More FOCCUSed

We saw the FOCCUS couple again today and they are showing results of the work they’ve put into their relationship. It’s good to see. We are more hopeful for them now.

That pretty much filled the day. After they left I found I was quite tired. Evidently working with the couple was hard work for me. Penny should really be beat, she cooked a great meal in addition to the counseling.

Yesterday I took another training walk. My foot was and got more sore but not so bad that I couldn’t walk. Today it is back to its pre-walk status. It doesn’t appear that I am making it worse by walking (so far so good).

I’ve been biting my tongue, so to speak, on the political happenings and it’s hard to do. Let it suffice to say that I have lost hope in Mr. Obama. He is acting exactly as I thought he would but hoped he wouldn’t. People are so desperate that they want to believe what they think he is saying. Judging by his performance on the stimulus package he has not brought change to Washington.

I actually wrote a lot more doom and gloom here but decided to delete it. Maybe I’m wrong and the Government is actually doing what is right for the country. In any event it’s our future now.

My thoughts about Washington are captured in the words of John Popper :

It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel that I'll convey
Some inner truth of vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks

There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don't mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near
To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago…..


The hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook...On that you can rely