  It rained all day today. Absolutely gross outside. What was worse is this morning, after very little sleep due to an unscheduled trip to the emergency room, I had to walk to school without an umbrella. The one that I stole from Candace (yes, Candace, I still have it) I had left at school a few weeks ago and the cheap one I got at the dollar store I had lent to Amie. Well, since Amie was at the ER until 230am, I felt bad waking her up to get it. Then I realized, I took her to the ER, so she should not complain toooo much that I want my umbrella to walk two blocks in the torrential rain that was going down.
So I got the umbrella, still got drenched (read, dollar store umbrellas are not worth a dollar) and went on with my day. Kids at school are rowdy because the football team won their first play-off game. This Friday, they travel to Monroe to play Sterlington High School.
As a result, school dismisses at noon. Very sweet since I have a board meeting and need to be in Eagle Ridge by 445pm. DaVinci is getting close to the end now. I know it's been a week since I started, but I have been quite busy and not able to devote as much time to it as I would have liked. I have 100 pages left, which I hope to finish by tomorrow. One of the most interesting things about the book is that a lot of what it is based on is factual, and so the ideas of the symbolism in art and even in current movies rings true. It was fascinating to read about The Lion King and The Little Mermaid in the book, as well as about some paintings that I had to look up and take a closer look at to see the truth. And since the brotherhood in the book indulges in the feminine goddess, a lot of the ideas and symbols and things we just consider male/female are spelled out with their origins.
The book even talks about a sex ritual where men and women wear these masks, and I started thinking to myself that must have been what was going on in Eyes Wide Shut...and suddenly, a movie that I hated when I first saw it, started to make some sense. Weird how those things can come together. As far as the election goes, I cannot say that I am not surprised that Blanco won.
I voted for the woman, but I really thought Jindal had it. I won't get into that too much here, I have left my comments with Matt and Bacon already, so we will just move on. Funny story of the day, which relates to election time. My 5 year old niece plays little league soccer for a league that is sponsored by a company called Boasso America. They were scheduled to play a tournament on Saturday at a middle school which also serves as a voting station in Meraux. Walter Boasso was on the ballot. Long story short, someone filed a suit that it was unacceptable for the kids to play soccer with Boasso American written on the shirts because it was campaigning on the grounds of a voting station.
So the 5 year olds had to postpone the tournament. Gotta love the hysteria of the American legal system. In other news, I would appreciate if everyone could keep my grandfather in their thoughts and prayers this week. He has been in the hospital for two weeks now with pnemonia and something called psedumonia (Lauren, if I am spelling these wrong, I am sorry). The latter of the two is some infection in the lungs that mocks pnemonia, or something like that. Anyway, he is feeling ok, but he is not well and has not been for a while now. So if you could just keep him in your thoughts this week, I would appreciate it. Hopefully, he will be out for Thanksgiving. And finally, a happy birthday shout out to Lauren! :) 
