The angst and politics and infighting going on at work is amazing. I'm talking about Halloween. We have religious objections by a few people, gripes about the theme that has been chosen, not that any of the gripers offered to join the committee and help choose, questions about how the money we've raised gets to be spent. We are a state agency and state money is not allowed, by law, to be spent on fun stuff, like parties. I'll bet the state legislators, who passed this law, don't pay for their parties.

I'm watching a program about the small guage railroads around the world. They showed the one that goes up to Darjeeling in India and a small one still running in Colorado. The tracks were amazing considering that the most common form of transit when they were built was by foot. The blood, sweat and lives that went into building the 19th century railroads was more than I can really comprehend as I sit here in my soft chair knowing that I could fly to London tomorrow. Just that they could think they could do what they did is amazing.

Oh, I'm getting a little stir crazy. It was nice to go to the Grand Canyon last month, but I haven't gone on a long traveling for days travel this year, like I did last year. I'm going to visit Mike and Lauri next month and will get to ride the buses and metro around Los Angeles. I am looking forward to the metro as I haven't ridden it yet. It'll be nice to walk someplace new.