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Things to do in Denver when you're bored....
I slept like 11 hours last night, but I'm tired. Ridiculously so. I shouldn't be so tired. I'm tempted to go to sleep but it's not even 7pm. That it's far too hot in this building is not helping any.
This would be so much better if I had a car. All that's around here is hotels and restaurants. There's not even a place that I can get postcards and stuff (fear not, those of you who wanted postcards, I picked some up at the airport, good thinking of me, eh?) nor is there a pharmacy in walking distance where I can grab some Advil for the low-grade headache that settled in hours ago. They don't have any here in the hotel either. *sigh*
Oooh...so I meant to write about this last night....My supershuttle ride from the airport to the hotel was full of other people, including a very talkative little old lady and an older man from Alaska. The little old lady was talking a mile a minute about, it seemed, anyhting that popped into her head. after a while talking about tv shows, her flight, her grandkids, her dog and god knows what else, she finally announces to all and sundry that she believes that it was horrible that Sarah Palin was not properly prepared for the vice presidential candidacy. Her main point to that it was so mean of them not to educate her on geography so that she could know that Africa was a continent and not a country. You know, nevermind anything else that the VP candidate should know? It was just so mean of them to not tell her that Africa was a continent. (Yes, these were her words.) Oh, and she thinks that Palin should be cut a break because she's a working motherwith five kids and it must be so hard to raise fifve kids while she's in public office.
Hmmm...what about all those other working mothers with five kids who never get cut a break and on top of that, don't have a job that takes care of all thier living expenses?
So after a few mintues of this, the guy from Alaska chimes in and starts telling everyone about how after she had her most recent baby, there were news stories about how she brought him to the governor's office and all the office staff took turns putting their work aside to take care of him. (Note, this was not Teh Eevul Librul Meedia demonizing Palin, this was a guy who loooooved Palin, from how he talked, it certainly seemed as though the news was portraying it in the most positive light, and he just thought she was the cat's pajamas and it was soooo nice of all those people to take care of the governor's baby!!!1) When did the governor's staff become a bunch of personal nannies? Hmm. Whatever. But she's got it so tough, she should get a break. Yeah, being in high-ranking public office is nightmarishly hard. And being a mother is insanely hard. Five kids? Yeek. But y'know, nevermind those others who don't have the governor's mansion and an office full of staff who are apparently willing- and able! to drop their actual work to give their baby a bottle and are lucky if they can pay the babysitter and get food on the table.
I'm going back to my room....it's not a hundred and eleven degrees there.
This would be so much better if I had a car. All that's around here is hotels and restaurants. There's not even a place that I can get postcards and stuff (fear not, those of you who wanted postcards, I picked some up at the airport, good thinking of me, eh?) nor is there a pharmacy in walking distance where I can grab some Advil for the low-grade headache that settled in hours ago. They don't have any here in the hotel either. *sigh*
Oooh...so I meant to write about this last night....My supershuttle ride from the airport to the hotel was full of other people, including a very talkative little old lady and an older man from Alaska. The little old lady was talking a mile a minute about, it seemed, anyhting that popped into her head. after a while talking about tv shows, her flight, her grandkids, her dog and god knows what else, she finally announces to all and sundry that she believes that it was horrible that Sarah Palin was not properly prepared for the vice presidential candidacy. Her main point to that it was so mean of them not to educate her on geography so that she could know that Africa was a continent and not a country. You know, nevermind anything else that the VP candidate should know? It was just so mean of them to not tell her that Africa was a continent. (Yes, these were her words.) Oh, and she thinks that Palin should be cut a break because she's a working motherwith five kids and it must be so hard to raise fifve kids while she's in public office.
Hmmm...what about all those other working mothers with five kids who never get cut a break and on top of that, don't have a job that takes care of all thier living expenses?
So after a few mintues of this, the guy from Alaska chimes in and starts telling everyone about how after she had her most recent baby, there were news stories about how she brought him to the governor's office and all the office staff took turns putting their work aside to take care of him. (Note, this was not Teh Eevul Librul Meedia demonizing Palin, this was a guy who loooooved Palin, from how he talked, it certainly seemed as though the news was portraying it in the most positive light, and he just thought she was the cat's pajamas and it was soooo nice of all those people to take care of the governor's baby!!!1) When did the governor's staff become a bunch of personal nannies? Hmm. Whatever. But she's got it so tough, she should get a break. Yeah, being in high-ranking public office is nightmarishly hard. And being a mother is insanely hard. Five kids? Yeek. But y'know, nevermind those others who don't have the governor's mansion and an office full of staff who are apparently willing- and able! to drop their actual work to give their baby a bottle and are lucky if they can pay the babysitter and get food on the table.
I'm going back to my room....it's not a hundred and eleven degrees there.