May Day - or is it Mayday! ?

Yes, today is May Day. While I tend to keep my political views away from this blog, today I can't help myself. In our national news today, you see almost nothing but news of protests by and supporting illegal immigrants. Here are my abbreviated thoughts.

I have just found myself doing something I don't do often. On C-SPAN there's a show on that looks to have been taped at the National Press Club today. The speakers are all Hispanic citizens of America, and they are all unhappy with the current situation. Some are second generation, some have been naturalized themselves. They range in profession from a retired U.S. Army colonel to real estate agent and lawyer. Some of them speak with heavy Spanish accents, but they are all passionately against the influx of illegal aliens.

I deeply respect people that want to come to America and become citizens. My next door neighbors are from El Salvador, they work hard, and the mother has recently become naturalized. It's not easy, and it's not supposed to be. The people that go through that process want to be Americans, and they work hard to become Americans. Those that sneak across the border at night want the benefits but not the responsibilities of being citizens. I don't care about fair.

We are being invaded.

There. I tried not to say too much.

Beyond that. Terri is out of town this week, so I get to do some work on her car in between work. Not much needed, but I want to put some better quality brake pads and shoes on it and I'm going to get the drums and rotors turned first. May as well do it right. I'll probably do an oil change while I have it on jack stands. Since she was gone for a couple of days last week with Jason, and then we had a busy weekend, I'm starting to miss her!

Jason had All State Honors choir this past weekend, and they sounded awesome! In case you missed the news, Jason was the only singer from his school to make it this year. We're not sure what will happen the next couple of years, it appears that the director's group has decided that freshmen and sophomore boys can't audition due to the voice change issues. We'll see. I ran into Martha Cannon there, who was one of my High School Math teachers. I liked all of my H.S. math teachers except one, and she wasn't the one I didn't like. She was always very supportive of the choral program at Osbourn Park, and is friends with the choral director of Stonewall Jackson High School, where Jason will be next year. Her name is Wanda Boley, and she led one of her choirs to sing at the Vatican last month. Apparently Jason's current director, Mrs. Dommer, has spoken highly of him, so it was a cool to have Jason introduced to Ms. Boley. I look forward to seeing him progress under her direction. He has more natural talent than I ever had.

That's all for now, I figured an update was due. Until next time!