I got nothing!

For the last few weeks I have been opening this blog and planning to write something.  Yet when I get to this item on my "to do" list I can't think of anything to write.  Is this writer's block or something else?

Right now things are difficult at work.  Decisions have been made regarding my work in which I am not in agreement.  Yet I have to do what I am told when the decision is taken out of my hands.  This week change and things will get better but right now it is pretty rocky.  I'm fighting hard not to end up in the pit of depression.  Even my smart phone is acting up, it is using the battery power really quickly so I have to charge it several times a day.  

I have checked with Google on how I can fix my cell phone but the instructions are pretty involved and I either don't have the energy or the time to go through all the steps that are recommended.  So I just hang on and hope things will be better, or I will end up getting a new phone. 

What do you do when you are just a a low ebb in life?  I need some boosters for my psyche right now.  I will work harder at eating right and getting some exercise every day.   That always seems to help me. 

So, I am sorry I am using this space to do a little whining.  I know things will change and turn around for the better.  Send some good thoughts and prayers my way. 

The Circus Leaves Town after Today

Today is the primary election in Indiana.  I got up early today to make sure I stopped to vote on my way to work.  For me (yes, I am old and traditional) it is an honor and a privilege to have the right to let my voice be heard in elections.  I am grateful to live in the United States and to enjoy the freedoms for which many people have made sacrifices.  I am grateful for all members of the military, past and present, who left their families and homes and fought in places not of their choosing to help support our freedom. 

That said, this election cycle has been the most distasteful and divisive I can remember.  Maybe part of the problem is that unlike in the past, Indiana's primary results will play a major role in the final decision for each party's candidate.  We have been inundated with political television ads, negative candidate ads, extremely negative PAC (Political Action Committees) ads, piles of mailings and phone calls.  To be honest I am already tired of all of it. 

So I was telling Pack Rat and my friends I will be very glad when this circus folds up its tents and moves on after the polls close for the Indiana primary today.  They can take this show on the road and move onto the next stop, wherever it happens to be. 

Unfortunately I do not see this campaign getting any more civil as we move to the general election.  The only redeeming virtue is that we will probably get a little reprieve before things heat up again  closer to November.