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1) I am thankful that I got fired last week. I couldn't bring myself to leave because the pay was so ridiculous, but I _hated_ it and it was giving me health problems. 2) I am thankful for my totally awesome wife/best friend who makes my sun shine. 3) I am thankful that I put up with that boring evil job long enough that I have enough money that I can now go do what I want and not have to freak out about if I'll have enough for retirement. It's been an eventful last couple of weeks.

For years, once common thing has been that everyone knew where they were and what they were doing the moment they heard that the president had been assassinated. Now as the population ages, plenty of folk see his death as ancient history. But I am one of those who remember distinctly where I was- in class in school. An announcement came over the PA, where a breathless priest announced that news had come over the wireless that the president was dead. He actually used the word wireless to describe the radio. We all headed to church. The entire weekend was devoted to watching the television. Every minute we could get of news was not enough. Then Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald as the nation watched in horror. Could things get any worse? What were the Soviets planning? In my opinion, Jacqueline Kennedy kept the nation whole that weekend. Her grace under pressure and subdued grief was something we all admired. Time passed, and Johnson became entrenched in the office. That it was 50 years ago seems stunning. Kennedy would now be 96 if he had lived.

Since the boys and I have been on a homemade break streak, we made a fun Beer and Monterrey Jack Cheese Bread today. Yummy!