creatures of habit

Well, it’s March 6th.  Time is ticking away until we leave for Va. I am going to take a little nap. I’ve very tired and need to rest before the kids are ready to get up from their nap.  I can still hear them talking.  Please go to sleep.  I had a good time last night at a resturant with friends...We did just talk about work, but it’s always interesting to have a peak into another’s perspective on the ‘same’ experiences.  She is a pretty smart woman and I do enjoy her company.  I like talking to smart, socially adjusted people...but then again, I guess who doesn't?   One of the girls just fell out of bed. be right back. Had a good time at the playground on Post with the kids early this afternoon.  When the sun was out, it felt pretty nice out.  

Later on...As I was preparing our plates for dinner, I glanced at the picture of myself as an infant with my grandfather and I began to think about how not only both of our looks have changed over the last 29 years, but how we are both different people altogether.  We both have changed, though through different parts of our lives. It brought on a sad feeling to think of how my grandmother is no longer here with us as I looked at a an Easter decoration hung on the kitchen wall behind us knowing that it was most likely her, who had hung it there.  It then got me thinking about change and how it is just the essence of life and how it prepares us for that next part of our life journey.  I then began to wonder why, if change seems to be the essence of life,  we are such creatures of habit?  I suppose that the sort of 'habit' I am thinking of has nothing to do with the sort of change I am referring to.  

Perhaps we are creatures of habit only because if we were constantly adjusting to changes in our daily routine, we would not have the attention or focus to dedicate to higher -level thinking...Enough on change and habit.  


I was reading this great article: read it if you're interested in child development...copy and paste address Mom. 


http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/03/is-ef-the-new-iq.html


Well, after so much time reading articles this evening, it's time to relax a little and hit the hay. :)