Middle America's Worldview

This weekend we simply stayed home and did some serious house cleaning. This time, I really threw away many of my old papers, ect. In addition, while our kids visited their nana and papa Saturday night, Kel and I spent 4 hours going through, preparing all of the PTA documentation, things for Tuesday's meeting. We(more she than I) now have everything in one tupperware for the new president. Kel typed everything up for the president, while I cleaned up the briefcase and created walkthroughs for the online bank and PTA website. I hope those things we have started and provided for the school and kids, continue.

We started to actually pack for our Disney trip Sunday afternoon. There is only around 22 days before we actually leave. However, this trip seems overwhelming and we honestly wish to have the best of it. This will be the first actual vacation we really had. All the othe other "trips" have been to a Doctor, or out of necessity. We simply made the best of them. This will also be the longest duration for me from work. I always bring it with me. This time, I actually plan on not taking my laptop for the trip. I shudder at the thought of no internet access, email checking, ect for nearly 12 days. We are actually using ziplock bags for our packing. It was an idea Kel read somewhere. You put a full set of clothing in one ziplock bag per day. This way you mark each family members Name and Day. Then you simply pull the bag for each day. At the end of the day, you can put the clothes back in, keeping the dirty clothes from smelling up the place. As we packed each of, starting out with the youngest first, we find what we still need to get for the trip. Let's just say, I have plenty of socks and Kel has plenty of under wear. But if we only wore those, it would scare the little children.

Today, Kel and the kids are going on a GATE trip out of school. They will be gone for all day and not return till after 6 tonight. I will home working all day regardless. However, since I have the possibility of a free evening, I think I will go see my dad. I need to run some errands in Fort Smith anyway.

I woke up early this morning from a bad dream (5 local time). It allowed me to get some blogging done, as well as letting the dogs out. However, I don't like waking up with bad dreams. It wasn't like a nightmare, rather unsettling. It consisted of my son being used by some guy I didn't know. The dream was my son and I at a gas station and as I entered in the gas station, my son disappeared for a moment. I then spotted him talking with a couple of guys at a table. He immediately came over to me as we paid out and we went back to the vehicle. But as I got into the vehicle, he did not. Rather, he was walking in the middle of the street. The actual gas station ended up in the middle of the street and even though I was parked by the gas pump, many cars was behind me and trying to go around. I was afraid for my son, until he came back into the car. Once in the car, I talked with him, and found out he simply bought 20 dollars of lottery tickets for the guy. Nothing trivial, but during the dream, it was a feeling/worry of someone using my son.
It was a weird dream, but I had this fear for my kids when I woke up. I'm sure it's just a dream. Perhaps its just a accumulation, with all the news of kids, stress from everything and with the changes coming up after summer. I sincerely worry about not only my kids, but the younger generation itself.