Simplicity Revisited

A month or two ago I wrote a post about how I wanted to simplify my life.  This summer my friends are either staying at school or unavailable due to jobs and such.  With no one around to hang out with you think I would be bored out of my mind right? Actually, I must say that I am really enjoying the simplicity of my summer at the moment.  Here is my typical day: wake up, go for a run, eat breakfast, work on my online summer class, eat lunch, in the afternoon do some shopping or baking or crafting or reading or napping, eat dinner, work at DQ 6:00-10:30ish, come home, go to bed, repeat.  My life is very chill and non eventful, and I am loving it.

My major concern at the moment is how much my dad and I seem to be butting heads lately.  I am trying as hard as I can to not call him out as he talks negatively about anyone and anything.  I feel bad for him because I no that he is very discouraged about his current jobless situation. The problem is that he doesn't seem to have a problem with talking negatively about people.  I always try to focus on what people are doing right and not what they are doing wrong, but he does not seem to share this strategy.  Today we were talking about vegans during dinner. I said that he doesn't know anything about the subject  he snapped at me, claiming that he does.  

On a lighter note, I have made it my goal to be more informed with what is going on in the world.  I am happy to report that I have been reading the paper daily.  I just hope that I can keep up with this.