Back home and away from home

Hiya, to all in Northern Ireland, and hi to all in the states. I'm back home at the moment - and away from home- all at the same time. Quite a feat? So, it's nice to see the sun in the the states, although I nearly miss the rain in Northern Ireland. It makes for a nice change though, at least for a wee while.
Anyways, I will apologize for my horrible punctuation in all my future postings to come- in advance. I just write, and probably won't give a passing thought to it.
It's always so interesting to come back to the states and realize again all those small differences between it and NI. just for an example, I decided to turn on the television this morning after I'd been up a couple hours (mistake 1 ) -just to flip through, to see if there was anything good on. So I'm fliping through all these channels (in which case I might add that we have like, massive amounts of channels on cable and there's still nothing worth watching on the majority of the time) and then I notice all these commercials, infomercials, etc..... and I swear I saw at least 4 different channels advertising for ways to lose weight. One of them seriously made me laugh, for a few minutes actually. It was advertising this thing that basically you put on and it covers your legs, waist, all that, and makes you look more "shapely" . I thought it was absolutely hilarious. Not only because they were showing pictures of before and after and there was no way the people weren't making themselves look as bloated as possible. But also, people will pay that much money or go to that much trouble just so they can still be lazy and look nicer. That's how our society is. They want to have all the benefits possible, without ever having to do anything themselves. Basically, in short, they, no , WE are SELFISH. It's apparent in so many things. So, to end with something light: all you's in central illinois- It's sunny outside- it's absolutely gorgeous. TAKE A WALK. ENJOY IT, and maybe while you're at it, do something nice for someone else, do something that's not just for your own benefit. Work hard for something. It makes you a much more bearable person at the end of the day.