why can't rubber grow in a civilized climate?

sick day? no such thing for mom. i feel as if i have been swallowing swords that were dipped in acid. our kitchen is being ripped apart and will be unuseable for the next week. nik starts school tomorrow (THANK YOU JESUS). dan has job interview this week. i still need to get books for myself for school (even though i am not going to go through with it). i need to drop off emma's health form to prove that she will not contaminate kids in preschool.....

I AM SICK.

our cable went out last night. this meant we were spared the closing ceremonies of the olympics. THANK YOU JESUS. that is my biggest problem with the olympics. i could do without the opening and closing. it encompasses everything that i depise. it makes me wish i could pass for a canadian or a german. don't get me wrong. i do like being an american. i find it one of the healthest challenges on the face of the earth. just when you think you can come out of the cave you've been hiding in, our country goes and pulls another bonehead trick out of it's bag and it is back to the cave of shame. i couldn't live in any other country because i am too american. i am set in my ways and love the freedom of complaining about my homeland.

am i patriotic? i don't think i can even spell this word properly. i don't care if you burn the american flag, but i cry everytime i hear the national anthem. voting in our country is our duty, not a exercise to be taken lightly. besides, you can't complain if you don't vote. even if your vote doesn't seem to matter or count. i don't care for the current president or administration, but i pray every day for the women and men who are fighting overseas. i don't like the idea that if you are critical of the president/administration that you hate america. i hate that people try to entangle god and politics. i deal with spiritual conflicts on a personal level, i don't want them played out on a political level.

UG!

i don't like where this is going....please excuse the rambling.....i have a fever......did i mention charlie manson is upstairs ripping apart my kitchen while i hide in the basement?.......please someone get me a popsicle.....