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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Jul. 18th, 2015 08:09 pmIt's very humid and next few days should be very hot. That should be fun. Sigh.
I was very tired and sluggish all day. I know it's because today was the heaviest day of my period so I'm even more anemic than usual and not a lot of oxygen is getting to my cells but that doesn't help to motivate me to try to be anything but lethargic. (And I envy my friends who didn't get their periods back until they stopped nursing, while I just got a three months break despite nursing for a year. At least my cramps seemed to have gotten better).
So I sort of had a day off today since my parents took care of Tanya and took her to playground in the first half of the day twice. I was only in charge of naps and now bedtime. I got to sit in front of my computer and watch more "Agents of Shield" with amazing guest stars. I did go to the backyard a little to enjoy the sun when Tanya was in her baby pool in the afternoon but even then I felt pretty detatched.
New National Geographic came today with the cover article on Pope Francis. He is a very interesting person and he fascinates me so I read the article right away. It was very good and I feel I got a better glimpse of him as a person.
But I also found a historical mistake in their graphic on all the popes and the history of the Roman Catholic Church. I'm sure they were trying to be concise but it bothered me to read that Emperor Constantine 'converted to Christianity in 312' and 'moved the capital of the Christian Empire to Constantinople'. First of all, Constantine did not officially convert until his death in 337 and even that was more hedging his bets for the afterlife. He worshiped other gods not just the Christian one after 312. Second, he issued an Edict of Toleration in 313 - the Empire did not become Christian until 380 at least. I guess they were referring to the battle in 312, where he saw a cross and had his dream, as conversion but Constantine just took a victory and the vision as a sign to accept Christianity not to make the Empire Christian. It's minor differences but as a historian it irked me and drew me out of my lethargy a bit. I actually wrote an email to National Geographic, which is a first for me.
We went to the beach on Friday and will probably go again tomorrow. Hopefully my energy will be back by then.
I was very tired and sluggish all day. I know it's because today was the heaviest day of my period so I'm even more anemic than usual and not a lot of oxygen is getting to my cells but that doesn't help to motivate me to try to be anything but lethargic. (And I envy my friends who didn't get their periods back until they stopped nursing, while I just got a three months break despite nursing for a year. At least my cramps seemed to have gotten better).
So I sort of had a day off today since my parents took care of Tanya and took her to playground in the first half of the day twice. I was only in charge of naps and now bedtime. I got to sit in front of my computer and watch more "Agents of Shield" with amazing guest stars. I did go to the backyard a little to enjoy the sun when Tanya was in her baby pool in the afternoon but even then I felt pretty detatched.
New National Geographic came today with the cover article on Pope Francis. He is a very interesting person and he fascinates me so I read the article right away. It was very good and I feel I got a better glimpse of him as a person.
But I also found a historical mistake in their graphic on all the popes and the history of the Roman Catholic Church. I'm sure they were trying to be concise but it bothered me to read that Emperor Constantine 'converted to Christianity in 312' and 'moved the capital of the Christian Empire to Constantinople'. First of all, Constantine did not officially convert until his death in 337 and even that was more hedging his bets for the afterlife. He worshiped other gods not just the Christian one after 312. Second, he issued an Edict of Toleration in 313 - the Empire did not become Christian until 380 at least. I guess they were referring to the battle in 312, where he saw a cross and had his dream, as conversion but Constantine just took a victory and the vision as a sign to accept Christianity not to make the Empire Christian. It's minor differences but as a historian it irked me and drew me out of my lethargy a bit. I actually wrote an email to National Geographic, which is a first for me.
We went to the beach on Friday and will probably go again tomorrow. Hopefully my energy will be back by then.