Had a hard workout this morning, because I had a massage this afternoon. As luck would have it, I found a respectable place, and got a very good, thorough massage. I am currently drinking enough water to drown myself if it doesn't leave quickly, so hopefully I won't be too sore tomorrow.

I overheard a guy in the locker room at the YMCA talking about the sermon he had heard on Sunday that was about the correlation of American natural disasters and America's attempts to make Israel give land to Palestine. I honestly could not believe I was hearing this (though with the sheer number of churches in this town, it only makes sense one of them would be insane). Though I guess I shouldn't be surprised. There was another group of people before that believed things like this. Today, what is the excuse of people that believe God uses weather to show that we are wrong? Conscience and one's own soul isn't enough for Him to affect His change in the world? All three of the world's major religions take credit for what happens...or blame what happens on the others...or use it to attck someone's sin. All of them, major and minor, are in some way flawed...as are we all. I'll take religion with the same amount of salt that I take myself. I hope everyone else does, too. And that other group of people that blamed weather on God? Pagans. At least they had the excuse that they couldn't know better.

I went in to work early today. 7:30. I left work late today. 7. Those numbers work exactly the way you think. With my folks coming into town tomorrow...um, I have so much to do! This is going to be an interesting 22 hours from now until they get here...sleep, workout, work, clean house, pick up the 'rents at the 'port. Should be...interesting. Man, I'm too drained to write well...that's a bad sign. Time for sleep. Gotta say I'm really glad I got so much done at work. I was a machine. Nobody can understand the enjoyment I get out of what I do right now...everyone should have a really crappy job straight out of college to appreciate what they get after that.