Well, yesterday was okay. I redid the presentation for class I had worked on Sunday morning. Apparently Open Office did not actually save it. And, you probably have had this experience too, I was convinced that the first one was a lot better. Vanessa went to the dentist. I worked some outside, then made her a milkshake and dinner.

In the evening, I went to a meeting of Organizing for America, the outgrowth of the Obama campaign, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. It was nice to see a lot of people, many of whom I knew. Well, it seemed like a lot of people (20?) to me, but the organizers called it "quaint." I had a lot of the same reactions I did during the campaign. They (we) pay these young men to travel around the country and try to stir people up...but they don't know anything about Georgia or Athens, so they ask us to do the same things over and over--what should the structure look like? What resources are available here?

This morning I submitted my presentation and went in early to play racquetball. Vanessa was feeling well enough to go to yoga, although she didn't sleep very well. We had some nice oatmeal and bananas.

I had thought I was recovering pretty well from the shootings, but near the end of our first game, I could see Ben and had to stop and cry some more for a while. It sneaks up on you. I came up with this idea, that we should find out if the information about gun owners could be publicized. It could become the "fashion" to not associate with them, not go to their houses, etc. This made me pretty happy, until I started thinking maybe criminals would want to know who didn't have guns so they could rob us. Also, the Captain looked into gun laws in Georgia. You don't need a permit or license or registration to have a gun, only if you are going to carry it out in public. I'm guessing not too many people apply for that. Sigh. Another option is to move somewhere they have stricter laws. As Captain points out, people who want to buy guns can go to another state to get them. In Virgina, for instance, he said, you can buy 10 guns, no questions asked, and, if you want, take them back to NY and sell them (maybe not legally). So, I guess it would have to be another country.