Deep thoughts by Meredith

Okay, this should be called random thoughts, but I adore deep thoughts by Jack Handy so I had to title it this. Real quick, one of my favorite deep thoughts by Jack Handy:
"What would make a complete stranger dive into a freezing cold river to save a solid gold baby? We may never know."
Okay, and on to random thoughts.
1. I hate e-readers. Kindle, Nook, etc. I loathe the thought of them. Give me paper with the risk of getting a paper cut or tearing a page. I need the sensory experience when I read. I need the rustling sound of the pages. I need the musty smell of old books. Yes, I am a nerd, that has been established. I own it. Maybe this is because I worked at a library for so long. Maybe it is because I am becoming more and more like my mother with each passing day, rejecting the newest technologies (we didn't have an answering machine until 1998). I also love libraries, I can't wait to take Harper when she gets old enough. I love to visit the libraries of cities I travel. I recommend out of town visitors go to the Nashville Public Library when they visit Nashville (they never do). All of this to say, I promise I do not look down on those of you who do own or use e-readers. I could just never use one. However, if someone has an i-pad they want to give me...
2. I will follow an "I hate" thought with an "I love" thought. I love the diversity at Harper's daycare. First of all, I just love her daycare and the way they care for her and love on her. It makes it easy to leave her while I work. But back to my point. I love the diversity, I want her to be exposed to all different kinds of people from an early age. I loved moving around the country for that very reason when I was younger. I didn't intentionally pick her daycare for the diversity, but I am happy that she has that.
3. Why do bikers in Auburn not use the designated bike lanes? If I have to share the road with you, then you have to share the road with me. If I hit you because you are not where you are supposed to be, then you will be hurt. I don't want to hurt you. Also, do not ride on beehive road at 5:45am with dark clothing and no lights. The road is curvy. Again, I don't want to hurt you. We have had too many bikers injured in Auburn. Just because you are dressed like you are in the Tour de France doesn't mean you can ride without caution.
4. Why do babies smell so good? If they made a baby smell perfume I would buy it. Weird? yes. But everyone knows it is true. Even Jason knows what baby smell is now!
5. I really don't want Harper to ever email or text because I hate that people do not know grammar or punctuation or spelling anymore. I know, I know. You are mentally counting all my grammatical errors in this blog. I blog how I speak, though, and not how I write. Or if I were a 16 year old, I should say "i blog how i tlk nt how i rite". Grrr. Your versus You're, write versus right, there versus their versus they're. Do we not teach this in school? Do we not take off points for these things on papers?
6. They say pie is the new cupcake. But it seems like frozen yogurt is the new cupcake. Is it just because I live in Alabama and we are at least a year behind? Is frozen yogurt in a separate category? PS-I like cupcakes better than pie.
7. Last one, my husband is psychic. Not in the "I can see the future" kind. He is just an expert in predicting if someone is having a girl or a boy. He was at 100% last year. This year he missed ONE so far, but it was a second baby, so we are thinking he is only first baby psychic, not second. If you want him to tell you if you are having a boy or girl, give us a call. He says you have to be in the continental US for it to work. I just had to give him a plug! ;-)