Rest and the Left

It was a stressful week last week, to say the least. I spent the weekend in Chicago, got to spend time with friends and overall had a wonderfully brilliant weekend. Now, it is back to a stressful week... but I'm very much looking forward to the holiday weekend and some much needed, scheduled time off. And, after this week, I may very well need it!

And, of important note, the cats are not liking my being gone a lot--not liking it at all! Trac checked in on them this weekend and said even Vinnie allowed her to pet him... now, I'm certain Vinnie would deny this, but they clearly are feeling at a loss for attention.

The holiday weekend should prove to give me time to destress completely and get the place cleaned up, get groceries properly bought and stocked (I have not done this in almost 2 months, maybe???), hang by the pool, spend some time with friends and in general, bum around at my own desired level of lethargy. It's a delicate balance to not get sucked further into the depression trap, since I think I'm working my way out of what has been a rough few weeks... but we shall see what happens.

I also intend to anxiously await the results of the July 2 Mexican election. The Zapatistas, who previously had planned to go home from their tour and be absent from the elections are now planning to be very visible. They are a creative bunch, so I am eager to see what Subcomandante Marcos offers up so as not to get himself and his followers killed for "impeding" the election. Not that the results of the election will really garner much change for Mexico... even if Obrador wins, he is weak as a leftist and will prove to be just as corrupt as Calderon would be if he won or as much as Fox is currently. Of course, while I wax on about the hopelessness of the Mexican elections next week, it isn't to say that the US is in a better situation for our elections next year. We need a revolution... I think it is time to make contact with Subcomandante Marcos; if THAT doesn't get my FBI file over 1 page, nothing short of my aligning myself with Chavez will...