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It seems that everything is moving according to the new plan. Michelle is in negotiation with her school about how to get to college, Sherry is settling in to her new routine and I’m working on the goals that I set earlier in the year.
We had a guest speaker in this weekend at our church. He’s the head of the Canadian organization and had a lot of really cool insights into the thinking of the Post Modern kids.
He said that their philosophy is all about the journey. They really don’t care about the destination as long as the journey was meaningful. They don’t have answers and can’t articulate why they make the decisions that they do. Their life is filled with mystery.
The old ways are no longer relevant and they reject the institutions and power brokers that Modern thinkers take for granted. Society is far more important than logic.
That actually makes me feel a lot better about where Michelle is right now. Everything that she’s doing is the new ‘normal’ for her era.
An ‘age’ usually lasts about 400 years (it’s been shortening with the globalization of the world, but you can still expect 200 years). That means that there are only a couple of generations that have to deal with both paradigms at the same time.
We need to find and embrace those thinkers who can freely move in both worlds. Bilinguals if you will. I need to find one of these people so that they can explain where Michelle is going to want to head next.
Just one funny story from Michelle’s new adventure: She works 30 hours a week at a minimum plus 1 job and is making ‘pretty good money’ in her view. Until she went to the grocery store. She spent $175 in one trip and used up about half of her paycheck all at once. She still needs to come up with rent, insurance, gas and cigarettes (oh, and phone and electricity and entertainment) with only half of her paycheck. Uh oh.
At least work is going really well for her. She’s in a call centre making appointments for people who have purchased technical support from Best Buy. That means that they are waiting for her call and are excited about getting the geeks into their houses to fix their electronics. She has to maintain at least 12 calls per hour to keep her job and if she can maintain about 24 cph then she gets a bonus at the end of the month. Cool. That $300 would go a long way to fixing her money troubles for June.
Sherry was rained out yesterday and spent her free time getting caught up on some projects around the house.
I got a thank you card from one of the boys that came over to our house for the Guys Games Day In on Saturday. (I invited three dads and their sons to come over and play games in my arcade. I’m running a very slight risk of being like Michael Jackson if I’m not careful…) Anway, two dads and four sons made it out and we played Wii and fooseball all afternoon –from 11:00 to 4:00. It was a Great time. I would say 9.5 out of 10 for overall enjoyment.
I’ll definitely have to throw one of those again! My basement is now legendary in the minds of three families. How cool is that?
I’m thankful that I can build relationships using the stuff that I already own
I’m thankful that I can enjoy my games for an entire afternoon and not feel guilty
I’m thankful that Michelle is making a go of it on her own
I know that God wants me to love those around me and has given me everything I need to do it.
