I haven't slept well the last couple of nights or so, my body clock is all awry. When I got up I went to Emmanuel, and picked up the flowers for the hospital.
Had to go to Walmart for a new microwave. Mine was flashing and banging, and goodness knows what, and I hadn't put anything reflective in it, but like everything else in this country nothing is made to last. I briefly - for all of 15 seconds - wondered if I could live without one, but thinking of the number of times I use it during the day, I know I can't.
I spotted one for $45 that looked quite good so I pushed and pulled and heaved it into my cart, moved on and saw another one for $37.95, so with another struggle I managed to lever out the more expensive one, and replace it with the cheaper, by which time my shoulder was seriously threatening to dislocate again. Then I had a good look at both of them and decided that the $45 deal had features that were definitely worth the extra money.......I asked at the checkout if someone could help me get it in the car, I waited, and waited, and waited, an no one showed up. So with a great, superhuman effort I managed to tip it into the boot of the car. But I am going to have to get someone to bring it inside for me.
Yesterday I thought I'd catch up on some lost sleep. Made some tea and took it to bed with the pages of the 'Mail on Sunday' dear sister sends me, and there was an interesting article by Piers Morgan, a British columnist who also anchors CNN, and has been campaigning against the crazy gun laws in this country.
It boggles my mind how many children and young people are mown down here in their schools and colleges. In Dunblane, Scotland in 1996 a madman entered a school with four hand guns, and shot and killed 16 children and 1 adult. Following this it was made illegal in the United Kingdom to own hand guns and there hasn't been a school shooting since. Over here however, as Piers Morgan said, America does nothing, endures endless school shootings and has 11,000 gun murders a year. In Britain we have 35.
As they say here.....go figure.
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