Ukraine

I’ve been debating in my head whether or not I should post this blogpost. But I’ve decided to just post it.

I’ve tried to not get political on my blog but I have some things I need to say.

The other day the current president of the U.S. claimed that it was Ukraine’s fault that Russia invaded Ukraine. Are you effin’ serious? Russia invaded Ukraine because the Russian president wanted to invade Ukraine. It was an unprovoked attack and Russia is still there attacking Ukraine for no reason.

Ever since he whowillnotbenamed became president for his second term, I have been more anxious and angry than normal. I feel like every day there’s something new and terrible that has been said or done by the president or one of his cronies and they’re not leading the country down a good path.

I try not to dwell on it too much each day but it’s hard not to some days. With all of this being said though, I do have some hope that things will get better. I don’t know how or when but someday. If I didn’t have at least a little bit of hope, it would be really really depressing.

Here’s one link and another link to my previous blogposts I wrote about some of the people from my mission in Ukraine. 

Tarzan Soundtrack

Recently I was reminded of the Tarzan soundtrack (1999 animated movie version). I haven’t heard the music from that movie in years but I remember I used to love that CD! I would listen to it on repeat. Since I was reminded of the music, I’ve been listening to it again and again and I remember why I loved it. It has great music!

Honestly the music is making me teary eyed. I think it’s a combination of nostalgia and the music is just awesome but I love it!

If you need a change of music for an hour or so, I highly recommend listening to this soundtrack, all of it, even the instrumental songs. It’s awesome!

Anxious

I’ve been feeling anxious recently. Although I try not to talk about political things on my blog, I will mention some things today that are really stressing me out that may or may not have to do with politics.

I have a job as a contractor for a government agency. Since the change of administration a couple of weeks ago, there are certain things that our department can no longer do until it gets approved by a presidential appointee. 

We can barely do any of our tasks we need to right now. The thing is is I have no idea how long it will take to get the approval. Will it take another week, a few weeks, a couple of months? As of right now they are still paying us but how long will that last? If it doesn’t get approved soon, will they put us on unpaid leave until it gets approved or will they just fire us all? These are just a few of the concerns I have going through my head right now. 

I have been working on updating my resume and will start looking for a new job. Unfortunately that’s what the current administration would like us to do, become so worried about the status of our jobs that we start looking for other jobs and quitting on our own. Then they don’t have to fire us like he whowillnotbenamed would love to do to most of the government workers. You may not want to ask me how I feel about this unless you want to hear a few cuss words. 

I know things are a bit different for me as a contractor (as opposed to a regular government worker who I think have it harder) but it does still affect me and the other contractors. I really do not want to lose my job again. (I got laid off a few years ago when our project didn’t get a new grant to fund our work.) But we will see what happens in the next little while. Maybe our work will be approved next week and we’ll be able to work like normal again. We will see.

And I just want to say I don’t write all of this to start an argument about politics. I write this because this is my reality right now and I’m writing it for my own records.

And so my blogpost will have picture in it, here’s a cute picture of my brother’s cat, Ash.