This morning I dropped the little guy off at school. He didn't want me to leave but after having gone through this 3 times with my own kids, I knew it was best to give him a hug, a kiss, tell him I'd see him later and get myself out of there. Later, the little guy's dad, my older daughter and I went to pick him up. He was all smiles and eager to show us his cubby and the rest of the room. Teacher told us he'd settled down within minutes, joined the circle, played with his classmates and just had a great day!

It's late so I think I'll just indulge in one of my favorite Friday pass times: the meme.

This one is called Four For Friday:

Q1 - Shopping Carts: When you're done using a store's shopping cart (bricks-and-mortar, not online), do you return the cart to the store, leave it in the parking lot, or push it into one of those storage areas that takes up all the great parking spots?

Even before my darling older daughter (DOD) began working for a grocery store, I was pushing it into one of those storage areas ... mainly because I've arrived at the parking lot enough times to be inconvenienced by carts left in good parking spots.

Q2 - Global Warming: Do you think global warming is an environmental problem that is causing a serious impact now, or do you think global warming isn't having a serious impact?"

I believe it's having a serious impact on us now

Q3 - Prison: At the Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor, Vermont, inmates have been told that the facility's prison cats must go. According to SSC's new superintendent, the facility, which for years has allowed cats to come and go as they please, is not conducive to a pet program. If you were in charge of the facility, would you voluntarily parole Ziggy, Marmalade, Smokey and Shane, or would allow them to stay?

I'd let them stay. What's the big deal? Does cat food and kitty litter cause that much? Besides, the cats probably keep the rat population down--the 4 legged kind, not the 2 legged kind in the prison.

Q4 - Taxes: After federal taxes are collected from the public, do you think the U.S. Congress thinks of the money more as taxpayer money to spend carefully or as their money to spend as they wish? How much of the money you pay in taxes do you think is spent on government programs that you personally favor and support?

I think all the Senators and Congresspersons think the money is theirs to spend on their pet projects. I am pretty sure a fraction of the money I pay in taxes are spent on programs I support -- the environment, health care, children's issues ... I don't see my tax money going to these causes.