Not much is new on the Dr. Jen front. I have enjoyed reading posts stating the various opinions of my fellow bloggers. It's very comforting to see that so many of my colleagues have such interesting thoughts on the current events of today, from football to the war to soda. I get a huge kick out of reading the WOW and other miscellaneous blog entries. Unfortunately, at this time, I really can't say I have anything too interesting to say. I'm looking forward to this football season (PATS WON TODAY). I'm doing pretty well in my football pool (8 wins w/ 3 games to go). My life is on an upswing in many ways right now, both professionally and personally (at least so far). I am discovering new and interesting things to cook with. The weather is beautiful so I am enjoying that. My knitting class starts up again soon. I have great relationships with my family and friends and I am making new friends every day. I'm sort of glad I live here. I'm still afraid to fly :) The 5th anniversary of 9/11 is bittersweet to me...I will mourn the loss of the over 2000 people who were lost in this heinous event, but I can take some consolation knowing that we still have our rights as Americans and we are able to say what we want, no matter what that is. Noone has to read it but we can write or say it. As much as we all disagree on the effectiveness of our current democracy, at least we live in a democracy. We are not all brainwashed into some horrific cult like government where we are completely closed off from what is going on. We have a lot of freedoms here and even if we forget to appreciate it, let's try to take a minute to appreciate if tomorrow. Let's all band together and remember what the day is. It was a very scary day. Songs have been written, tears have been shed, memories have been scarred. But America is still strong, or at least as strong as we make it. I don't know, I'm not usually such a patriot but since the Patriots won, we should look at it as if all the patriots won today!!! Have a super day and bless all.