My horoscope talked about unexpected financial surprises today. Well, I just found out that I'm not getting a raise this year. That's no surprise, I didn't *expect* to get one. It still sucks, but I'm not surprised. If that's all the financial bad news I get today, I can handle it.
We've been watching coverage of the London bombings in the break room. Why are people so nasty? I don't understand, and it makes me sad. And seeing things like this makes me wish I worked somewhere other than downtown Dallas. Here's a picture of the Dallas skyline. See that tallest building? It's the tallest in Dallas, I think. It was across the street from my old building, and it's only a few blocks from the building we've moved to. Supposedly it was a possible target for 9/11. I don't know for sure that that's true, but even the thought of it being considered is scary enough. And K works in the pointy building. If anything were to ever happen in downtown Dallas, we'd both be here, with J in daycare 30 miles away. Dallas is a big place, and those buildings are a very recognizable part of the skyline. I wish I worked somewhere not so near something that could be a very attractive target for people seeking to do harm. At least I don't live right in town.
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I'm identifying with a lot of what you're writing today. I work in a state office building triangularly sandwiched between a city building and a federal building. Anyone who wanted to park a van with a bomb in the right place would take all three of us out. I wonder about that sometimes, and think if it could happen in Oklahoma, it could happen here.
And isn't it sad that we have to think that way? Now that you mention it, there are probably three different federal courthouses within a half-mile radius of where our building is. Blech.
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