The Great Depression

Yes folks, it's true...I think we're headed into the next Great Depression.

Why, you ask?

Because one of our favorite local Italian restaurants, Michelangelo (formerly San Vito), has closed. We went there for dinner tonight, and imagine our shock when we approached the door and found it locked up. I thought surely, they were just closed for a private party. Or maybe they locked the doors while they had a restaurant 'team meeting.' But there was no one in sight. The lights were on, but the tables weren't set, and there didn't appear to be a fire in the brick oven. Where am I going to go now for a really great spinach lasagna? Baked ziti? Anyone?

The state of our economy is really depressing. Thousands of people are laid off DAILY - not monthly or quarterly, but DAILY. Restaurants are closing. Shops are closing. Even my OB/GYN said that more and more of her patients, who had dreams of having big families, have put those dreams on hold and are going on birth control. She said that women weren't coming in for their yearly physicals because many had lost their jobs and they didn't have medical insurance anymore. I went to my favorite children's store this week - The Right Start - only to find out that it had closed. Not good. Not good at all.

Let's all bow our heads and pray that 2009 is a better year. Tonight, when you go to bed, give thanks for your warm bed; your blanket; heat; food on your table; a roof over your head; your health; your job; and friends and family (including us, the Consors), who would help you in a heartbeat as long as we can. I know I'm going to give thanks, and ask God what he can do about Michelangelo. :)