Procrastination Induced Soapbox

While at the gym this morning, I was focused more on the TV than my reading (shocking, I know). Anyways, after watching some of the headlines, it dawned on me... The government is so obsessed with the idea of controlling the funds made in the private sector thus punishing those who work so hard, in the name of handing that money over to those they deem entitled. What's worse? The government does not mandate how those funds are spent.

Think about it... We have an obesity epidemic in this country, especially in children, but food stamps are able to be spent on Oreos' & Mt. Dew. The money itself can be spent on lottery tickets, tattoos & designer clothing. Does this not seem slightly oxymoronic?

It seems as though, if you work hard for your money, you forgo the right to spend it as you wish (e.g. lottery tickets & tattoos if that's your thing) as opposed to if it's given to you, you can do what you want because you have the Vacationer in Charge's sympathy. Does anyone really want pity? What good is a handout if it facilitates further handouts and doesn't end up doing anything but making the problem worse?

I'm not saying, I'm just saying...after all, it wasn't the entrepreneurs who created what they had, it was the government, right? Isn't the government having all the power what democracy is all about? Oh my bad, I must have been mistaken...

Update

For those who know and those who don't, I thought it best to give an update now that we are a full week in to this hellish nightmare.

My mom was attacked by a bull dog mix last week when she was on her morning walk. The dog was tall enough that he took her straight down. Thankfully, their landscaper had come early to do some work and heard her fall. He was able to get the dog away before he bit her.

She went via ambulance to Marion General where it was found that her L2 vertebra had been crushed. They checked her into her room where she impact coded on Tuesday afternoon due to respiratory depression. They got her back for a short time and she went down again. Fortunately, they got her back again and (knock on wood) has been with us since.

It was found on Wednesday that she had a broken right wrist and right middle finger. Since then, she has also developed pneumonia, paralytic ileus & obstruction, and a fever. She has an NG tube in and constant oxygen. She's NPO and is on supplemental nutrition through a lovely tube. (Those are a few of the details in a nutshell, I'd love to say those were the only points, but they aren't.)

None of the doctors have given her a time frame of going home, as she will be here for awhile. All of the cards, flowers, visits & prayers have been much appreciated. We know who is in control and are thankful for His faithfulness and provision.

In the interim, I am about 75% behind on school as this has been a "real-life" clinical. How the next several days/weeks play out will ultimately determine what will happen there. As I keep having to remind myself, I'm not the boss. I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.