I'm so proud of Alex, I've turned him into my own personal pundit. Here is his 'white paper' on this year's election: It's long so I will post it in sections...(going backwards so that it reads in order).
I have been thinking long and hard about whether to post about politics here. In the end, Alex put it all much better than I could have. One thing that I can add to what he says here is that I have not, and do not, judge people who have taken the time to search for knowledge of the facts and their hearts to make this decision. I hope that you, my friends and family, will take the time to educate yourselves and make an honest decision FOR YOURSELF.
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First: This e-mail is being sent to you in love. Thank you for reading it, I know it’s a bit long, but it gives insight into my heart during this time.
Needless to say this year’s presidential election is probably the most important of recent history. We are in an unpopular war with no easy way out, an economic crisis nearing the fallout of the great depression, a healthcare system that is the worst among the civilized nations of the world, Social Security which is going bankrupt and if that’s not too much to juggle in our brains we must consider the issues that confuse even the simple elections like abortion, taxes, social services, and foreign policy. How as American citizens and Christians should we make a decision? I don’t want to tell anyone how to vote; I just want to think out loud via this e-mail, in order to lay out my decision making factors and maybe open a dialogue that would help us all consider our priorities and maybe self reflect a little bit on why we are choosing the way we are.
First of, I think its important to say that there is no correct Christian answer. I wish it would be that simple. Many Christians want to make it a clear choice based on one issue over another, but we simply have no indication Biblically that Jesus would single out that same issue and ignore others that are perhaps equally important to Him. For example, we might say that God values human life greatly and cite “Thou shalt not murder” and cite Psalm 139 and Isaiah 44 as evidence that God surely cannot stand abortion, but one can also find Biblical evidences for many of today’s issues and some of the issues are handled differently by the opposing candidates. Almost every political issue can be found in the Bible and God has an opinion on each one. As we’ve been learning in our Revelation studies, God has a clear opinion on how Israel needs to be treated politically. We all know the verses relating to taking care of the poor, the elderly, the sick, etc. God surely has an opinion on how we handle war and contrary to what many Christians say, just because there are many wars in the books of Joshua, Chronicles and others in the Old Testament doesn’t mean that God is for us in every war. Each of the wars covered in those books can be studied separately. I am not going to get into the specifics of the war we are in now or whether I think God is for us or not.
Prayer needs to be part of our decision making process. Even if we all vote differently, Romans 13 teaches us that God establishes every government power according to His perfect will. This does not mean it doesn’t matter how we vote. Our individual actions need to reflect our heart and our Lord.
What I want to layout is the process I am using to separate my thoughts on this and invite you: family and friends in Christ to think out loud with me and correct me if necessary and provide wisdom. I am interested in every opinion and every difference in priority you may have. Please respond and feed my brain and heart.
Statistically speaking, the average American votes on likeability of the candidate and not on the issues themselves. This is just a sad reality to me. I know none of us are going to vote based on that, so we can go ahead and skip that consideration.
Actual considerations to factor in (in no particular order):
1. Experience of candidate
2. Morals. Does the candidate match my moral views?
3. Economy. Which candidate has a better plan for helping us out of this crisis?
4. Healthcare.
5. The War.
6. Foreign Policy.
I want to go through each one briefly to separate which ones I’ve chosen to cancel out over others.
Monday, September 29, 2008
thoughts on politics - part 2
1. Experience. I think the experience of a candidate is crucial if the candidates have similar strategies or viewpoints for our Nation’s future. The experience of a candidate can be the difference in employing a strategy successfully or failing right off the bat. It can mean respect in the global politics or disdain and disrespect. In today’s case however, the candidates could not be more different in almost every issue and factor. If a candidate has more experience but is planning to run the system in a way you totally oppose would you still vote for that candidate just because he has more experience? Maybe the more experienced candidate is also the one you most agree with and then you have an easier choice, but just hypothetically (or really in my case) would you hire a person to be the CEO of a company who has lots of experience but will run the company completely different than the way you want? Or would you hire a younger less experienced candidate who says he plans on running the company your way? I personally would take the risk and choose the latter.
2. Morals. This is the most important of my points and needs the most feedback. This has three sub-points that I’m filtering through.
