Broken Holidays

The holidays started of with a bang.....or a snap anyways. I got a call from Jacob's school on Tuesday that he fell from the monkey bars and was hurt. I ran to the school and they had his arm in a sling and his elbow was pretty swollen. I ran home to drop of Cori and her friend and to pick up Diana before running to the hospital. After a few hours and a few x-rays later we found out Jacob had broken his elblow and had to have surgery. Well.....I had given him something to eat before coming to the hospital and because he had something in his stomach he could not have surgery until Wednesday afternoon. Well after a long night sleeping on a cot in the hospital and a long morning of waiting for the surgery he finally was taken in and everything went great....as surgeries go anyways. He came home just in time on Wednesday to go to the airport and pick-up Diana's mom & dad and our two nieces. It was a long two days but all in all it could have been worse...he could have hit his head but thank God he didn't! He's doing great.

Energy Solutions Arena

How dumb does this sound...."Energy Solutions Arena"? That's the new name for the "Delta Center" downtown Salt Lake which is home to the Utah Jazz. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4698067
Pretty dumb if you ask me. This is a facilty which takes care of nuclear waste. Nuclear Waste. People on the street on the news were saying we should just call it the "Dump Arena". I think maybe people should give things like this a little more thought. I guess money talks and good names walk. It is even odd to say "Energy Solutions Arena". The "Delta Center" rolls off the tongue so much easier. Just had to vent. What does everyone else think about this?

Bracelet of Lies

I'm one not to trust
As much as I wish it wasn't true
Right when you looked into my eyes
I knew it was through
It hurts to know
That I wear the bracelet of lies
Now we just have to take it slow
Before we say our goodbyes
It hurts to know
That I wear the bracelet of lies

Written by Cassie

This poem was written by Cassie and entered into a contest on poetry.com. She received a letter stating that she was in the finals for this poem with a grand prize of $1,000 and her poem will be published in a book titled "Immortal Verses" no matter if she wins or not.