I’m so tired of waking up every day and just going through the motions. I’m tired of Dixie State College. I’m tired of not seeing any of the fruits of my efforts at school turn in to anything but good grades. I know, you say, be patient, good grades will pay off, but honestly, I’m just tired of feeling like I’m in the same place.
I’ve made some progress over the last while, but really, it’s not what I want to be doing. I want to be working for something that I can see the benefits of. I want to know that all this working is eventually going to get some somewhere other than an Associates of Science degree. Bah.
Two of the fish have been going for eachother’s throats. Puggy got injured, so he has been taken out and put into the “recovery” tank. Needless to say, he will not be going back in with the African Cichlids. I’ve been wanting to make seperate tank for him to be in at work anyway. Guss it looks like I’m going to get that 10 gallon kit afterall. :-)
I found an interesting article today about another one of those funny name changes that people do. Since this is right from my era, it really made me laugh. Read it here. The most funny thing about this article is the part about the letter from the General at the Pentagon.
I’ve been paying extremely close attention to the war efforts. Quite honestly, it’s killing me. It really is an emotional rollercoaster. I find myself glued to the television. I fully support this action in Iraq, but it’s sometimes hard to watch. Saddam is a brutal tyrant that needs to be removed. He is a propagandist who’s tactics are very reminicent of Adolf Hitler, and leader of that ilk must be abolished. I feel for the Iraqi people who are being duped into a sense of false security by Mr. Hussein. Truly, they underestimte that power and the resolve the United States and coalition forces.
During the early to mid 1970s, Baghdad was a place thats elegance and excitement was nearly unmatched anywhere else in the world. Saddam has succesfully beaten this country into submission and the remenant memories of the Iraq/Iran war are still very strong. Mostly everyone in Iraq has family who that has been killed by this horrible oppressor.
Since 1991 Saddam has squandered Iraqi money on palaces and WMD programs. His estimated worth just after the Gulf War was $13.1 billion, it now sits at a measly $1.3 billion. It blows my mind to think that he continually tears food from the mouths of the hungry so that he can build palatial homesteads that he will never occupy. This man and his regime are viruses that the world needs to rid itself of.
I pray continually for the well-being of coalition troops. I find myself becomming more and more concerned with the well being of the Iraqi citizens who are begging for realease from the clinched grip of Saddam Hussein. I pray that this effort is quick and that civilian casualties will be minimized and my heart goes out for those “human sheilds” that are forced — or worse, choose naively — to go to their death. I was shown this article that gave me some unique insight/hope that this war is not in vain. Read it here.
Went to Vegas today and got a new stroller. We spent a little more than we wanted to, but we know this thing will last for a few years to come. If you’d like to, you can read about the Graco Quatro Tour Travel System. We bought it in the Blueberry pattern that you’ll see on the Website.
Corinne and I had a wonderful day together in Vegas. We bought the stroller, paid a visit to the Aladdin casino where we looked in many of the shops there, and ate dinner at In and Out Burger before heading home. It was a well needed little trip to just get out of St. George and relax.
