My grandparents house

My grandparents house was torn down over a two day period last week. When I passed by their house last Saturday, part of the sides were gone and a lot of the insides where gutted out. It felt like my grandparents had just passed away again. It was so heartbreaking I just cried. I just wanted to fix it. The next day, I passed by again and it was just gone. I know that a house is not the "home" or the memories that you had. And really since my grandparents were gone, seeing the house, was not the same as when they were alive. It was still a big part of my past and was hard to see torn down. I think I would have been better off to have just passed by and it be completely gone than to have seen it partially gone. It makes me wish they were still here. I miss them.

Soldiers

I am watching a show on television where they are talking to men and women who have been injured in Iraq. I feel like so many people come back from war and get lost in the world. I don't know that I feel they get the proper treatment mentally to be able to cope the best possible way they can. It bothers me. It makes me wish there was something I could do to help. These soldiers go through so much for me and my family. They deserve the best possible to make it through. It's the least that can be done for putting their life on the line.

Weather

It has been so nice outside yesterday and today. I love it. I think it would be really great to live in a place where the weather was like that all the time. Of course, you would need the rain but at least as far as the temperature goes it would be great. Truly though, we are very fortunate to live in an area that gives us the blessing of such diverse weather and not any of it lasts extremely long. Its nice. I do like it even if I am a hot weather gal at heart.

Slowing Time

Most days, time seems to move so fast. I get up in the morning and before I know it twelve o'clock has arrived. I wish some days time could really just slow down. I don't know deep down if it would really make a difference but it sure feels like it would.

Soda

I am trying to stop drinking soda or at least not so much of it. I have never really had a problem of drinking it all the time, just maybe once or twice a week. It's just that I really want to cut back to where I am maybe drinking it once a month. This week, I have already had it once and today I am having Imo's pizza, which I love, and I cannot eat pizza without having soda. So, this week I will be off my course and have it twice.

Mexico

My sister-in-law just left today for Cancun. She goes every year with some of her girlfriends. Three years ago I got to go with them and it was GREAT. Now every year since then I have been asked but I don't feel I can really go because of my classes. I feel I made the decision to go to school and so I need to attend. It still bums me out a little though, but one day I will be out of school and can go again. Until then I will just daydream about it and live vicariously through her.

Vonnegut

I finally receive my copy of "The Sirens of Titan" so I can now start reading it for the book club. I will blog my thoughts on the book at a later date.