Winter Slush Thoughts

I just finished my 5 days of proctoring at Cooley and read A Separate Peace and Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis . We are on winter break from school and only Jane works the Christmas candy rush. We've had our snow for a few weeks now and the temperature has been around the 30's also. Aunt Anita is in the hospital and is trying to regain her strength in the cancer ward at Sparrow. The boys got 4 points in all their classes but a 3 Phil got in Writing. Christmas is sneaking up more this year than ever as a combination of economy, age and being on Friday. Last Sunday Jane, Andy and I went to Mason to have 4 of the cats spayed and 2 who had respiratory infections treated instead. Hisster, Big Orange, Minky, and Smokey Bones got fixed as they had a deal Andy got us from the Ingham Shelter, next to the jail. So we've had all 8 cats in the house for over a week now. Waverly Road has been open and realigned for over a month and greatly improved. All the schools are cost cutting in order to balance budgets effected by funding cuts by the governor. The health care bill is still evolving waiting to become a reality as the conservatives fight socialism for their own corporate greed. We can't always get what we want but hopefully we'll get what we need for the benefit of all.