At this point of the weekend things feel more normal. I just
finished lecture preparation for tomorrow – analgesia and canine/feline
anesthesia – and sitting here on my couch with Pandora on, occasional
phonecalls to/from the fam, and Pepperoni hiccoughing next to me (no joke, I
tried to capture it on video and she stopped). I could be anywhere doing this
stuff and I’m pretty content. This morning was less awesome, as I woke up at
5:30 AM to the pleasant discovery that my waterlines were frozen. This makes
the toilet do a sad half-flush, FYI. My brain started revolving around some of
those nagging irritations of Rez life and there is no going back to sleep. Why don’t
all the rich politicians in the world come down here and live in these trailers
for a while? Would that possibly get some heads working on problem solving in
this area instead of maintenance of a broken system? Why aren’t all these kids
reading and writing? Why are there so many brand new expensive trucks on the
road when everyone lives in pretty dumpy trailers? Why do the cities look like
crap built around casinos? Could someone just start posing these questions and
coming up with some plans to turn things around? It’s almost enough motivation
for me to drop what I’m doing and become a politician. Heck I bet I’ll end up
being one of some sort. You can’t come down here and see all this, start to
care, then not find your way to the top and try and do SOMETHING.
The rest of today was not super interesting. I went back to
the church in Gallup and enjoyed their company. My friend had a meeting afterwards
and I explored the Gallup mall. Behold, a light in Gallup. It was clean,
organized, and otherwise a tiny oasis from the rest of Gallup. My watch died
last week and I picked up an awesome cheap replacement from Big Lots. I noticed
on the way home that it was cheap because it was a leftover Halloween special
with skulls and crossbones on it. Sweet. That will go over well. Maybe I can
color it out with a sharpie.
I’m bored by my own blog right now.
...not bored reading it! :)
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