Worth a read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?em&ex=1209009600&en=3ee3387c020a7f71&ei=5087%0A

So the past week was a little wild, but it's all calmer now. Dre helps keep me sane :)

I'm thinking that my next step, i.e. grad school, will be for speech language pathology. I'm looking at programs at UNC and CU Boulder. I know that I want to work with people with special needs, and I can see myself doing what the speech teacher at school does. So, after New Zealand, that's the plan.

Wedding prep is coming along. We've only got the small details to hammer out. It's getting so close!

There's no doubt that the health care system is in crisis, which affects so many people in negative ways. We have the highest infant mortality rate and lowest life expectancy in the industrialized world, yet we also have the HIGHEST cost for health care. Medical bills are sending families into bankrupty, and check out this article from the NY Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/business/01disabled.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=insurance+social+security&st=nyt&oref=slogin

I've heard a lot about the single payer universal health care plan, and I hope that you will take a few minutes to consider it:

http://healthcareforallcolorado.org/

Dennis Kucinich also introduced H.R. 676, a bill that would provide universal health insurance:

http://www.hr676.org/