I'm not going to spend all this blog talking politics but I would be remiss if I didn't continue to reinforce my thoughts. I believe we are on the brink of something really special. In my lifetime I have seen seven different Presidents serve the office and none of them have been world changing. Sure, Reagan was in position when the Berlin Wall came down and communism floundered, yet as much as the US had to do with it, I don't feel as if it was as impacting to you and me as the events that could transpire over the next administration (should Obama be elected). Say what you will about him, but he is a Kennedy like figure, fighting not for human rights , as JFK did in the '60s, but for the rights of the middle class. Some people will label him a socialist for wanting to "spread the wealth". Yet if we look at socio-economic growth the disparity between the rich and the middle class has continued to grow at an alarming rate. Staunce conservatives will say that the reason behind this is that the people with money work harder. I fall in a group of people who are classified as the "lower-middle class". I've worked my ass off over the last 22 years to get through college, to claw my way up the ladder at work and I haven't seen a pay increase in over six years. No one is going to tell me that I don't work hard enough and that I don't deserve my cut of the pie. Everyone reading this, remember that it was lack of Wall Street regulation and corrupt business that has crushed our economy and left the lower middle class struggling to keep their homes. The rich continue to sacrifice the poor upon the altar of greed by taking away jobs and sending them over seas, or raising prices so they can maintain their bloated salaries or in the event of a full on corporate collapse taking their golden parachutes, laughing as they clutch their bags of money taken from the pockets of the "serfs".
We are moving towards a feudal society and Obama recognizes that. We need big change and hopefully he will bring it soon. For those who are republicans and hate the ideals of Obama, I'm not going to argue politics with you. Preach about how bad it will be under Obama should he get elected. You aren't going to change my feelings. All I can say is that if the polls continue to go in the direction they appear to be then you better get used to these changes.
On the home front, I'm getting to learn a lot more about my kids as I am spending a lot more time alone with them. Balin, it turns out, really loves his sister. Two weeks in a row now I've taken Grace to ballet class and Balin has broken into tears when we leave her. I think he really misses her when she is gone. I'm sure that it will change as he gets older.
Angie has been taking him to the library on Monday's for toddler storytime and he really enjoys it. He is extremely attentive to things now, sitting for much longer periods of time once his attention is grabbed. Last night he pulled his little rocking chair over, sat down and watched Thomas the Train on television when it happened to come on. He is also talking more and getting a bit easier to understand. He will often repeat words when you ask him too. I was happy yesterday when he said "Bub". He has also started saying "please" and "car" and countless other words. It is great fun watching him practice his language skills.
Gracie is having some issues. She has all of the sudden become afraid of the dark once again (this has happened before). She has taken to sleeping with her closet light on and the door wide open to flood the room with light. I'm not sure what the cause of this is, but think it may have to do with Angie not being around as much, now that she works a couple of evenings a week. Hopefully we can break her of that problem. One good thing, she seems to be eating better and it is much less of a fight to get her to eat what we are eating.
We went down to Ball State and visited Megan last weekend. She got us tickets to the football game. It was extremely cold and the weather was threatening all day. We ended up leaving after the third quarter because we were all cold and getting hungry. We went to her room and checked out the place then took a walk around campus. Seeing the whole environment made me wish she would stay down there. She has her reasons though but I can't help but think she has lost a phenominal opportunity. Oh well, you can only control your children for so long before you have to let go and allow them to lead their own lives.
I started working at Atomic's new mall store this past Sunday. It hurt my feet as there is no place to sit and I was very tired by the end of my shift. Other than that it wasn't bad. We didn't have huge sales, but had a lot of foot traffic. I suppose we will see a huge increase in sales over the next four weeks.
I'm in pretty good spirits right now. I'm not sure why. I hope it continues (it likely has something to do with the way politics are heading). I'm looking forward to Nanowrimo though right now I have no idea what I am going to write about. That said, I hope I can keep up with my blog (though my entries are not coming as often as I would like) and my novel. I've failed to write so many times that Nanowrimo gives me inspiration to at least try. Besides that, it gives me an opportunity to share my writing with you guys. I hope I can get some feedback once I do start writing. If anyone has any ideas of what I should write about (even a genre to start with) it would be helpful. Here are the ideas I've toyed with:
- The whole Wolves of Paris idea I wrote about in my last blog entry
- A story about a man and woman who adopts a bunch of different kids with differing ethic backgrounds and ages and the subsequent downward spiral of the family when tragedy strikes the family
- A story about a man who is spiraling towards self destruction due to continued loss and struggles
- A story about a little girl who lives with her mom and believes, like the mom did, that one day the father just left them and has never bothered to come back. The girl finds a passage to a mysterious land with clues that her father had also been there and is now trapped (hence the reason he never came home).
- Something to do with dictionaries. I was considering writing a story based upon someone who is voracious about them and his daydreams about including himself in the lives of some of the great lexicographers.
- A fantasy story about the life of Elyot the Definer a noble turned zealot and inquistitor.
Well, that's all I got for now. Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from all of you soon.
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