The election is over and hopefully we will experience a little peace for a while. I was so tired of all of it…I don’t think I even realized how tired I was until it was over and I heard John Edwards “concession” speech. What was that about? I started to get really fired up and I realized…I was upset because it sounded like he was still campaigning and I wanted so badly for him to stop. I didn’t even really care what he said as long as he stopped trying to manipulate people. John Kerry had a nice speech and did the classy thing, I thought, by conceding without another battle. Our country certainly doesn’t need that.
Life here on the plantation is settling back to normalcy…at least for a while. Dad and Ruth left last night to go back to Michigan and Indiana. We had a nice time but I’m not sure how Ruth felt about it all. She seemed a little dissatisfied the whole time. I don’t think it was dad that she found lacking…I think she just wasn’t enjoying herself in Nashville. I felt a little bad when they left because I felt like maybe I had been a bad hostess, but I really tried to make everything I could available to her and whenever I asked her what she wanted or what she wanted to do she was never specific. I think that maybe there was just too much going on for her and that she would have rather had a quiet visit with her and dad doing more together…without us. I enjoyed having her none the less…she played with Owen and kept the dishes washed. She even did a little quilting while she was here. I hope that she can come back again and that she will feel a little more comfortable as she gets to know us better. I will definitely say this…Dad seemed very happy. He really seemed to enjoy her company and acted so much more light hearted while he was here. I really hope that things work out for them.
I have some cleaning up to do but not because of my dad really. More because of Landis being here overnight. He stayed here Tuesday night and went to church with us last night. He gets bored easily…after all he is 4. I pulled out puzzles and dominoes, anything to challenge him a little and he was insistent that he could beat anyone who would be willing to take up the same activity that he was doing. “I can beat Grandpa at the puzzle!” would be followed by…”I can’t do it.” He could do it…he did the same puzzle a year ago without help. He’s just into so much more now he gets distracted more easily. Owen really enjoyed watching him and following him around.
Well, I’ve said enough now…I need to get ready to go to Bible Study.