I Don't Want To Start Any Blasphemous Rumors

Today's been a good day so far. Got some work done (so out of character with me), got a bonus check and I even got a raise!

Wow.

Got to do my taxes tonight. It's that time of year. I tried doing them last night through an accounting company online, but it was just a massacre. I go to see someone in person to do it correctly this evening.

Tomorrow I'm heading to my parents' house - it's a four hour drive. I hate that drive. It's so boring. I'm heading there to do some fishing with my Dad, my cousin and his son. We're going to have two teams. The Fathers versus The Sons. My partner is 10 years old. It should be a lot of fun.

I got onto the topic of religion with my Mom the other night. My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago. I was really close to him, and my Mom has been taking it hard. She's a devout Christian, and I'm an athiest. Needless to say, she's not to happy about it and sees it as her personal mission to have me "return to the fold." Equally needless to say, I'm not particularly interested in that course of action.

Well, she was talking about how Pop (my grandfather) was in Heaven now, and she was quoting scriptures and whatnot about it, when she said (I was wondering when this would come up) "I don't know how you can do it. How can you deal with death when you believe that there's nothing after life?"

So, the next 10 minutes were spent in futility. Me, talking about how I believe there's a soul, but I don't know anything about there being an afterlife, and her in denial. Then, the usual discussion of the paradoxes of Christianity and her quoting scripture again, which doesn't address the paradox at all.

In other matters, I'm thoroughly confused and scared by dating. I get excited after a first date, but I'm too excited. "Let's just be friends." So, I try the friends thing, but I feel like a stalker for calling this girl that I barely know.

Suggestions, people?