For everything there is a season
I've been quite rank about my job lately. No raise, shit benefits, I work so hard, blah blah blah. And today we hired a new staffer who has my same credentials (minus the professional certification), but still. Bachelors degrees in my field are rare. And as soon as I heard about her I *ached* to know how much they started her at, indignantly self righteous that it is more than what I make. And my stomach stays in knots.
Then I click on the internet for a little LJ distraction and read on yahoo that tens of thousands are feared dead. Tens of thousands.
My stomach unravels in utter defeat.
I can't even wrap my brain around it. Tens of thousands dead in a day. Hurricane Katrina (using it as a comparison as it was the worst natural disaster to hit the states) took 119 souls from Mississippi and I think about 1100 from south Louisiana.
But on a Tuesday 10,000+ dead in an afternoon. My prayers don't make it past "Dear God". I don't even know what to say.
Then I click on the internet for a little LJ distraction and read on yahoo that tens of thousands are feared dead. Tens of thousands.
My stomach unravels in utter defeat.
I can't even wrap my brain around it. Tens of thousands dead in a day. Hurricane Katrina (using it as a comparison as it was the worst natural disaster to hit the states) took 119 souls from Mississippi and I think about 1100 from south Louisiana.
But on a Tuesday 10,000+ dead in an afternoon. My prayers don't make it past "Dear God". I don't even know what to say.