Last night was my second sleepless night in a row. Where my mother gets her energy is a big mystery. Maybe she’s creeping out of bed in the night and eating a bunch of amphetamines, but I doubt it. She certainly isn’t eating food – at least, not much.
This morning, she walked into the bathroom, then had to be carried half the way back to her bed… it was as if she just collapsed. She then slept about 3 hours and I pushed her on her Roll-a-tor into the kitchen for breakfast. She might have eaten 3 bites of food.
This evening, I fed her some chicken and Popeye’s mashed potatoes. She ate all of the potatoes and 1 bite of chicken. Then, it was back to bed. I’m thinking I might get a good night’s sleep tonight.
On Another Note…
Today, I saw Percy Kimball and the Lightning Thief, a GREAT movie which I recommend to everyone, though I don’t think I would take young children. There are a lot of scary creatures who make loud noises and it might give young children nightmares. But, it’s a funny, thrilling, fast-moving film. Some familiarity with Greek mythology would not go amiss. Uma Thurman is a very believable Medusa, who will either scare the pants off you or give you the creeps.
On Still Another Note…
How many of you saw Glenn Beck this afternoon? The economic state of this country is worse than even I suspected. When i began working at the Department of Social Services in Canandaigua, NY, we believed that though we government workers were underpaid in comparison with people in the private sector, the benefits of job security, vacations, extra holidays, sick leave, etc. helped make up for it. Wow, has that ever changed!
Today, Glenn revealed the following differences between the average salary of government vs. private sector workers.
| Year | Government Worker | Private Sector Worker |
| 2005 | $59,000 | $40,500 |
| 2009 | $71,000 (+$12,000) | $40,333 (-$167) |
He also pointed out that this year, average government worker pay will reach $75,000. And people in the private sector will be lucky to even have a job, let alone earn a salary.
He also pointed out that only FOUR states in the nation have fully-funded pension plans, or like the rest of government, heading for bankruptcy.
What a mess! Our government must stop spending so much money and make some hard decisions. We are Americans and we can do it. It won’t be easy, but we have to stop the entitlement mentality and get back to the virtues of our founding fathers.
Sorry for the ranting and raving! -but not too much :)
Until next time…
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