I can’t bare anymore post-Katrina footage. I have nothing new to add to the discussion about it. I don’t know anyone from there and have never been. Patty and I discussed taking a train trip to New Orleans after the last hurricane almost hit there. We wanted to see it before the whole town was washed away. It’s weird how casually I talked about it. Even the day Katrina made landfall, when the damage didn’t seem too bad, all I could think was, “Damn, should have made the trip this spring.”
Now I just feel helpless. Not angry like after 9/11, just sort of empty. I wish I had some skills that could help. All I can do is give money. So I did that tonight. My company is coming through like they have before. They already gave $100,000 on behalf of the employees and are matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar up to another $100,000. Of course, with estimates upwards of $25 billion in damage, this is just a drop in the ocean, but if other companies and organizations do the same thing this can really help. At least this is what I have to believe.
Once I get my act together I’d like to work with Habitat for Humanity. Now I wish that I already had those construction skills. Ah well, I guess there will always be disasters.
On a less depressing topic, Saturday is my birthday. Not sure what I’ll do. I hope to go to the Kane Co. flea market this weekend with Sasha and her mom. We used to go every month before Sasha had kids. We always had a blast. Even if we don’t buy anything, we entertain ourselves making fun of the crap people are trying to sell. I’ll like to buy a painting or something cool for my mantle shelf.
Esmeralda asked what I want for my birthday and I told her I wanted help painting my garage. So maybe I’ll be working on that this weekend. I buy myself stuff all the time, and I really want to get the garage painted. It is still the bare wallboard and mud. There are water stains from rain. Hope she decides to help me. Of course I’ve never said no to a gift certificate to a book store.
I’ve been working from home since Tuesday. I’ll be headed to the office tomorrow though. Even though I’ve been really good at staying focused at home this weekend, I need to go in tomorrow to test some issues on different test machines. That is the one thing I can’t do from home. Ah well, I’ve had three days of working in Capri pants and sandals. My eye is almost back to normal color but it still itches quite a bit.
I didn’t think I had anything to write about tonight. Shows what I know.
Post Edited 9/8/2005 - Name changed requested and lo, thy name shall henceforth be Sasha.
