First and foremost... still not smoking.. and Lord knows I have been tested.. Headed to Virgina to visit the beastie and hit a few pride events this weekend.....and Im driving..Wish me luck, because anybody that knows me knows I have undiagnosed ADD tendacies.. and well me in a car with the kids not being able to smoke a cigarette.. it will be interesting.. This week has been very interesting for so many reasons. I have a dear friend who is going through some hard times. She is fighting the fight..where there are no winners.. She is in yet another battle with her bitter adversary.. She is a class act this friend.. Did I mention while raising two wonderful children as a single parent, she is just 12 months away from completing an advanced degree at Harvard (A program she started while in remission) She is also very talented and owns and operates a kick ass small business called Black Pearl Creations...Check it out. Well yesterday my friend was beaten and held hostage along with her five year old daughter for a period of four hours in her own apartment by her live in boyfriend... And even though she screamed and begged...banging on neighbors doors in a failed escape attempt...no one called for help or attempted to assist her. She was eventually able to escape but only after he had punched and kicked her in her stomach and chest where she had 200 sutures from a mastectomy the previous week. This coward piece of shit scum bag was arrested ad my friend will eventually recover but it really just had me thinking about how much society has and continues to change. We have become less empathetic, desensitized to crime and violence. We've become a society where we no longer look out for our elderly neighbors, afraid to discipline or admonish a child that is not ours. Where teachers sleep with their unbderaged students, where retirees rob banks to pay the rent or support a gambling addiction. Where sucide is a viable choice because your a boy trapped in a girls body. A place where mothers smother their babies and husbands transmit STD's to their unsuspecting wives. Where a stay at home moms daily routine consist of carpooling, cooking, cleaning, and clonopin. Where being a Baby Moma is just as good as being a wife. I could go on and on..but why.. you get it. I am disgusted and appaled...Just venting..