Elvis Blogs - Elvis McNeely

This morning I woke up from a terrible dream. My wife, daughter and I were with some people that I do not recognize. A few of the people, and in my dream, seemed to be friends or someone I was close to. We were in somewhat of a classroom setting and having a competition. I can't remember the fine details of what the competition was but I just remember being in a building that seem to have a classroom setting and it was somewhat an old building and it reminded me of maybe a university building. My wife was somewhere else in the building and I remember seeing my daughter on the playground, with other children. So if you could take a snapshot of this dream and take a look at it, all would seem peaceful and normal.

My daughter is starting to say her ABC's. Not in that order though. Since she is bi-lingual I was concerned that it might take longer for her to learn her ABC's in both languages, Portuguese and English.

It amazes me though how she learns when we are not paying attention. The other day she said the letter "U" while reading a book. Where did she learn that? We as parents aren't that far into the alphabet just yet. She doesn't watch Sesame street any longer (for over 6 months). She does have a little toy with the alphabet on it and when she presses a letter the toy says the sound of the letter. Maybe she learned to say the letter "U" with this toy, but I doubt that is the case since she doesn't play with the toy much.

Yes, it is true. I was installing a electrical box (110v) and did not shut the power off. Why? Well, stupidity I guess. Mostly because I didn't want to check each breaker (not labeld) and end of messing up the clocks in the house. I have done this in the past successfully but this time around I got into a hurry and ended up touching the wrong parts. This is the worst shock I have experienced, it went through both my arms then across my chest, after that I was pushed back some two feet or so.

How sad is this. I do not know where to start. First, my deepest sympathies for all the victims & parents, including the killer's too.

How do you wrap your mind around this type of thing? One minute all is fine and you are taking notes the next a man rushing into your classroom with a gun - with intent to kill. I imagine the moment your classmate is shot dead your world is torn into two. Normal and Chaos. Then, once things settles, you know Chaos still looms, it could be tomorrow or next week this happens again in another town/city. For that matter it could be this evening. Just thinking about this creates a since of "no control" or "fear. A very scary thing. Wow, what a mind bender.