Love Is A Verb, Show Me-John Mayer

   Some people quote bible scripture, or famous poets. I lean in to quoting what I hear the most. That would be music, maybe movies too.
       When my head gets so full, until I can not sleep, I know I have to put pen to paper.
       The hurricanes, as of late, kept me up at night. The turmoil in the highest office of our land, wrecks my insides, and now my hubby enrolls us in a course at Princeton.
       It took us three hours to figure out the course buttons!! and to be honest, I am not sure we have.
       I screamed a tad, "How can I learn World History 1300's, when we don't know how to navigate the computer with ease!!" and I continued. " I need to write this professor, that this 3 hour window of hardness, has sucked the life out of me!" ( Bill is just silent)
      We finally start the course, both of us on our own Ipads, and it is going good. I like the teacher, Bill has not even noticed what he is wearing!! I learn much better from a man in a suit, I share this fact with my beloved!! After each lecture we have to take a mini quiz, which to me all of the answers look good, so I have to really study and think about the wording of each question. Bill is onto the next lecture!! So I remind him he has to wait for me, and I may have some questions!! Like How did Genghis Khan get so many horses?? I may need to watch Marco Polo again on TV!! The silk road and the black death, I need to stop a minute. I need visuals and more details. Bill agrees that we could easily go off task and dig deep into all of this information, and he knows I will be down the long rabbit hole, of no return. So he brings me back to class. I loved learning that the mongols, perfected footwear, it was critical to their plundering of other people. That they conquered territories in 25 years, the same amount of area that it took Rome to do in 400 years!! Stop!! Slow down, Mr. Princeton man, I need to absorb.
      Dr. Bill is already looking for other courses for us, to be so active learning, our brains will refuse to age!!! He makes me laugh.
      We take courses in between, Doctors visits!! Just been one of those months, that let you know, your body is OLD, child!!!
      I have also squeezed a book or three in my studies.
      Strangers Tend To Tell Me Things -Amy Dickinson
        A Delightful read, short and sweet before I start Mrs. Clinton's new book.
        Here are some yummy lines from the book.
        * Mainly I listen to the sound of mistakes and regrets. ( trying to go to sleep!!)
        *I have been granted  and cursed with the privilege of awareness. ( YES)
        *To close the casket on a loved one and be left behind to remember in grieve ( no words)
        *I asked out director why music makes us feel the way we do, why it seems to rearrange our cells ( BECAUSE Love is a verb!)
         * I have a case of chronic verbal jazz hands, these are qualities, right?
         * Grieving unmoored me and made me lose my place in the world.
         * to be a great mother, stepmother, grandmother, daughter, left me exhausted and on edge.
         *People often say that second marriages are the triumph of hope over experience.
         *I grew up in a family of stayers, but I left.( fact)
         * Alcohol mainly made me loud, repetitive and vomit prone ( why drink?)
         * Alcohol can also make you brave ( not really in a good way) ( such a poison)
Anyway, I needed to share and clear my head a little.
This is my way to show a little love! My life is utter chaos and calm, and mine alone. These are just a few of things I do to reel in the crazy, educate, learn each day, read and read some more, laugh constantly and often write down a few words.
    As John Mayer says, show me!!! Love is a Verb!! 

Did I ever tell you the story of meeting my husband at Princeton? One day I will.