Monday, Monday....

I have been nie on close to useless at work today.

One of our dogs, Maya has an aural hematoma (she ruptured a blood vessel in her ear) and is having surgery today to drain it and clean it out. Then they will put several sutures in her ear to hold it together.

I brought our other dog, Nicki to work with me and she has been a blue reminder that Maya is "missing". Nicki is normally very hyper and energetic, but she just lays on the floor. If I get up she looks at me, and I know her eyes are saying, "Where is my sister and when are we going to get her?"

Then Congress failed to pass the rescue plan, and I cannot help but worry about the economy, our savings, if there will be work over the winter.....it is just getting uglier and uglier out here. According to most respected wall street gurus, the government could end up making money on the deal, but it is still widely unpopular and each one of the representatives is up for re-election this year. I think they each thought it would pass without their vote and they would be able to go back to their constituents and tell them "I voted against it".

If the government is going to have to buy all of those homes, they should set up a program to sell them to veterans and first time homeowners - who qualify - with good terms that will remain steady for the life of the loan. Now many homes will be too much home for first time buyers, but those homes will sell eventually and that money will come back to the government aka the taxpayers.