August 1, 2007 Lancaster, PA

It seems that everyone is moving away from Live Journal these days and moving over to here. I haven't done much of a journal in about a year now. Most of my blogging has been done to my MySpace page.

Not much of significance has been happening in my little corner of the universe in some time. I have not worked for a month. It's been incredibly freeing, but also a slight hardship as far as finances are concerned. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I start a new temp job on Monday for an advertising firm. I believe I will be doing administrative work but the description was very vague at best. The pay is a bit lower than what I find comfortable, but it is the only job that is available to me. Hopefully I will be having the house sold and moving on to new adventures before too long.

Work is again progressing slowly on the house. I have managed to have the plumbing finally repaired, but have not yet received the promised estimates for the bathroom and ceilings. I fear I may need to start scraping the paint from the back deck myself this weekend without Michelle's help. I dread work outside but must do what I have to move these projects along. I will be focusing on some issues inside of the house over the next few days.

Michelle has become injured as of Saturday. She seems to have possibly slipped a disk in her back. The cause is unknown. I have spent some time taking her to the emergency room, doctors office, and pharmacy. We decided to also mix it up a bit and go to the DMV to get her license as we have not been sitting in waiting rooms enough lately. I hope that she recovers soon because it pains me to see her suffering so and to not be able to do anything to help her.

Sachi and the cats are all doing well. I also am well, except for a constant fatigue that seems to have settled on me. I am guessing it is due to stress from the past few weeks. I wish it would pass as this is a time of action and I am not feeling entirely up to the challenge.

I watched Premonition tonight. The movie was enjoyable to watch, it held my interest for the most part. I did not like the ending. I have found that to often be the case lately. Endings are just not fulfilling to me, the way they are being written. Perhaps I am looking for something that Hollywood is just not providing to me.

I am also becoming more and more upset with the rash of defective imported products. Recent news has brought us an onslaught of imports from China that are harming us. Pet food, Colgate toothpaste, Fisher-Price toys, and pollen that is killing our honey bees. I wonder though, why does it seem all this is coming from China? I know that China is not overly found of us, but would the knowingly do this? Would our government be just placing the blame on them? It is hard to say, you can never trust what the news tells you anymore. I still and always will feel greatly that we need to bring manufacturing back here. Not only for the safety of the products, but for the jobs. I feel it is so wrong for our jobs to be sent away. It is causing such a downward spiral in this country. I wish businesses would be forced to stop outsourcing. But because of bottom lines and all that it will never happen.