A Sick Day

Today is my first sick day in a long time.  It's actually been kind of nice because I took a day to work through some reasearch I need to do for my papers this semester.  The paper that I worked on the most today is for my history class called "The History of the Failure of Development".  I am writting my paper on the intersection of post-Vatican II documents and the beautiful social justice teachings of the Catholic church.  I am loving getting to read these beautiful books that I have been meaning to look at for such a long time.  Like one of them that I just finished reading says, the Church's beautiful social teachings are often only cited as critiques and not as a moral compass by social and political leaders of our time. 
How wonderful it would be if only we could live by the idea that subsistence living was a goal to be met by all.  Yesterday, my husband said something that made me very happy and that I am hoping to live by soon-- he asked that, once we move in May, that we try to live by a more locally produced, sustainable, and organic diet.  I loved the sound of that.  I think the change in his opinion is stemming from the fact that, for once, we will not be students and will be more available to purchase this wonderful fod source.  I think we are also seeing all the garbage we put into our bodies and realizing that now is the time to cut all that stuff out.  We are starting to see our parents and the results of some of the choices they have made and want to make different choices for our own lives. I guess what makes me the most excited about all of this is that it would be a goal that my husband and I could work towards together.  While I do most of the cooking, he has a large say in what I create and how our budget is spent.  It think that learning to use more local ingrediens would require more creativity on my part but also some budget creativity on his part.  I will hopefully keep you posted as to how things go once we make the move!