First. Biblically speaking we know how God feels about abortion, stem cell research, gay marriage and other moral issues. Does this mean that it is the job of the government to enforce these things? Maybe so, maybe not. That in and of itself can be a long-winded argument with no clear winner. That argument interests me very much, but I don’t want to enter into it here for the sake of brevity. Let’s just take the position of yes, it is government’s job to enforce these moral standards. I’m taking this opinion here not necessarily because I agree with it but because in this scenario the morality of the candidate becomes even more important. Even if we should elect a president who will enforce the same values as us, this consideration should be cancelled out based on the fact that the president has no authority over these issues at the state level. Abortion: At best, a president can reverse or influence a reverse of Roe vs. Wade and then the states would make their own laws on the subject, meaning that a teenager who wants an abortion will still get one by crossing the border regardless of who is in office. President Bush is also against abortion and there are plenty of abortion clinics right here in Miami. Gay rights will most definitely be decided at the state level. Stem cell research does get Federal funding and so does Planned Parenthood. This does seem to influence my decision some. The president also has the power to appoint Supreme Court judges, which have some authority on these issues.
Two. Does the morality of the nation actually change by who is in charge? I guess there is some good in this by keeping us from spiraling down in evil and corruption, but everyone’s heart is still just as dirty. The spiritual condition of the people is still the same, we are just trying to protect the innocent from the evil, which by looking at the previous point is not in the president’s authority anyway. Is it possible for a person who is not born again to identify with certain Christian viewpoints? I don’t think they can. The Bible describes those who don’t know Christ as being captive by the devil, (2 Tim 2:26), spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1), they see Godly things as foolishness (1 Cor. 1), why then are we surprised that when we try to force our view on them, they see us as closed minded and hateful? The Bible tells us they are going to react in this manner. When God said “I will write my law into their hearts.” (Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:10) He was talking about His people only, not unbelievers. Our morality is inherently different from theirs and it is not their fault. If we humble ourselves a little bit, we will remember that we were lost once.
Three. As my friend Abiel has pointed out, does not the moral values of a man provide a foundation where further decisions will be made? This is quite interesting. I would say yes. Without getting into specifics, I would say both candidates lack the moral standard I seek in a president and it is unfortunate we are left with only two options.
2. Morals. This is the most important of my points and needs the most feedback. This has three sub-points that I’m filtering through.
First. Biblically speaking we know how God feels about abortion, stem cell research, gay marriage and other moral issues. Does this mean that it is the job of the government to enforce these things? Maybe so, maybe not. That in and of itself can be a long-winded argument with no clear winner. That argument interests me very much, but I don’t want to enter into it here for the sake of brevity. Let’s just take the position of yes, it is government’s job to enforce these moral standards. I’m taking this opinion here not necessarily because I agree with it but because in this scenario the morality of the candidate becomes even more important. Even if we should elect a president who will enforce the same values as us, this consideration should be cancelled out based on the fact that the president has no authority over these issues at the state level. Abortion: At best, a president can reverse or influence a reverse of Roe vs. Wade and then the states would make their own laws on the subject, meaning that a teenager who wants an abortion will still get one by crossing the border regardless of who is in office. President Bush is also against abortion and there are plenty of abortion clinics right here in Miami. Gay rights will most definitely be decided at the state level. Stem cell research does get Federal funding and so does Planned Parenthood. This does seem to influence my decision some. The president also has the power to appoint Supreme Court judges, which have some authority on these issues.
Two. Does the morality of the nation actually change by who is in charge? I guess there is some good in this by keeping us from spiraling down in evil and corruption, but everyone’s heart is still just as dirty. The spiritual condition of the people is still the same, we are just trying to protect the innocent from the evil, which by looking at the previous point is not in the president’s authority anyway. Is it possible for a person who is not born again to identify with certain Christian viewpoints? I don’t think they can. The Bible describes those who don’t know Christ as being captive by the devil, (2 Tim 2:26), spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1), they see Godly things as foolishness (1 Cor. 1), why then are we surprised that when we try to force our view on them, they see us as closed minded and hateful? The Bible tells us they are going to react in this manner. When God said “I will write my law into their hearts.” (Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:10) He was talking about His people only, not unbelievers. Our morality is inherently different from theirs and it is not their fault. If we humble ourselves a little bit, we will remember that we were lost once.
