Another day
of summer wasted. I went to my committee meeting where we didn’t
do much of anything except snack and peruse two textbook
programs. Then I stopped at my parents’ house to take advantage
of their air conditioning. I ended up falling asleep and had the
best two hours of sleep I’ve had in a long time. Came home and
made dinner … then we watched “WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price”,
the movie I referred to a couple of days ago. I have now decided
to cancel my Sam’s Club membership and renew my promise to never set
foot in a WalMart again. The movie itself was not that fantastic
in terms of the flow and the quality of the sound and editing, etc.,
but the information it presented was so important. I recommend
that you see it if you have a chance. You can also see clips on
the website.
I’ve
been promising the fishies that I’ll clean their bowls, but I just
haven’t felt motivated to do anything in this heat. Today,
however, I noticed that their water is quickly evaporating, so I’ve
gotta do it tonight. I haven’t felt like paying bills
either. I sorted through them last night and saw that the gas
bill was going to be late, so I just paid that one because it would
require too much energy to pay all of them on one day. Even
writing a check and addressing an envelope seems like such a colossal
undertaking these days.
Grandma has been calling
all week to set up a time to get together, and I successfully managed
to avoid her calls until today. Don’t get me wrong … I love my
grandma, but I much prefer her in a large group setting. One on
one meetings with Grandma are dangerous because she always has an
ulterior motive. This time I’m sure she intends to grill me about
why I’m still not married and then try to pry into everyone else’s
dysfunctionality as well. Can’t wait. 
Things I’m thankful for today:
2. I’m not an employee of WalMart having to rely on public assistance to survive.
3. My parents’ central air
4. Chinese dumplings … yum!
Quote of the Day:
It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away
than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home. ~Carl T.
Rowan
Poisoned by Fairy Tales 
I know that walmart is evil, but being a single parent, sometimes I just have to shop there. I feel awful every time I go.Dang those dumplings look yummy!!I wish I could run away to the coast this weekend – it’s going to be 110+ (110 predicted tomorrow and 112 Saturday), so even with a/c I will be a shut-in. Good weekend for movies and reading!!Hope you find a way to stay cool – if we lived close enough I would invite you to stay the weekend and we could have a girl fest
i have those dumplings in my freezer…they are yummy!!
and i hate paying bills..hubby does that..
and about fish bowls..my daughter’s fish died 3 months ago..I flushed the fish and haven’t dumped,cleaned and put away the bowl. at least it is covered and there isn’t anything growing in it. mostly i’ve been too busy..and a tad bit lazy..it’s summer..I want to lounge and play!
and I HATE walmart..and although that’s a strong word..I would use a stronger one if I knew of one
Yay for sleeping at your parents’ house! I went home this summer for the first time since December and the first thing I did was crash in my old room. It was the best sleep I’d had all year. I didn’t even visit or play with the dog first, and I fell asleep for like 13 hours!
i agree chinese dumplings yummy….and oh did i say that new someone can cook!
oh yeh with all the restuarants in the family i suppose i can write and never think alot on cooking…except then to have fun learning it all…
LOVE is… and bean town is good but Seattle is looking beautiful….hehe
I’m forever late on paying bills…I just hate to do it! I vowed this was going to be the year I got my finances under control. I’ve got what about 5 months to do that? It would be nice to accomplish ONE of my New Year’s Resolutions.
Sorry about the committee meeting and heat…heat is not an issue for me (don’t get me wrong its awful outside), they keep the classrooms in the university so cold we’re sitting around in jeans and sweatshirts, jealous huh, lol?
I truly believe…its summer so cut yourself some slack. We do more as teachers in 10 months than a lot of people do in 12 (I know not everyone agrees with this), you deserve the chill out time!
chinese dumplings look good…
I think I’d really enjoy that WalMart documentary. Was it on TV? I’m on dial up, so I can’t do much on the net lol.
Yes, I totally agree with you about bills. I usually will only pay the urgent ones and put off the others until a more convenient time. So really, you’re a teacher? That’s pretty neat. I still remember my 1st grade teacher. She really made a difference in my life.
Have a nice day, and stay cool.
saw the PBS special on Walmart a time ago… the thing is when walmart started it was a good premise for an american business but the father died and the kids got greedy..so they took to buying from china …and exploiting the people there and just making big deals with the government there …another story that one…and well it is the thing we all know the story or at least all us intelligent consumers that read and look beyong the american press…still it is a hard circle…they sell low so we want to buy there but the selling low means exploiting others and yet if you dont buy from them it can hurt in a sense too… i realized i can boycott a place but then i look beyond my govenrment and china’s government and see who is it hurting….when you live in china and that job that pays you so little is the thing paying your food and existence… in the end that can hurt to boy cott and have wal mart seek to go elsewhere for cheaper workers or goods… sometimes you have to look even further and see the circle… it is a hard one..americans lose jobs do to the low cost of products..but then the ones losing jobs must buy there because they cant afford anywhere else..and it is the same in china…they use workers there to produce the product at cheap labor … yet if you take the labor away then those people lose out on a job that was crucial to their survival…
now on happy notes…
it is a beautiful day out and you got some sleep and you can always eat some dumplings…and there are more beautiful things in this world to dwell on than not so beautiful…
LOVE is… katie
and ps….seeing my guy on saturday so all is right in my world…no matter what falls on my head…i will still be grinning…i must look pretty silly by now…and i love all of it…