Political Indecision

With the California Special election tomorrow I am frantically trying to read the props or initiatives and decide how I am going to vote. I have always been one to read the actual initiative as well as the Pro and Con arguments before making my decision. I will never vote No or Yes just because political leader who I like or dislike shows his/her support (just because I am a democrat does not mean I will vote against Arnold on everything….in fact I voted for Arnold in the recall election). While I consider myself a fairly informed voter with strong personal views I often get very wishy washy with these kind of initiatives. I can usually see both sides of the argument and have a hard time deciding which will really be better. Sometimes I envy those who have an opinion and will argue until they are blue in the face that it is the right thing to do (I can do this with some ideological values I have), but for me I am just not that sure about these.

I am going to tread on thin water and give an example that may be controversial. Prop 73. Waiting period and parental notification before termination of a Minor’s pregnancy. Now I am 100% supporter of a woman’s right to choose and will always fight for this right. However I’m not so sure how certain I am of a “girls” right to choose. I am not a parent, but I do think if I had a minor child that wanted an abortion I should be notified. On the other hand I would hate have any barrier that would lead kids to Mexico and back alleys for illegal abortions. Then I struggle with the fact that a teen and her parents could have different views. What happens if the teen wants the right to choose but the parents are against it. Can they force their daughter to carry a child to term? On the other hand can a 14 year old girl really be mature enough to make such an important decision that will impact her for the rest of her life. I can honestly argue with myself over this one for a long time. In the end I will probably vote No on this one just because I don’t want to do anything to limit the right to choose….but I’m not 100% certain this initiative is a bad thing.

This initiative is not an exception. I can argue with myself on almost all of them….and it is like this with every election for me. This really makes me question if I have weak political views.

Man, I hate this time change.

I don't mind winter weather so much as I do the time change at this time of year. It just gets dark too early. Yesterday when I left work it already looked like is was the middle of the night. I always feel more tired and lazy when I get home from work during the dark winter nights. For the first few weeks after we put the clocks back it is nice to be able to drive to work with some light (we leave the house at ~6:30am), but as the days get shorter this will soon be dark as well. There is just something about coming and going to work in the dark that makes me feel like I am working longer hours. Yuck.

Over the past two weeks I have had virtually no motivation or desire to scrap or even play up in my craft area. I know this started before the time change, but it is certainly not helped by it either. I have a hard time scrapping at night when it is already so dark at night. I know that is just silly, but every year I seem to slow down in the winter....and it's not all related to holiday activities.

The good news is that I did get some scrapping done last night. Just a quick page for fun....I intentionally stopped before I finished the title last night in hopes of motivating myself to work again tonight....I hate having an unfinished page waiting for me.