Thoughtprints

Hi guys! Hope your Tuesday was a happy one! Apart from the heinous wind trying to blow everything away, my day was fine.

First of all, I want to share a video with you which illustrates exactly what I was talking about in the previous post about the all-but-forgotten lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. It was filmed in March, but believe me, for the most part it STILL looks the same 8 months later!!

Secondly, I am surprised by what I am about to say as many of you probably will be, but ... well ... I'm actually excited over the possiblity of a certain Republican who may throw his hat in the ring for the 2008 Presidential election (I can't even remember the last time I was excited about a Republican candidate for the job!) Who is this person, you ask? None other than Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani!! I think he would make a FABulous President! He's a moderate Republican (which may fly in the face of the GOP, but I personally believe the voters will change their mind). The Democrats are already hollering about him, which is, like, really stupid in my opinion. I mean, he's practically a Democrat! You'd think the Dems would be bitching about the other Republican candidates more than Giuliani! But, politics and the practitioners thereof are, without a doubt (and putting it nicely), fickle. Anyway, this election may actually be interesting and could possibly offer up a worthy candidate!

Lastly, I had a really horrible dream this morning. I might mention here that if you read this post, you would have read that "being the moon" means I have dreams - lots of dreams - and some of them very bad ones. As a matter of fact, I DO dream very vivid dreams every single night. This last one was very scary for me, as it had to do with flooding, which scares the bajeebers out of me! But it wasn't just a flood, it was the ocean flooding! In GIANT waves! My Mom was with me, even though I was never allowed to see her face, which just added to my agitation and fear because I wanted to make sure she was safe. At one point she and I, along with someone else I can't remember, were on top of the overpass here in town, and we were in bed. I opened my eyes and saw that the ocean had risen to almost the top, and big waves were beginning to form. I remember thinking in my dream that these were rogue waves. Anyway, one of them crashed over the top of the overpass quite violently, but we were miraculously not washed away. I got Mom and that other person up and we went back to, of all places, the hospital, which from time to time would turn into my house - especially the outside. It would turn into my yard, which was totally flooded. Then suddenly, the water disappeard! It was just totally gone, except for a little bit inside the fenced area of my yard; just enough that my dogs could swim in it (yes, even my dogs were there). I also saw sea snails crawling along the bottom and called them to my mother's attention, thinking they were very cool. Next thing I remember, we were back inside my house. I looked out the window and was shocked to see the water was back! Strange thing, though, was that it was only inside the fenced area. Yes, in my dreams, chain-link fencing can hold back water! ;) At this point both of my sisters were with me. Anyway, I was really panicking now, as I knew it was really going to get bad. Next thing I knew, we were suddenly back at the hospital, and we had to go to the roof, as the water was getting VERY deep. Surprisingly, and to everyone's cheers, the elevators still functioned under water! Two women had selflessly volunteered to try them out. Those rogue waves kept coming and coming, but luckily did not make it all the way to the hospital's roof. Suddenly I remembered that my son David was across town in his house and I had no way of contacting him. I was absolutely scared to death that he had been caught in the flood and began sobbing and sobbing. That is when I awoke. I was terrified. I am really scared of deep water. I'm fine in a pool, but if I'm on a lake or something and I can't see the bottom, I am extremely fearful. Nervous is an understatement when I am on a boat. You will never find this gal on a cruise! lol ANYway, I've had flood dreams before - in fact, I've had them many times. Do any of you know what flooding and/or water signifies in a dream? I think I'll google around a little and see what I can dig up. That dream has really bugged me all day long. I can't seem to get rid of it. I never wanna have that one again!!

Here's to happy dreams tonight - for all of us!!