Another Day Passes By...

Evan is not 8 months yet, he is already crawling all over the place (crawling since

6.5 months), has four teeth, and for the past almost two weeks can pull himself up on just about anything. I have this strange feeling that he will be walking by 10.5 months. In fact, I would put money on it.

Really, You Are Surprised?

So I'm not surprised that a 12,000 pound Killer Whale killed a trainer. It has happened twice before with this same whale, and Sea World played with fire and had a bomb explode in their face.

I love sea life. I've been obsessed with sharks since I was seven years old. I have seen every Shark Week since the Discovery Channel started playing them. I have them all on DVD. I could ramble off any fact you could ever want to know about them. I think it's kind of cool when sharks invade "our" beaches. These are some of the oldest animals on the planet, the original killing machine-King of the Ocean. They absolutely fascinate me to no end.

Whales aren't much different. These big, powerful animals are amazing. They are wild animals, not meant for captivity. They are not meant to do stupid tricks for people watch. Sure, they are smart as hell and can be "taught", but should they be? They are driven by their animal instinct, never to be kept as "pets".

Let's think about Sea World for a minute. I'm sure they take great care of their animals. I'm sure the animals receive state of the art medical care and are fed one heck of a meal. But, let's be honest with one another, how would you like to be a 12,000lb animal swimming in an over sized swimming pool with people blowing whistles in your face just so that if you do a trick, they throw a fish or two at you. People clapping and yelling at you. People banging on glass windows at you. Sounds a little stressful, don't you think? Poor whales, that kind of life isn't much of a life at all.

Getting back to my original point...

So everyone is SHOCKED this happened?!

Not me. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Let's just say that if there was a great white swimming in a pool and I was told it was "trained and gentle", I sure as hell wouldn't put even a toe in that water. I'm not stupid. Jaws could never be trained. Mr. Free Willy isn't much different.

They way in which that trainer was killed was TEXTBOOK on how a Killer Whale would hunt a seal close to the beach.

Like I said, animal instinct.

I'd also like to know where PETA is in all of this. How could they possibly think that the captivity of such an animal is "okay". Clearly, Sea World has it's priorities a little unorganized as they have a whale who has now killed 3 people and left one of their own trainers dead.

Call me insensitive, but you can't blame a WILD animal with normal animal instincts for the death of a human.

WAY TO GO, Sea World. I hope the trainer's family sues the crap out of you for wrongful death.

Think About It...

"People see debt as a gift and children as a burden. Not us. We see debt as a burden, and children as a blessing".

-Jim Bob Duggar

We can all learn a valuable lesson from this statement.

I Just Don't Know Anymore...

To go into nursing or not.

SLU has a PA program that I am super excited about. But gosh, talk about being $100,000 in debt when that's all over. AND Missouri (as of now) doesn't really use PA's and I'm not in the mood to work in Illinois (corrupt, bankrupt state...hence Obama).

I've been looking into Surgical Tech stuff. That is only a two year program and super easy, but I don't know if I want to settle.

The PCA position that I do now is terrible. We are under-paid, over-worked, and very much unappreciated. We do everything that the nurses "don't have time to do", aka don't WANT to do. We carry teams of up to twelve patients. The nurses only carry teams of (no more than) five.

We see a lot of things that most people don't even know happens in a hospital. We have a sick (no pun intended) sense of humor, we make fun of patients and their families just to lighten the mood of a bad situation. We don't know your name, nor do we really care, only your room number. We can be rude to patients if they won't get off their cell phone when we walk in their room to do our jobs. We really, really dislike it when husbands stay over night. Your wife is a big girl, so go home. No, I don't have any idea how you can get more Toradol or Percocet to take home with you. *Rolling eyes*. We can sniff out a drug seeker or pain killer abuser a mile away.


See, all of it has made me a bit insensitive. Actually, a lot insensitive. For the most part, I have gotten used to not bringing the job home with me.

Some images stick with you for a long, long time.

I've Said It Before...

Some parents are so obnoxious when it comes to their children. Really, get a freaking life. Like a hobby outside the home. Seriously.

Why Didn't They Listen?

"(Barak Obama) is not a man who sees America like you and I see America. Our opponent is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country. Americans need to know this."
-Sarah Palin

The Duggar's

I love them. I think they are such a wonderful family. I admire them in a lot of different ways. In ways that many of you would not be able to understand.

While I do hear people judge them on the number of children they have, I often wonder why. Kudos to them for raising children who are loving, caring and know the true meaning of family. I think the Duggar's always stay true to who they are and what they believe and I think that takes a lot of courage.

To any of you who judge the Duggar's, maybe you should take a look at your own parenting.