AI, time clocks and religion.

Okay, I must vent on a few things, but first--

AMERICAN IDOL

Let me say that Ginger has called it and I wholeheartedly agree with her. Chris Daughtry IS the NEXT American Idol. He just has it all, good looks, humble attitute, sexy moves, amazing voice and he picks all the right songs for him. Hell, I'd go out and buy his CD today. He's that good. Did I mention how hot he is? Something about that bald little head....

I do still love Taylor though. I can't help it. I just love the way he performs and makes everything his own! I think he'll make it also, maybe for a different type of audience, but AI won't be the last time we see him.

There are definitely some that need to go home. The little Bobby Brady dude, the Harry Connick Jr want to be and Sway.

TIME CLOCKS

How is it that a professional establishment can just randomly change the time on the time clock at their whim? I am habitually running late everyday of my life, so therefore I have to psyche myself out by setting my alarm clock about 20 min fast, my phone clock, my car clock, and my bathroom clock fast by about 7 min so I can "run late" and still be on time... its just the way I am. I push everything till the last minute.

Anyhow, what happens when I get to work at 7:41 yesterday morning (by my clocks) and clock in- a whole vent in itself- seeing how they trust us to be with children 40 hours a week, but we have to scan our hands like we work for the freakin FBI or something-- okay, I'm getting off point. Anyhow, I clock in and the time clock says 7:47. We must clock in by 7:45 or we are late and the times go to the central office for review and go in our personnel files...ugh!

So, they have moved up the clock- I'm late (along with about 4 other of us stragglers). I'm freakin livid. Not to mention some other things going on with this time thing that I won't discuss right now. But a phone call to a very important place is imminent.

We are told that the time clock time is set by somebody in bumfuckegypt way up north and there is nothing they can do about it- bullshit! Why you gonna let somebody a thousand miles away set the time for us down here! Oh my nerves!~

Now to the drama in my home last night on the topic of...

RELIGION

Let me just preface this by saying that when I was married to my ex-husband, he was a different religion that I was raised but since they were very similar- we chose to raise our children in his religion and our daughter also attended the private school at our church- probably the best decision we ever made together because from age 3, LSUgirl got a wonderful Christian foundation and knows more about the beliefs, etc than I do. She attended this school for 7 year until they closed their doors.

Fast forward a few years. We divorced and put her first- and one of the things we agreed on was allowing her to choose if she wanted to continue with the X religion, since she would have to attend classes and other things...or just attend the church I was raised in. She chose both. Okay, we went with this. She would continue with her classes and attend X church with her dad and attend Y church with me. Remember, they aren't the same, but similar. Things have been great- she's getting a great Christian foundation and both worlds.

Fast forward to the last month. My church I was raised in has no childrens activities or programs or whathaveyou and their population is quickly declining due to the age of its members. I am the youngest one in that church- average age is probably 65-70. So we've been looking for a church that has it all- something for us and the kids. We had settled on in F church. Its neither of the religions we are accustomed to but I'm not one for labels or denominations - if I find something we all enjoy and that allows us to walk a Christian walk- so what the denomination. Its great for the kids, or so I thought...

Now fast foward to last night.
Kids walk in from church.
Conversation goes like this...

LSUgirl: (comes in looking devastated) I don't want to go back.
Mom: (thinking some kid has picked on her) Oh, what happened?
LSUgirl: They were talking about me. (Bursts into tears.)
Mom: (still thinking a kid did this) Who was?
LSUgirl: my teacher tonight- she said I was going to hell because I'm X.
Mom: now baby girl, surely you misunderstood-
Vetgirl: nope, that's what she said.
LSUgirl: she said that we were weird and we didn't believe in God and that we were all going to hell.
Mom: (mouth on the floor...blood beginning to boil)(speechless)
LSUgirl: mom, I'm really offended (sobbing) and I'm not going back. I do love God and I do believe in God. (sobbing more and more)

so the conversation goes on...you get the picture.
now, i have sent my child to church, which all the kids have loved since day one and she comes back crying.... I end up calling the youth pastor (the pastor is in the hospital having quadruple bypass) and voice my concerns. He is surprised, concerned, but devout in this religion- telling me how they view the X religion.

I can't understand for the life of me why a sunday (Wed in this case) school teacher would even be discussing other religions with a 10-12 year old class. At this age, aren't they just supposed to be learning about Jesus, being a Christian and having Christian morals and values???

Needless to say, I was/am very upset and this has really left a bad taste in my mouth. LSUgirl doesn't want to go back but Vetgirl loves it and does. My heart and my gut tell me to pull them, but I don't want to hamper Vetgirl's interest and her newly found comfortableness where she learns, has fun and is accepted.

Oh, what is a mother to do......my old congregation may be old as dirt, but they are always welcoming and loving and NEVER judge...