Three. As my friend Abiel has pointed out, does not the moral values of a man provide a foundation where further decisions will be made? This is quite interesting. I would say yes. Without getting into specifics, I would say both candidates lack the moral standard I seek in a president and it is unfortunate we are left with only two options.
thoughts on politics - part 3
This is more of Alex's politics paper....
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3. Economy. This is extremely complicated. Here are the pros and cons I see. In the Republican system there are too many benefits for big businesses and not enough for the blue collar worker. Not to sound childish but it is basically the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We have been eliminating the middle class for some time now. In this system businesses have been laying off their American workforce and hired overseas employees for half the rate.
The Democratic system has bad downfalls as well. Unions can run the country in a dangerous direction. The welfare system is abused and seems to be enabling many people to produce absolutely nothing while collecting checks. Sure it legitimately helps some but I don’t think this is the norm.
The war is definitely a big factor in this that sways my opinion beyond these analyses.
4. Healthcare. Sorry to be so opinionated on this one but I am certain I am right on this. Healthcare will NOT work in a free market. I am not a socialist, I am actually a registered Republican, but this is logically flawed. The “invisible hand” concept envisioned by Adam Smith has made capitalism the best market system in the world for almost any product with the exception of healthcare. In a free market, supply and demand with competition between the suppliers control the system. Profitability drives suppliers to change the quality of their product, their prices, their efficiency in order to succeed. This usually works for the benefit of the buyers by providing an affordable, quality product, but in the case of healthcare it is the very FLAW in the system. Insurance companies can out-profit one another not by proving better service, but by avoiding the unhealthy, high-risk people who need it the most, by spending huge amounts of their budgets on lawyers to avoid paying out and by negotiating down the prices of service with doctors, which results in lists of doctors you can see and doctors you can’t. Universal healthcare is not perfect, but it is far better.
5. The War. I am tired of being the police of the world and the world is also very tired of us assuming this responsibility. Even if you disagree with this point, I think we can agree that we should take care of problems at home first before fixing them in other places. Borrowing 10 billion dollars a month that we don’t have to help democratize a nation that has a 72 billion dollar surplus and many of its citizens don’t particularly want Westernization does not seem smart.
6. Foreign Policy. I believe speaking to other nations is good, even our enemies in a diplomatic way. I agree that we shouldn’t “legitimize” terrorist organizations with our presence, but flat out ignoring them doesn’t seem to be ideal either. I believe we should try to do more of our “policing” in union with the other nations of the world and not think we are above them which is the perception we are certainly giving.
As we choose one of these two candidates compromises will be made. If we were to build the perfect Biblical candidate issue by issue we would end up with Jesus, who will be our King eventually. In the meantime we are left with compromises.
Okay, I’m done. Thank you so much for reading this. Please reply with your thoughts. I promise I will not be offended by anything. Love.
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3. Economy. This is extremely complicated. Here are the pros and cons I see. In the Republican system there are too many benefits for big businesses and not enough for the blue collar worker. Not to sound childish but it is basically the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We have been eliminating the middle class for some time now. In this system businesses have been laying off their American workforce and hired overseas employees for half the rate.
The Democratic system has bad downfalls as well. Unions can run the country in a dangerous direction. The welfare system is abused and seems to be enabling many people to produce absolutely nothing while collecting checks. Sure it legitimately helps some but I don’t think this is the norm.
The war is definitely a big factor in this that sways my opinion beyond these analyses.
4. Healthcare. Sorry to be so opinionated on this one but I am certain I am right on this. Healthcare will NOT work in a free market. I am not a socialist, I am actually a registered Republican, but this is logically flawed. The “invisible hand” concept envisioned by Adam Smith has made capitalism the best market system in the world for almost any product with the exception of healthcare. In a free market, supply and demand with competition between the suppliers control the system. Profitability drives suppliers to change the quality of their product, their prices, their efficiency in order to succeed. This usually works for the benefit of the buyers by providing an affordable, quality product, but in the case of healthcare it is the very FLAW in the system. Insurance companies can out-profit one another not by proving better service, but by avoiding the unhealthy, high-risk people who need it the most, by spending huge amounts of their budgets on lawyers to avoid paying out and by negotiating down the prices of service with doctors, which results in lists of doctors you can see and doctors you can’t. Universal healthcare is not perfect, but it is far better.
