I have had kind of a down week. I have not been very busy at work and that drives me crazy. It feels like time moves so slowly.

Also, I have been watching CNN on TV and reading articles on the internet. From Minnesota, New Orleans seems so far away. So remote. But it really is not. The story is unfolding right here in our own country. People are dyeing because of lack of food and medical attention. It almost seems like a situation that would have occurred hundreds of years ago instead of a few days ago. My heart breaks every time I watch the news. People are scared and hungry and are doing desperate things and here I am sitting at my desk safe and sound and worrying about minimal things, such as what am I going to do for the weekend?

I think this whole situation is making Americans take a long hard look at themselves and at our country as a whole. We can ignore a few homeless people in the street as we drive by in our big expensive cars, but how do we ignore a whole city full of homeless people. People that once had beautiful homes and they were taken away in a blink of an eye. It could easily happen to anyone. We are all confident we will be able to get a hot meal whenever we want, but that could be taken away in a matter of minutes. Everyone looks to the government. Where is the food? The water? The medicine? That is the job of the government, right? I guess I just do not know what to think. I think the entire country is acting and speaking out with raw emotion right now. There are people who had everything and now have nothing. It shows us how fragile our lifestyles can be...