A drunk lady in the cold

I'm feeling a little better, though not entirely recovered from the flu yet. But I was determined to meet my friends for New Years Eve.

The clock struck midnight and my friends and I were coming out of the movie theater at the Mall of America. As we were driving away, we drove past an odd lady hanging around outside. "What's she doing there?" The temperature was below zero degrees Farenheit and declining. "Awfully cold out." "She could die." "Do you think we should go back?"

Her face was rough and her glasses thick. She was so drunk she could barely walk. Fortunately, she was able to direct us to her house. Her name was Robin.

ONE GOOD DEED: Drive a drunk lady home on a very cold night.

Not winter fit

Well, I am still messed up beyond recognition by this flu. But having spent the last two days in bed, I couldn't stand to stay in the house a minute longer. I took the car out to do some errands, and that's when I realized it didn't even have an ice scraper. It's funny--my parents spent most of their lives in Minnesota, but since moving to Arizona I guess they've lost some of that winter sensibility. Well, it gave me an even better reason to go to the store.

ONE GOOD DEED: Buy a winter windshield scraper for dad's car

A headlight out

There was a headlight out on the car my dad lent me to get here, and I'd intended to change it out myself as soon as I was well. But I can barely get out of bed. My uncle volunteered to do it for me.

ONE GOOD DEED: Arrange to have the headlight replaced in dad's car.

Grandma's dishes

I've caught a nasty flu virus. I've been in bed all day. But tonight I drove into the twin cities to avoid the blizzard predicted for tomorrow. I got in late at night and very sick. Now I'm at my grandma and granddad's place. Before crawling to bed, I managed to do the dishes for grandma.

ONE GOOD DEED: Do Grandma's dishes

The family computer

After finding my parents' computer hobbling along in haggard condition, I spent the day today fixing their mouse, sweeping out viruses, and cleaning things up.

ONE GOOD DEED: Fix up the family computer.

Cleaning the house

We had our last holidays family gathering today at my parents' house in Minnesota. While my parents were at church, I thought why not grab a broom.

ONE GOOD DEED: Clean up my parents' house for the family gathering

Correcting disinformation about bill 2433

While down in Arizona my dad and I ran into some guys who were all up in arms about a certain Senate bill 2433, which supposedly grants the UN control of our guns. My dad has been crying the sky is falling over this bill. Last night I took the time to look up the exact full-text of the bill itself, as well as the arguments by the pro-gun extremists. The bill appears to address global poverty alone. It's goal is linked to one of the points in the UN Millennium Declaration, other points of which do address gun control. But the bill is completely separate and does not seem to require (or suggest) signing onto the Milliennium Declaration in order to enact it. Apparently the fear is that if we concede one point to the UN, we will soon concede all points. This is paranoia. Fortunately, my dad listened to reason.

ONE GOOD DEED: Stop the spread of disinformation via my dad.