Toomuchgoingonnotenoughtime

What a week! "Cut!"

"Okay, maid, you get the house clean before my OCD personality disorder explodes!

"Stuntmom get in here and take care of the kids while I watch Bill Maher in peace tonight! It should be a good one with that self-rightous evangelist making the news!"

If only...

I can't wait until this election is over. I don't watch much tv, but when I do, the last thing I want to see is another political ad! I'll bet the mail carriers can't wait either. They must be tired of the pounds and pounds of political propaganda that they deliver to our door only for us to toss away. Why don't we just skip the step in the middle and have a mail truck go to the recycling plant?! This is ridiculous.

Where do I start this week? I had an abnormal psyche test over mood and eating disorders. I never knew that infants as young as 3 months have been found to have depression and eating disorders. Very interesting. Each page I turn in the book I wonder why the courts in custody cases don't consider the psychological well-being of children. Perhaps this is further apparent to me thanks to my Crimonology class that delves into criminal behavior. BTW, I am learning that crime is directly related to concentrations of people in certain areas. Therefore housing projects are not a solution to a housing problem, but also directly related to the cause of it and criminal behavior around it. After all these studies, they still fence the bad in. Now the news states that St. Louis is the most dangerous city. I recall going there as children and seeing how pristine the "Gateway to the Midwest" was. When I was there a few years ago they had complete neighborhoods fenced in and condemned. I couldn't believe it. It was as if they gave up, accepted it and enclosed the problem. Nice... (Escape From New Yorkish)

My Criminology teacher keeps wishing me luck with the neighborhood and states that once crime and blight set in, it is nearly impossible to turn it around. We have too many beautiful old homes to do that!!! (Note to self, contact Sorenson at City Hall) We really need to get going on the neighborhood association before folks start bailing.

The most recent drug house appears to have settled down. Last weekend only one transaction seen. Also, another busted and in the news with the dealers trying to flush down the evidence. It must have clogged the toilet, because he had his arm down there trying to get it down before the police nabbed him. All for naught. I wonder how many sewer rats are using? (Sorry, I couldn't help myself!)

The tooth dragon came and left me needing a root canal and crown. Fun! They can't get me in until the 27th, so this should be fun. Why don't they install a tooth-breaking division at Weight Watchers? It works. Even with Tylenol 3!!

Nick had his first accident on Monday. He was lucky. He rear-ended some guy on 41st street. Thank goodness Nick's vehicle had all the damage. They didn't report it to the police so Nick's insurance won't go up. This led to a discussion of "driving like your dad". Nick knows his dad follows too closely. Ben said his dad drives safely, so I informed him that he won't be getting his license until he changes his mind on that one. Nick agreed.

Anyway, Wednesday Nick ran out of gas dropping Ben off at Lincoln. He would have only been late had he not decided to go home and lounge through the morning. I told him that I was clipping his wings, and (why don't they think before they open their mouths?) he replied, "It's not like that's the first time I ever skipped!". So, I told him I was only going to ground him for 2 weeks but now he is grounded indefinitely. I am expecting him to be one well-behaved child for awhile.

Halloween came and I had my test. It only took me around 15 minutes to do. When I got home, both boys were gone and the lights were all off. They aren't getting this trust thing. I think I will bring my point home this weekend. They can clean the house and do outside chores.

I think tonight will be busy in the 'hood. On the way home, I encountered a vehicle pulled over - probably a DUI by angle of the car when it was pulled over - and there was a fire at a rental property down the street. I also noticed "18" in adhesive numbers on a metal pole on the corner of 14th and Summit. I suppose more of the 18th Street Gang's work. Did I mention that I need to get going on the N.A. (Neighborhood Association)? I think that I will call some folks that have volunteered to do anything to help and see if I can't rev up their noggins on this.

I had better work on my Histrionic Personality Disorder paper due in 17 days. I wish we had a decent library here. Which reminds me... The last time we went to the library we saw a creepy guy walking around with this shoulder-length hair in his face - no, not like you had it when your mother told you to get your hair out of your face, but more like Cousin It's 'do. I know I must have looked really freaked out. When he walked by he said something to the effect of "Leave the hair alone, assholes". I hate going there. I might go to Augie's library, since I still have my ID from '85 and see if I can't locate some info there. At least I don't think I will gag on the collective b.o. there.