The Wicked World of Warcraft

Ok, so I'm just missing my husband. It's really not wicked. But occasionally if it would spit my guy out before 4 am....oh, well, it would be lovely.

The girls are beautiful. Going to a concert next weekend and I don't have to be at work again for at least three whole days! So all in all, things are going well.

The whole area is a buzz over a shooting at a school in Longwood, which is a town outside of Orlando, Florida. Obviously we don't know everything but an eighth grader brought what looked like a handgun to school and had it out. Somehow he and some other students wound up in the bathroom. The police were called and the SWAT team arrived. They said the boy was suicidal but that at some point he aimed at and threatened a police officer. The SWAT team fired at the boy and last time I saw the news he was in critical condition at a nearby hospital. Turns out the gun was a pellet gun but unfortunately it appeared real to everyone involved.

Hard to imagine. I'm around children at work all day long. Not sure how I'd take one of them having a gun. Now there will be investigations and committees and a year from now we will still be hearing about this- did the boy's parents pay enough attention? Did he play violent video games? But I think the saddest thing I saw was the mother of another student at the school who was interviewed by the local news. She was distraught and tears and said that in the morning her daughter hadn't felt well and had begged to stay home. She sent the girl to school trying to teach her responsibility and that school is important. She was wracked with guilt. Her daughter was unharmed luckily. But parents should be able to send their children to school without fear and this poor mother will probably never do that so comfortably again.

Well, it's not as if the rest of the world is peaceful. Just sad to think of an eighth grader reaching such a level.

The girls have found a cozy spot at the foot of the bed. They're wrapped up in tight little balls looking calm and beautiful. Dreaming of mice and tasty treats to hunt down, no doubt. Some times I catch them jumping around and chasing absolutely nothing. They have such fun with the simplest of toys. They make a sad day so much better. And they're fabulous company since Warcraft ate my husband!

SciFi Friday

Alrighty then, I'm a big dork. But it's January 6th and Stargate, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica are back!!! I have a NASTY cold. Wound up taking yesterday and today off work rather than taking my coughing, febrile self in to infect a zillion other people. C and I went to St. Augustine for about three days to celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Posting a picture of the top of the lighthouse there. Less than halfway through I just wanted to crawl into bed and die. Luckily this thing seems to be on it's way out. Haven't had a fever since last night and I'm not coughing so much. Happy to get my cold and flu season out of the way earlier. Hopefully tomorrow I might even get the kayak into the water and try out the new wetsuit. C says he might come out with me soon. I'd like to believe him but I won't force him to do anything he's uncomfortable with.

We're so surrounded by "You can do anything you want" blah blah blah. His prosthesis is awesome but at the same time it really shouldn't get wet or sandy. Water seems to set of the neuromas on the right side, causing enough pain so he won't even swim. He swam once since the accident. Not sure what made him stop. He says it was the pain but I know he didn't like the exposure of it.

Tired of watching the news. More bombings in Iraq early this morning. 137 dead plus over 200 wounded. Nothing we can do for the dead but their families have so much to deal with no and no shoulders to lean on. The wounded have recovery, physical and mental. I don't know. I knew how to get us through a lot of things but there are just parts of your life that change and no one bothers to write about those in any inspirational books. And dear gussy did we ever get inspirational books. Everyone felt like giving us this book and that about so and so who had overcome adversity. Arghh.

Ok, well, I don't even know where I'm going anymore. The girls (our kitties) are beautiful as always. Minnie tossed a toy mouse behind the cable box a minute ago. Had to rescue her. She couldn't get behind to get it out and she just looked so dejected. The vet says Bela girl has to o on a diet. Oof, I don't know how to do that. Minnie doesn't need one but I don't want to separate them for feeding. She's just more sedentary. Their personalities are so different yet they're such good sisters!