5. The War. I am tired of being the police of the world and the world is also very tired of us assuming this responsibility. Even if you disagree with this point, I think we can agree that we should take care of problems at home first before fixing them in other places. Borrowing 10 billion dollars a month that we don’t have to help democratize a nation that has a 72 billion dollar surplus and many of its citizens don’t particularly want Westernization does not seem smart.
6. Foreign Policy. I believe speaking to other nations is good, even our enemies in a diplomatic way. I agree that we shouldn’t “legitimize” terrorist organizations with our presence, but flat out ignoring them doesn’t seem to be ideal either. I believe we should try to do more of our “policing” in union with the other nations of the world and not think we are above them which is the perception we are certainly giving.
As we choose one of these two candidates compromises will be made. If we were to build the perfect Biblical candidate issue by issue we would end up with Jesus, who will be our King eventually. In the meantime we are left with compromises.
Okay, I’m done. Thank you so much for reading this. Please reply with your thoughts. I promise I will not be offended by anything. Love.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
God takes care
It is so cool how God takes care of the little things in this lives of His children. I can't recall whether I mentioned this in an earlier post, but Alex has been working every single day for the past two weeks. He's been shooting on weekends and then trying to work on photos, oversee the patio work, and manage the school during the week. He has only been able to get to the school 3 times in the past two weeks. He's exhausted.
In addition, he was selected by Big Folio for a feature. Big Folio is a company that designs website templates and and a slew of other services for wedding photographers. Some of the biggest name photographers use them to host their websites, as does Alex. Anyway, periodically, they select a photographer and film a video about how the photographer uses Big Folio tools to maximize their workflow. So the videographer was scheduled to come on Wednesday (yesterday). On Tuesday night, Alex was stressing badly b/c he had been so busy that he hadn't even been able to think about what to say for the video shoot.
So within the first 10 minutes of getting together, Alex learns that the guy is a Christian. What a blessing - God knew exactly how to put Alex at ease. The chances of this were SLIM. The guy is from Seattle, just FYI - Seattle and Miami are the 2 most un-churched cities in the US (Seattle #1, Miami #2). It came up b/c Alex was asking what else he films - and he mentioned that the vast majority of his work is shooting Christian Snowboarders in the NW. So they had a great day - shooting footage of Alex demonstrating how he uses Big Folio tools at home on his computer while doing post-production on weddings. Later, he filmed Alex doing a photo session with a couple - we recruited our good friends Lauren and Brian from church - they were great models.
The next thing that God did to take care of Alex: after dropping the videographer off at his hotel, Alex started stressing about all that needed to be done today - mostly that he HAD to get to the school, but he also couldn't leave the workers unsupervised. So, this morning, it was super-cloudy and kind of rainy and the main guy calls and says that they think it would be best not to work today since they are laying tile in an uncovered area. It was such a load off of Alex.
It's so cool how God cares about the little things in our lives. He really wants the best for His children.
In addition, he was selected by Big Folio for a feature. Big Folio is a company that designs website templates and and a slew of other services for wedding photographers. Some of the biggest name photographers use them to host their websites, as does Alex. Anyway, periodically, they select a photographer and film a video about how the photographer uses Big Folio tools to maximize their workflow. So the videographer was scheduled to come on Wednesday (yesterday). On Tuesday night, Alex was stressing badly b/c he had been so busy that he hadn't even been able to think about what to say for the video shoot.
So within the first 10 minutes of getting together, Alex learns that the guy is a Christian. What a blessing - God knew exactly how to put Alex at ease. The chances of this were SLIM. The guy is from Seattle, just FYI - Seattle and Miami are the 2 most un-churched cities in the US (Seattle #1, Miami #2). It came up b/c Alex was asking what else he films - and he mentioned that the vast majority of his work is shooting Christian Snowboarders in the NW. So they had a great day - shooting footage of Alex demonstrating how he uses Big Folio tools at home on his computer while doing post-production on weddings. Later, he filmed Alex doing a photo session with a couple - we recruited our good friends Lauren and Brian from church - they were great models.
The next thing that God did to take care of Alex: after dropping the videographer off at his hotel, Alex started stressing about all that needed to be done today - mostly that he HAD to get to the school, but he also couldn't leave the workers unsupervised. So, this morning, it was super-cloudy and kind of rainy and the main guy calls and says that they think it would be best not to work today since they are laying tile in an uncovered area. It was such a load off of Alex.
