Dude. I feel like I can only be so productive for so long.

This week (meaning yesterday and the day before), instead of Facebooking, I did the following:

1. Responded to all needed response emails. 
2. Emailed Ann (2 weeks late... but finally)
3. Went to campus and got myself back into a Spanish class. 
4. Went to said Spanish class (or the end of it) to figure out what my homework is for tomorrow.
5. Finished my AmeriCorps app and applied for 10 positions or so. 
6. Have been in daily contact with one of the AmeriCorps volunteers in Fort Lupton, trying to narrow down my options for when I come home.
7. Thought, too much, daily. 
8. Blogged a lot. 
9. Read the NYTimes every day.
10. Talked a lot with my hermanita.
11. Finished and submitted my Tulane application. 
12. Accepted and turned in some of the paperwork for UC EH. 
13. Practically finished my FAFSA (there's one part that I need my dad for and he hasn't gotten back to me yet)
14. Brushed & flossed my teeth every night before bed. 
15. Watched 2 movies (Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH) and (The Phantom Tollbooth) -- both based off books I loved as a child. 
16. Today, I went to work, carrying my laptop, mind you, in the SWELTERING heat, grabbed the rest of sector 1, and came back here just in time to resume my normal few hours of whatever before I go to el Centro to meet up with Ricardo to chat about his CO experience. 
17. Spent a lot of time reflecting on when I should go home. And the more I think about it, the more I think it should be May.
18. Finally emailed JJ back.
19. Listened to a really impactful sermon from a branch of my faith in San Fran

Okay. REALLY!? 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/us/huge-blast-at-texas-fertilizer-plant.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&hp

I GET IT! I'M WORKING ON IT. ENOUGH. DISASTERS. THANK. YOU.

Yeah, that's very self-oriented. I guess disasters are kind of a daily occurrence in war, in the world. So I might as well stop being surprised by them and just make sure to try to understand what happened in an effort to learn from the horrid.

This particular one is of interest to me because it's in my field. Likely the fault of the company, who did not have an appropriate emergency response plan, clearly did not inform their volunteer firefighters nor the officials of the danger. It also appears that OSHA might have been aware of suspicious operations with ammonia, as early as the 80's, but with it's severe cuts and limitations, overlooked this small plant in this small town in this small part of TX. 

Bah. There's only so much we can do, right? 

From the article, it sounds like the town is taking care of its own. For those who lost loved ones, homes and the feeling of safety, I send my thoughts.

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Was Hell created by God? Who "damns" people to go there?

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OHMYGOD THIS CHALLENGE SUCKS. I reallllly want to get on just so I can waste time. Bahhhhh.