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So I'm totally ripping off from Tamie's blog and writing about what I am thankful for today. Seems appropriate somehow. This is my first thanksgiving away from my family, which makes me all the more thankful for the time I will spend with them soon. I am thankful for the family who let my co-workers and I use their house to cook and eat our turkey. I am thankful for all the people who saved up turkey points for the grocery store so we could afford our dinner in the first place.
I am thankful for the snow that fell yesterday! (picture to come) I am thankful for the work I am doing, because I feel like I am making a difference even though it exhausts me. I'm thankful for Callie's wedding and that I will get to spend time with my friends/sisters. I am thankful for people all over the country who love me and whom I love. I am thankful for the stars and the wind and the fog and homemade socks.
And cheese...can't forget the cheese.
Today I sat in a round table discussion with the Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz. It was inspirational to say the least. Timberland is a company that tries its darndest to live out the ethics that they preach. They are not perfect and they know it, but they try and you have to respect that. I think I've put their web link up here before, but here it is again ... right here.
The discussion made me realize how complex these issues are on the company side of things. It is easy to say that Wal-mart is bad, but to really consider what is going through the minds of CEOs is considerably more difficult. Maybe they really are trying to do what is best...maybe?
Anyway, Timberland really is doing cool stuff, just so ya know. We talked about how nowadays, we vote more at the cash register than at the voting booth. So, where is your vote?
So I got in this rhythm with my work schedule. No, it wasn't perfect, but at least I was driving to work watching the sunrise and most times making it home with half an hour of daylight to spare. And yes, I know that wouldn't have lasted very long anyways, but I was hoping for at least a few weeks. But then the government stepped in...
Maybe I was just spoiled living in Arizona (which doesn't observe daylight savings time) for the past four years. I feel like me schedule is off, my patterns are eschew, my nature is disturbed. I expect that to happen if, say, I fly to London, but not sleeping in my own bed. Not going to lie, I'm a little bitter. I don't blame old Ben Frank for coming up with the idea, but does DLS actually help anybody, or does it just mess with our heads?
...the Equal Rights Amendment guaranteeing equal rights based on sex is not actually part of the constitution. It was passed by Congress in 1972 but only got 35 of the 38 states needed to ratify it. Arizona, Nevada, and Utah didn't ratify it, neither did most of the South. It has been reintroduced to Congress every year since then. I always thought that all my rights were secured, but nope, just the right to vote. Which I do appreciate.
~Gettin' my feminist grove on.