It's so cool how God cares about the little things in our lives. He really wants the best for His children.
Monday, September 22, 2008
hello from Albuquerque
So, here I am in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I'm attending the CityMatCH conference (the MCH is for maternal, child health). It's been a decent conference; overshadowed by the fact that I'm all by my lonesome and that is no fun. I got here Saturday, took a bus to 'Old Town' which is just that old Mexican-style buildings that now house store after store of torquise jewelry and indian art. I did find a cute little boutique of cute clothes and jewelry. I had dinner at the world's slowest restaurant - ate the BEST spicy salsa I've ever had. Apparently, NM is famous for growing red and green chiles so it was super fresh.
Last night the conference had a Friends of CityMatch dinner at a museum. I went to that and sat at a table full of other women there by themselves. We had good conversation. I came back to the hotel, ordered some milk and watched TV.
Today will be a long day, full conference stuff but then nothing to do tonight. I am thinking about taking a cab to a mall.
Things that are good: I go home tomorrow after my presentation the morning. It is officially Fall because Starbucks is back to serving Pumpkin Spice Lattes (my FAVORITE!), I am hopeful that I'm on the verge of beginning to actually look pregnant and not just fatter.
Last night the conference had a Friends of CityMatch dinner at a museum. I went to that and sat at a table full of other women there by themselves. We had good conversation. I came back to the hotel, ordered some milk and watched TV.
Today will be a long day, full conference stuff but then nothing to do tonight. I am thinking about taking a cab to a mall.
Things that are good: I go home tomorrow after my presentation the morning. It is officially Fall because Starbucks is back to serving Pumpkin Spice Lattes (my FAVORITE!), I am hopeful that I'm on the verge of beginning to actually look pregnant and not just fatter.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I'm SO behind...
I'm seriously behind on blogging - both reading them and writing them. But things have been busy. I'm ridiculously tired right now, but I just spent the last 10 minutes or so catching up on Emily and Lourdes' blogs and I feel guilty about how silent I've been. Here is a run-down of what's been happening.
- Alex decided that baby preparation #1 for our home was to renovate our patio. So we've been planning that. The redo involves: extending our patio by two feet and raising it two inches, removing the tin roof and installing a prettier wooden, taller roof, building in a grill and outdoor mini-kitchen (my only demand was for two ranges to cook stinky food outside), running our gas line to the grill, and then new tile on the patio. So that started on Monday.
- Working, although most of that has been nonstop meetings, I don't feel like I've been productive enough.
- Got burned out on politics during the conventions, took a politics vacation, but I'm easing back into it now.
- Went to dinner w/ my parents on Saturday, discovered when we got home that Miles had sneaked out of the house when we were leaving. Thankfully, he was found by friendly dog lovers in the MEDIAN OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION! They called us from his tag, but also took him to the vet to have his microchip scanned. We were so grateful for this. I can't imagine if we had lost him or he had been hit by a car!
- Shot a portrait session after work today for a Quince that we are shooting next saturday. Why I'm so tired right now.
- shooting a wedding on Friday night (again) after work (sigh)
- I leave on Saturday for New Mexico to attend a conference where I'll be presenting briefly on Tuesday on my school nursing program. This is the CityMatCH conference for state/local maternal child health public health professionals.
- Alex decided that baby preparation #1 for our home was to renovate our patio. So we've been planning that. The redo involves: extending our patio by two feet and raising it two inches, removing the tin roof and installing a prettier wooden, taller roof, building in a grill and outdoor mini-kitchen (my only demand was for two ranges to cook stinky food outside), running our gas line to the grill, and then new tile on the patio. So that started on Monday.
- Working, although most of that has been nonstop meetings, I don't feel like I've been productive enough.
- Got burned out on politics during the conventions, took a politics vacation, but I'm easing back into it now.
- Went to dinner w/ my parents on Saturday, discovered when we got home that Miles had sneaked out of the house when we were leaving. Thankfully, he was found by friendly dog lovers in the MEDIAN OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION! They called us from his tag, but also took him to the vet to have his microchip scanned. We were so grateful for this. I can't imagine if we had lost him or he had been hit by a car!
