I am Up I am Down

What a week this has been and it is only Wednesday!! I am a happy girl because President Obama lifted the Universal Gag Rule, Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Act and it should be signed soon! On the down side, a man killed his wife and 5 daughters in LA this week because of his job situation. I found out that my contract is on hold because there is no funding to pay me at this moment! I have always sat on the sideline and looked at everyone else and felt sorrow and sympathy for their situation - always thinking, maybe there must have been something wrong with them to get laid off. And now here I am and I know that there is nothing wrong with me - well nothing that a little humble pie won't cure. The walk in my shoes thing is true!! The economic news is not good - Boeing laying off 10,000, Home Depot thousands and even Starbucks, meanwhile the financial industry is still leeching taxpayer money. It makes me really angry that we the people have paid our taxes to support, well okay let me just say crooks (no offense leeches!), and there are people suffering all around. And the economic news is getting grimmer and grimmer. But the people who need to experience suffering still have their homes, salaries, health care!! Something has to be done - now and what can we do? Suck it up I guess. Meanwhile anyone got a job for an unemployed consultant!!