The devastation

I'm just so overwhelmed by the earthquake devastation in Haiti. I just want to grab those little ones and bring them home and take care of them. Darn! I'm just so old! We'll, I guess a check will have to do but I do so wish I could do more.



I finished Anita Diamant's "The Last Days of Dogtown." It was about a small town in New England that disappeared in the early 1800's. Not the poof, you're gone disappearing. Just the lack of anyone wanting to keep living there. Poverty was the key factor. Apparently only the dregs of society were left there. Diamant covered the characters as they one by one left or died off. Very good book.

I had a 11 hour day again today. I'm glad for the full time hours but I know that as soon as they hire their quota, they'll drop my hours back to minimum. Sure hope they have a few good weeks yet. I know I'm scheduled for another 3 weeks of 40 hours so the bank account will be happy. Got up at 3 so I'm slightly out of it. Hope I can last through "The Mentalist." Love that show!

Another book from New England

I finished another of the books I purchased in Cambridge. This one is Anita Diamant's "Day After Night." A moving novel of life after the concentration camps of a handful of women who managed to make it to Israel and the promise of a new life. What they found was another camp. They were held there by the British because they had no relatives or papers to get them released. Two hundred people living in barracks. A very interesting and informative read.

A very short work week is ahead of me. Originally only 12 hours spread out over 3 days. I got an extra 5 thrown in tomorrow by a co-worker who can't make her shift. You give your all to these people and this is the thanks.