Kohl’s and looking around.  I didn’t even buy anything.  After that I went to Sheridan’s (a local frozen custard place) and had a concrete for lunch (that was really healthy…NOT).  Then I went and bought the Father’s Day gifts for Tommy and Wes.  I caught up on the check book entries and set up our State Farm accounts online.  Beyond that I’ve read some in my current book of choice and facebook.  Weird.  I don’t feel like I really accomplished anything like I do on the weekends.  Oh well.  I’ll try again next time.  I think I have to do this again in a couple of weeks.

In case you haven’t heard, summer has arrived.  If you do not live in Texas and are fortunate enough to reside on one of the coasts, summer probably does not hit so hard.  We have been nearly 100 degrees the past few days.  What makes it even worse is with all the rain we had last week the humidity is absolutely horrible.  Walking outside is like walking into an oven.  It takes your breath away.  And don’t even think about getting in the car.  I’m sweating just thinking about it.  If you live somewhere else we all need to hear about your weather so leave me a comment and let me know what it’s like where you are.  I think it would be so “cool” to hear from everyone.

I’d like to start out by saying thanks to those of you who wrote email or left comments on the previous blog entry.  It’s been really great hearing from you all.  But it has left me thinking about the day and age in which we live and how readily available all the different forms of communication are to us and yet we don’t always put them to use.  My mom and all her siblings speak weekly, if not daily, by cell phone or email.  Now while some of us would consider that overkill, I’d venture to say most of us are feeling quite well if we talk to our siblings monthly and yet we have more ways to communicate now than ever before. 

There was a time where only handwritten letters would send your words across the miles (and people were faithful to keep it going).  Now we can twitter, call, email, my space, facebook, text, blog and the list goes on and we are less likely to communicate than ever before.  Our world is so fast paced and it still boils down to one thing… TIME.  It takes time to keep relationships going.  Time to call or write what has been going on in your family and in your relationships.  Time to care about others.

Let’s not let all this modern technology go to waste.  Let’s strive to keep up better.  To communicate more.  To listen to others.  Leave a comment and let me know how you are doing.  I would love to hear from you. 🙂