- Shot a portrait session after work today for a Quince that we are shooting next saturday. Why I'm so tired right now.
- shooting a wedding on Friday night (again) after work (sigh)
- I leave on Saturday for New Mexico to attend a conference where I'll be presenting briefly on Tuesday on my school nursing program. This is the CityMatCH conference for state/local maternal child health public health professionals.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Finally!
So I have finally begun to feel better, yay! Last week, I had a fair amount of energy all week at work and through this weekend.
This morning Alex and I decided at the last minute to get tickets to the opening season Dolphin game against the Jets. I was super excited, we just picked up Chad Pennington (from the Jets) as our quarterback. And the Jets picked up Brett Favre. That's huge. If you don't know, the Dolphins and the Jets have a huge rivalry and there are a LOT of Jet fans down here.
So we left church after the first service, changed clothes and headed up to the stadium. We were there in time to tailgate some with Alex's brother-in-law. That's always great b/c they are hardcore tailgaters and always have awesome, awesome food.
Unfortunately, it was obscenely hot today, over 90 degrees. So we had to leave our seats and watch the game on the TVs inside the stadium. At that point it kind of sucked that we had spent the money to do that considering we could have gone to Scully's by our house and done the same thing. However, the excitement is still fun, so I don't feel too badly.
This morning Alex and I decided at the last minute to get tickets to the opening season Dolphin game against the Jets. I was super excited, we just picked up Chad Pennington (from the Jets) as our quarterback. And the Jets picked up Brett Favre. That's huge. If you don't know, the Dolphins and the Jets have a huge rivalry and there are a LOT of Jet fans down here.
So we left church after the first service, changed clothes and headed up to the stadium. We were there in time to tailgate some with Alex's brother-in-law. That's always great b/c they are hardcore tailgaters and always have awesome, awesome food.
Unfortunately, it was obscenely hot today, over 90 degrees. So we had to leave our seats and watch the game on the TVs inside the stadium. At that point it kind of sucked that we had spent the money to do that considering we could have gone to Scully's by our house and done the same thing. However, the excitement is still fun, so I don't feel too badly.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Labor Day happenings
Alex and I had a pretty nice Labor Day weekend, we were busy most of the time but not doing anything major.
Friday evening we confirmed in our minds, again, that the economy is slowing down. I haven't eaten fish in MONTHS and was dying for some, so we went to Bonefish Grill - one of my favorite restaurants. On a Friday night, that place usually has a 45 minute or longer wait. We got a seat immediately, which was great b/c as usual, I was starving. I got Chilean sea bass and that made me very happy.
Saturday, we went to the viewing for Alex's high school friend, Carlos, who was hit by a car a short time ago. He was killed instantly from what they say. He was jogging. It was very sad, especially knowing that he was not a Christian. I think that was my first real non-Christian funeral and I found it very hard to think of comforting things to say. There were probably 400 people there.
Sunday, we did church and then had lunch w/ Alex's parents an did some shopping w/ them. Monday we went to the Home Show with my mom and later went to Alex's parents house to swim in the pool.
The highlight for me was that each day of Labor Day weekend, I fit in a good nap. Today I was the least tired I've been for a while. I am chalking it up to getting a boost of naps for several days plus sleeping solid each night over the weekend.
Friday evening we confirmed in our minds, again, that the economy is slowing down. I haven't eaten fish in MONTHS and was dying for some, so we went to Bonefish Grill - one of my favorite restaurants. On a Friday night, that place usually has a 45 minute or longer wait. We got a seat immediately, which was great b/c as usual, I was starving. I got Chilean sea bass and that made me very happy.
Saturday, we went to the viewing for Alex's high school friend, Carlos, who was hit by a car a short time ago. He was killed instantly from what they say. He was jogging. It was very sad, especially knowing that he was not a Christian. I think that was my first real non-Christian funeral and I found it very hard to think of comforting things to say. There were probably 400 people there.
Sunday, we did church and then had lunch w/ Alex's parents an did some shopping w/ them. Monday we went to the Home Show with my mom and later went to Alex's parents house to swim in the pool.
The highlight for me was that each day of Labor Day weekend, I fit in a good nap. Today I was the least tired I've been for a while. I am chalking it up to getting a boost of naps for several days plus sleeping solid each night over the weekend.
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