I Saw It

Wow - can you imagine knowing that your government is corrupt, having all that information right there in front of you, and having no idea what to do with all of it, how to change things. I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 on Sunday with my husband and some friends/family. It was an eye opening experience. We sat and talked afterwords about what it all really meant. Dylan made a good point, that even if you don't agree with Michael Moore - even if you think he is an extremist and slanted the movie, that there is inherent bias - all you have to do is see that the vast majority of the information and footage is from public information sources, this is information that you or I could get a hold of and read. It isn't some cooked up conspiracy theory - it is the obvious truth. And what do we do now??? Walk away and hope that he gets out of office this fall??? I hope not - I hope that this movie will help people to wake up and get out and vote and be active politically and have a say and a stand in what happens. Although, with the last presidential election being decided not by the people, but by the appointees, and family friends of the "winner" - it makes one wonder what their vote really counts for - ya know!!!!

Life is good!

Can you believe half the summer is already over. I have to be back on campus the 16th of August - that is just a little over a month away. And I am excited - really I am, but I guess a little insecure over starting to teach a lab. I don't even know yet what lab I am teaching, what is expected of me, how I am supposed to prepare - I guess I just don't feel grounded in the whole situation yet. But that will come with time. The summer has been good, short but good.

Dylan's sister has tried to convince me that it will be fine, she taught a lab for a course she hadn't even taken before - and I guess if she can do it - so can I.

We spent last weekend with Dylan's mom's boyfriend's kids - Kali, Christopher, and Karrissa. It was lots of fun. We went to Melba for the 3rd, Boise for the 4th, floated the river, and went to the Zoo on Monday the 6th with Laurie and David. All was well, until the kids went to the penguin exhibit to watch a feeding. Kali started feeling dizzy and fainted, hitting her head on some concrete - she got scrapped up pretty good, but no concusion, no long term damage - we did go to the hospital though - they did an EKG and a CT scan - all looks good! Made me feel bad because they said she was dehydrated, although she spent all weekend with us, the whole weekend she was drinking water, eating - everything seemed fine. I hope David doesn't reflect this on us - we took good care of them!! I like those kids a lot and I know Dylan gets a kick out of hanging out with them - he gets to be the big brother he always wanted to be!!!!!

Other than that - nothing new and exciting - waiting for the weekend - as usual!!!

Amanda