Daily Jack Handy

I re-named my blog and I've decided to add a Daily Jack Handy quote to the bottom of the page. The first quote is the source for my new blog title.
"To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
It has to be my favorite quote of his and it has truly become part of our language at home. The Boy and I quote this to each other all the time, changing it to fit our situation. More often than not, it's "Sorry, got this kitty," because nobody wants to disturb a well behaved cat on your lap. But I've been heard to say, "got this newspaper," or "got this blankey wrapped around me," or "got this TV show." Basically, it means, I can't be disturbed right now, do it yourself or ask me later.

I'm trying really hard to ignore the big news today about the VA Tech shootings. I purposely have avoided reading/watching/listening to any news about it, but the headlines on my homepage are hard to miss. Two Peas has 6 different threads on it on the first page right now. I accidently opened a couple that were about victims, one about the first victim name released, complete with a bio and pictures about what an incredible young man he was, the second about a Pea whose daughter had several close friends at school there and had been able to reach all but one, later updated to say that that friend had died. It is really just breaking my heart and I don't want to be sad today. I am having such a hard time lately with the idea that The Boy will be going off to college in just a few short months. I can't even imagine the horror those parents are going through right now. All I can think is how those kids are not much older than The Boy and how they were at the very beginning of there lives. I can't really even do justice to how I feel for everyone involved. I just don't want to write about this, but it feels so petty to be thinking about anything else. I think that's all I can say tonight.