It wasn't shocking,exactly, that a House member was shot and almost killed not 100 miles from where I am sitting. But it was repulsive and maddening to find out a 9 year old girl was also shot and killed in that melee, especially after reading about her life and what she was involved with. Not that the representative's injury to her head is any less significant, it just makes it that more sickening that this "man" would take out a little kid. I fully expect the death penalty whenever this gets to court, litigation is over and the jury gives it's verdict.
This situation has engulfed the nation's news - as should be expected.
Onto other things. One of the large Koi jumped out of the pond last night and was found kaput this morning. Koi are known to do that. Why, I have no idea, but it isn't something that surprises me anymore after reading about it all over the internet and talking with people that have had their own fish jumping out. This one was about 12 inches long and huge. Not the biggest fellow, though, there are 4 other Koi in that pond that are MUCH larger than this one. I hope they never take that course of action.
I have been feeling ill all weekend long, but feeling a bit better now. Getting up for work in the morning is going to be fun, I'm sure. I have done much of nothing this weekend and glad that I have taken it easy.
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Monday
The news is still full of this story of the congresswoman that was shot, but now, the newest angles are that this shooter was a nutcase, basically. This is going to play out for a while. The surgical team/hospital where she is at says they are going to do updates every morning at 10:00 am (Mountain Standard Time) I will be listening for that this morning.
Onto other things. The winds of change are coming. I'm not talking about the world, the state, politics, I'm referring to myself. I have no idea WHAT, exactly, I can just feel it. I've noted this kind of thinking and feeling in the past and shortly thereafter, something occured or some sort of dramatic change in my life and the direction it is going occured.
No, I'm not a nutcase with a gun about to go whacko, thank you very much. We're not talking death and destruction, or I certainly hope not anyway. You get on one track in life and it goes on for a while and then, the tracks change and you are headed somewhere else, doing something else. That's all. It doesn't necessarily mean anything great. That's all I'm going to say about it in this blog until/if/when something happens.
Watched NFL football yesterday, nothing fantastic going on there. Packers showed early that they might take the win and that's what happened. Steelers next weekend, that's the game I'm interested in - would be cool to see them go another round at a Superbowl - though I'm sure non-Steelers fans don't favor that idea at all, lol. "They already have enough Superbowl rings" is a sentiment I have heard a lot. Yes, but one more would be even nicer!
Here's an interesting one: 2 brothers being deported from Colorado given another year by a judge to remain in the states. They are allegedly illegal aliens. The interesting part is that both of them served in our nation's military during the Vietnam era. Personally, I don't care if you're from the planet Zoid, if you serve in our military and have an honorable discharge, you're a citizen. You gonna pay that kind of price, you deserve to be a citizen.
Just wandering around the news this morning, the biggest thing on my plate for today is a LOT of work to get done. Several deliveries, several pickups and then another delivery. Should make the day zoom by, which is a good thing.
Speaking of that, work day almost here.
G'day.
ben
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