Rant 1st, catch up 2nd

I just have to get this off my chest, stop me if you don't agree.....

The States is being battered right now by hurricanes, thousands of people are losing their homes, whole cities are going to need rebuilding. And do you know what one of the top headlines about the States has been this week? 103 BILLION dollars is being used to send more americans to the moon. WHAT???? Am I the only one that thinks that this is OUTRAGEOUS??? SERIOUSLY, WHO IS THINKING HERE???
Anyway, I know that there will be people that will say 'in the name of science/progress etc...' But I do think it is WRONG, when so many people are in need that this is what is happening, I think that the American government needs to do some real priority re-thinking.
FEED, CLOTHE AND HOUSE YOUR PEOPLE FIRST, then you can play in space.

OK, rant over. WOW, we are busy right now (I know I say this a lot...but we are), Mum's visit flew by, and I've barely caught my breath this week. It seems like the baby season has begun, in the last week we have heard of 5 friends who are expecting babies. And, I heard yesterday about 2 different friends from home who got engaged in the last week.

And gym is going great, and yes we WORK OUT, we don't gossip as we do it.... MARK...CHEEKY!!! We don't have any breath to talk with.... some people are SO RUDE! But yeah, going to the gym is great, I'm really beginning to enjoy it. It means I get to hang out more with Tanya too, which is so good, because I love her! I feel like I have made a really good friend in her, who actually sees more of the 'old Chris', that enjoys some of the english stuff that other people just don't get, that is very valuable to me, it's great having that again.

Well it's retreat time again, I'm busy at work planning our staff/board retreat (I'm so excited), and going on the Senior High retreat this evening, it's gonna be fun! But Lindsay isn't coming to the retreat this weekend, which is kinda a bummer, I miss him at night, he's good to snuggle with...

We had 'Survivornight' @ Chris & Sue's last night. It was fun, it was just really great to hang out with them, catch up with all the summer news. I love Survivor, it's a good show.