18 Years.

I hate that there are these days where something so catastrophic happened that I remember where I was, what I was doing, what day it was, what I was wearing, who I was with and so on. 9/11 is one of those days and on one hand, I can't believe it's been 18 years and on another, it just doesn't seem like that long ago. Especially in this day and age of such hate. How can we be where we are now, in a place of such contention, knowing where we've been and what we've, as a country, muddled and fought through? How is there such divide when we proved ourselves to be a country that was able to come together with such unity to re-build and stand strong against a force that wanted to tear us down? How have we allowed such a force to rise up again and spread such potentially ruinous hate!? It's truly shameful. But, today, I won't let that be what I think about. I'll remember what we were then, directly after the attacks and how getting kicked and pummeled didn't mean defeat. It only meant we had to gather more tightly together. I'll remember that when you're down, you're not out. It's a different kind of fight but it's a fight we've won before and we will again. 

In other news, it's still f&%king scorching out. I checked the weather last night during the Wheel to see about the temps for today and it said that at 7:00, it was still 93 degrees out. Now, I don't believe that was the case at my house but for freakin' sake Mother Nature...cut this shit out! I'm ready for lovely fall weather and I'm sick of all the same clothes I've been wearing...which only causes me to want to online shop which isn't good for anyone. 

I'm in the midst of trying to figure out my December trip to the Caribbean. I emailed a travel agent parent from school but I'm not sure she'll really be able to help me. First, she doesn't really deal with credit card points so I'll probably just have to figure it all out myself. May have to rope Charlie in to help me with my trip since he's so well versed in planning. 

Nothing else is happening here. I'm giving my 2nd test to my history kids and I have a feeling that most of them won't be prepared. What are you going to do? Takes a bit for freshmen to realized that when you don't study, you don't pass tests. 

Okay - time to get a move on. Happy Wednesday! Later!