Ok... moving on with my life, I will attempt to bring you up-to-date on my weekend because life really is still going on. Friday night I went to my brother's football game. I felt very much a patriot as I sat in the stadium, ate a hot dog and cheered like you wouldn't believe. Ah, Americana. Saturday, Lathen took the night off and we had a nice night out, stopping in at Sandy's and Rogues for cocktails. It was so nice being out on a Saturday with my boyfriend. A rarity. I'm starting to realize just how important it is to spend time with the special people in my life. I'm really missing a lot of people right now.

So now it's been a week since the bombings. It is still very much on everyone's minds and it seems a constant flow of emails have kept most people in a sense of unity. However, I can't help but feel that we, as Americans, do not fully understand the cause of these attacks. My anger has subsided and I am now concerned by the fact that we have had almost no education on the differences between the middle eastern countries and the evil cults that reside there. I'm bothered that we relate them to each other, when there are most likely many, many good and innocent people stuck in those countries, adhering to peace-loving religions who have been praying for an end to the evil that has lingered there for years. To punish them, to me, seems no different than if I were punished and defined by the many evil cults that reside here. I know, my generalities are severe. Believe me, I will not forget what happened to us and I hate whoever is responsible. But I simply do not want to lose sight of the whole picture. I hope we are able to pick the fleas out of the furr without destroying the dog.