I'm alright. This shooting really has me down. I don't understand how someone can devalue human lives to the point they just kill for the sake of killing. The biggest fear that runs through my head occassionally is witnessing one of my kids get hurt or killed. It doesn't consume me but it's painful each time it jumps in to my brain.
Hearing this story makes me feel so awful for those parents, the children who were murdered and everyone who was affected by the murders. It also puts me in a position where I imagine my own kids getting killed. My daughter was in public pre-school this afternoon when I first heard the details and I couldn't stop worrying about her and thinking the worst.
The pain and worry have started to wane but I've definitely been affected.
On another note, I dropped off what is hopefully my last semen sample. If this one turns up negative, it will be my second in a row and I should never have to ejaculate in a cup ever again.
This weekend will be another quiet one. I need to get my wife an X-Mas gift. Weather permitting (and it looks like another mild December day), Sunday afternoon will be a trip to Chicago Botanic Gardens with the family.
Anything new with you (or anyone else)? I won't be watching TLC but I think it will be a lot of fun.