I was walking the dog and my neighbor flagged me down to give me these shrimp that were in the gulf that morning, he was deep sea fishing in South Louisiana. We prepped the shrimp and it may have been the first time I’ve shelled and deveined shrimp. My elder princess was very curious and was able to touch them while we were working, then she even took a bite of cooked shrimp, for a three year old I’m very pleased she would try a food like that. Over the weekend the princess also began learning how to use a knife, part of our bedtime routine is she wants to eat a piece of butter, so I lined up the knife and she helps push it down. We’ve had plastic knife toys for kids to play with for awhile, since I was made aware that we should introduce kids to dangerous things instead of avoiding them until the kid is “ready”. For all ages of life there is a lesson that there will never be a perfect time, perfect is the enemy of done, so start doing and make corrections along the way. It was the same way with me and the shrimp, I don’t know what I’m doing, but there’s a big bag to experiment with. Now onto future endeavors, it’s week two of daycare and last week was good enough rest, now to start up self improvement works. After the little princess takes a nap I should be riding the bike, trying not to snack, and am reading more. The book I’m currently reading is by Wilhelm Reich, concepts like orgone are hard to explain, “the world is mind” a simplification. Since the friend I’m distancing myself from was part of my Bible study, I’ll be working to study more on my own.
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