It's 10am and I'm already having a bad day.

This bad day turned into a bad week.

On Monday, I woke up 17 minutes late for my 9am class, started crying because I hate being late, threw on a pair of jeans and my bright yellow NDNU flip-flops, and ran out into the rain only to mudslide three feet down the ramp of JB and soil my clothing in water and mud. I immediately ran back to my room, took off the muddy clothes, put on clean clothes and rain boots, and ran to Cuvily Hall. After class, I go back to my residence hall and take a shower. When I come out of the shower, I check the news (which I hadn't read in days) and learn that the U.S. has taken military action in Libya in response to the crimes against humanity committed by Gadhafi. This occupation will supposedly last "days, not weeks." Sure. Good, great.

By 10:24am, within an hour of waking up, I felt as though I'd encountered and gathered a half-day's worth of information.

The learning experience of the first hour of my day was quite great. I was able to understand just how much is occurring all around me that I am not aware of...and how quickly political systems can implement legislation or make decisions (unilaterally or not) that change the mode of affairs not only on local levels, but at the international level.

I can only imagine the condition of the non-existent functional government local government bodies throughout Libya, but especially east of Benghazi.

On another note, there is something quite redolent and felicitous about a day's incipience that makes me kind of upset when I wake up late and miss it. That disappointment and upset intensifies if I'm 20 minutes late for a class.

-This weekend should be a great one as our class is going to LA for the Model Arab League conference.....Lol.

So. Study questions:

1.) What is the stage of the budget process that year California gets stuck on? In other words, where is the delay that causes the budget to be late each year?

2.) Is the budget at the local level...say for schools...(be it hefty or insufficient) one that is ever-changing...so that localities are continually asking the state for funding for basic institutions and necessary projects? Or are localities' budgets sufficiently factored into the state budget? (application, re-application, ect)

3.) Why is the extent of unionization and collective bargaining greatest in the states of the Midwest and the Northeast?

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