It's a Little Chilly

We had a frost this morning, right on time. It seems that the last few years, we were waiting until after Thanksgiving for the first frost. This is the first year in a long time that the weather seems right to me, that it's all changing and happening according to the right schedule. But I still never know how to dress for work because it could be anything here, so today, I'm cold. I pulled a few of my sweaters down off the storage shelf on Saturday, but not enough of them. I'm wearing today exactly what I would wear on any other day of the year: jeans, t-shirt, button-down shirt open over that. I'm not creative when it comes to clothes.

We had three of the freshman classes in so far -- it's about 11:30 as I type this -- and all went well. I've emailed a bit with R over last night's dinner with the GF, so everyone is happy there. I slept so oddly last night that I can barely keep my head up. I'm having a physical on Friday, and sleeping is something I need to discuss with the doctor, along with a few other details. It always amuses me when I think of my list of ailments, and then conclude that I have to say to the doctor that I'm basically feeling okay. I am. My biggest problem these days is allergies, but I'm hardly alone in that, and I don't know what I can do for them other than what I'm doing. My Crohn's has been pretty quiet, or at least, quietly manageable, for the last six weeks or so. The tylenol I took this morning for the eternal headache is working a little, so I have a bit of a break from that. But in general, I feel okay. It doesn't seem like I should, but I do.

2:45 PM

I just read an article about Rush Limbaugh and who knows who else claiming that Colin Powell's support of Obama is motivated only by race, and that there are no records of him endorsing liberal white candidates with limited experience. An interesting attack. Now what I'd like to see is someone questioning how many of McCain's supporters are motivated by race, as in, how many black candidates have they previously supported? And how many of Obama's other high-profile supporters are white? Sheesh. What a country. (And I don't mean that in the Yaakov Smirnov good way.)

The other thing is what Palin said recently about small towns being ... well, better than other places in this country. First of all, she's a jerk, and second, with a little help from Jon Stewart, I'd like to comment on it, but first, here's what she said:

We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe -- We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans.

If I recall, we saw the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans in New York City following 9/11. She may think that the best of America is in the small towns, but New York City took the big hit, and I don't think they deserve to get trashed for it.This is just mean and unacceptable in a person running to be a potential future president.

My headache is starting to peek in again, and my back is very achy. I just want to get one little errand done after school, but unfortunately it's at the Apple Store, and the Apple Store is at the mall. I could drive a little farther to get to one in a strip mall (easier to park, shorter to walk to), but I'm just too tired. Or I could go home and collapse on the floor and see if that helps my back out some. Then maybe somebody will come by with a feeding tube and I won't even have to get up to eat. Yeah, that's the ticket.


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