Observations from today
So here are a couple of things that stuck in my mind from today.
#1- At 6:40am this morning when the alarm went off and I rolled over to look out the window, welcomed by the site of…well the site of a pitch dark night, I officially kicked of my day by thinking that my alarm clock was set to the wrong time because it was way too dark still to be almost 7:00am.
#2- The current economic situation in the world today has people scared out of their minds about what will happen and has the average person handling their finances 2-3 times more conservatively than they normally would. Personally, while I struggle with these same issues, feel that it is actually a good and very much needed trend. Hopefully we can all look back at this time as the turning point that may help deflate the current and absurd inflation on the price of everything. *this is me trying to find the silver lining in the storm cloud*
#3- The fall weather was strange today. Being so overcast that it seemed like the sun just never really came up all the way, yet still bright enough that it didn’t feel like it was late evening at high noon. There was a lot of wind that had that mischievous feeling that it could just be speeding a little snow our way soon.
#4- The local Wal-Mart did not fail to produce the usual “interesting” encounters. This evenings trip highlighted by a young man being “walked” by a young woman. Yes, this is complete with him wearing the collar and leash, with her controlling him by maintaining a tight reign on said leash.
#5- As I watch the Vikings play on Monday Night Football I am experiencing a contradiction of emotion. On one hand I really want them to win as I am a lifelong fan of our Vikings, yet by winning it is causing me to lose what was a very, very close match-up this week in my fantasy football league. In the end I wanted the Vikings to win, but needed their defense to have a horrible game in order to pull out the win.
#6- I am 100% sick of hearing about the upcoming election. Period.
Halftime is almost over! Go Vikes!
