OHHH Life

Squirrels are wayyyyy overpopulated and too domesticated. GROSS! I hate squirrels. You know, I saw one in the middle of parking lot not too long ago just a cruising around. There were no trees, aka acorns, around...What was he looking for? They are not scared to come around humans or even run in front of cars. I don't hit them intentionally because I hate the way it feels when your tire runs over something, especially an animal (HA! JK I've only hit one squirrel in my entire life- remember, I just like to hit the curbs). I wouldn't mind if they became endangered though. (Sorry SPCA or PETA (sp?) Also, if you're ever on a walking trail, they just seem to fly from tree to tree...and one day they may take your head over a tree. Granted, we are tapping into their environment, but there's no reason for a squirrel to be in the middle of the city just enjoying itself sitting on the parking lot curb.


Okay, back to reality. Today, I listened to 3 speakers- a Nurse of Ministry of Wellness & Health, and 2 reverends who incorporate their church and doings with helping the less educated and homeless. I felt proud to see that a nurse had taken so much initiative within her congregation to create events such as blood glucose/cholesterol checks/nutrition checks/ and even prostate/depression checks which would usually be taboo in a church setting. Now, one of the reverends spoke of the homeless and filled us with tons of statistics. Since, I'm a future nurse, I do have great compassion for people, especially the population that wants to get/make better for themselves. Well, in a classroom of 200+, you can see how things would get a little heated. We discussed the percentage of the homeless that were addicts/non-addicts. I was surprised to see that they were very close in number. I believe addiction is a disease-it can be overcome-but it takes hard work & determination. One man spoke out saying he's willing to help another man get on his feet, but not if the odds were that this person was going back to using. I agree. This Reverend becomes offended, saying homeless is not a choice...nobody wants to be homeless...if they attend rehab, odds are when they're finished, they'll be back on the street due to lack of housing. By this time, other classmates are chiming in, saying they want their colleagues to be more sympathetic & not so self righteous. I realize this is not a topic for nursing school, nor 200+ people to be discussing with a man before us wanting to preach the word of Jesus Christ. As you know, I'm a believer, however, I do not feel comfortable pushing my religious beliefs on others unless asked....but back to the homeless convo- I felt like why should so many people be w/out a home and not an addict. Is it laziness? Did their credit go bad? Are they without family? I'm trying to see both sides, but I'm blinded with thinking laziness/bad credit are the attributes to leaving them homeless. In life, there are 2 paths- when we face that fork in the road, some of us don't know where to go, I accept that. However, if you fall off the bandwagon, get right back up. Americans don't go homeless overnight. Are they too proud to work at a less lavish job just to save their house, etc. Bicycles are great these days, considering gas is the price it is. Also, Americans are crazily overweight; we should probably all switch to bikes. It was just crazy discussion, and everyone was ready to put their 2cents in. Not me, I saved it for my blog:) HA! I'm a new blogger, as you see.

Sorry for rambling; this has just been stewing all day!