Being a true conservative at heart, I am stymied as to how our country could have let our economic situation get so out of hand. Read this article about the cost of the Iraq war from the Washington Post.
Since Paul and I got married I have tried and tried to convert to his more liberal view of money. He gets aggravated by my constant budget consciousness and money concerns. Yes, I'm slow, but it took me a long time to finally realize that my concern about money made him feel like I felt he wouldn't be a good provider. Well, that's just not true. I'm sure he'll be an exceptional doctor and he's incredibly skilled and capable. I'm just a conservative and he's just not as much, or maybe I'm just still super corset tied, right wing, conservative and he's more normal. Well, despite my efforts to relax, chill, live more, not worry and trust and be optimistic, it doesn't change the fact that deep down I am who I am, and I think I will worry about med school debt until we are paying it back, and I will worry about our country's immense debt until we are on our way up instead of down.
I'd love it if anyone out there could talk some liberal sense into my thick head. It sure would make things easier if I could just stop worrying about it all.
(Picture by: Susie Ghahremani)
