No, seriously, I had a hard time getting past the fact that she abandoned her M especially since it was still very fresh for me. The difference was that there was no OM and it was all about her self-discovery.
My BFF's kids' middle school was like that for a couple of years and they decided it just didn't work for them so they went back to the 'normal' way of doing it. Marc's high school considered it but they scrapped it due to 'parent concerns'. Heck, they decided to start high school 15 minutes earlier this year with the same end time and as of next Monday it's back to 8:40 again due to 'parent frustration with the drop off situation'. Basically, the parents who drop their kids off instead of making them ride the bus were aggrivated because there is only one road into the complex. The complex consists of an elementary school, a middle school and a high school. The high school is the end of the road and the earlier start time meant they were starting at the same time as the middle school so it was a HUGE traffic snafu. Not to mention that basically ALL of the Juniors and Seniors were late because they drive to school and were stuck in the traffic too.
Why change what works?
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
By the way...am I the only person on the planet that didn't like the book?!!
I'm with you.
This was the last book X read before the bomb. A few months later, I picked it up in a bookstore and couldn't get past chapter 2 with her repeated, selfish, "I-just-don't-want-to-be-married-anymores!"
And her new book is Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage?? Sorry, something very incongruent there, for me.
Her ex-husband, Michael Cooper just had his soon-to-be-published rebuttal book, Displaced put on hold by the publisher.
A male-version spoof of E,P,L was also published: Drink, Play, F$@&.
Flipped through it in the bookstore. Very funny and clever.
Peace,
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
She did jump into a relationship if I remember correctly before the marriage was over. Really not sure I want to re-read it at this point. Anyway can't wait for "The Switch" which starts tomorrow but will have to wait a week or so to see it if I want to get in free with S17.
Karen and I are watching "Date Night" this weekend as our movie but don't know the exact time. I will let you know when I find out.
Yes, schools have a way with messing with everything. lol None of our schools are really set up as you mentioned. Each middle school has 3-6 feeder elementary schools and then the High Schools have 3-4 feeder middle schools except for those out of the city limits. There is one that has all the schools on the same road, near each other. Not sure of the start times over there.
I just hope the boys get their stuff figured out.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Yeah, we have two high schools in the immediate area and each has one feeder middle school but 4 feeder elementary schools, one of which is in the same complex as the middle and high school. It's a crazy situation for traffic. Gotta love the south!
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
My friend that went with me hasn't been divorced. she didn't see "Liz" as selfish but I so agreed with the husband and the points he made. Italy was Italy. Who wouldn't love it? India is nothing without a man named Richard. Bali, is Bali. It seems simple there but has complicated undertones. I am still not a big fan of Liz but the movie got me thinking. Which I guess is always good for a thinker like myself.
However I am reminded of the Wizard of Oz...if it wasn't in your back yard, you really haven't lost it anyway. You can find yourself anywhere. You don't need to travel to do it. So I tend to feel like she was running away. Fear has a way of doing that to you.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Yes, you can find yourself anywhere but sometimes you need a change of pace, of scenery, of surrounding to trigger that so she followed her interests. Her husband had extremely valid points, of course, but unhappy is unhappy. Personally, I wish she had gone and done those things without divorcing her H. Who knows what that might have led to. But, this was her true journey and it is inspirational in some ways and not so much in others.
You're right, it does get you thinking about your own goals and aspirations doesn't it?
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
Marriage doesn't make you happy, your boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't make you happy, stuff doesn't make you happy. The only person that can have any control over your happiness or sadness for that matter, is you. Sure things happen throughout the day that cause us to smile or cry or laugh. It is our interpretation of those events.
I so need to quit being afraid to trust/love again. No one wants to get hurt but if you don't put yourself out there, you can't find love again either.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
I so need to quit being afraid to trust/love again. No one wants to get hurt but if you don't put yourself out there, you can't find love again either.
