Did Your Town Shut Down for MLK Day Yesterday?
I was surprised by how many businesses in my area were closed yesterday. A lot of places were shut down here in Biloxi, but it still wasn't as quiet as some towns around here.
When I was at the pharmacy yesterday, the cashier told me that she went across the bridge to Ocean Springs to buy doughnuts for everyone that morning that both of the doughnut shops were shut down, along with pretty much everything else except for essential businesses like gas stations and grocery stores and such. It was like Thanksgiving or Christmas!
I expected MLK day to be celebrated like President's Day, with government buildings and banks closed, but everything else carrying on as usual. I guess MLK Day is becoming like the 4th of July around here.
You know, I would expect things to be like that in cities with large black populations, like New Orleans or Detroit, but this area of Mississippi really doesn't have that many black people. I know that MLK Jr. was a hero for everyone and not just black people, but it's interesting that so many white people in the Deep South seem to be recognize that, too. Believe me, it wasn't like that when I was a kid. Attitudes among Southern whites about MLK Jr. seem to have made a 180 degree turn.
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Yeah, I guess not. 
lt's partly an age thing. I was 24 when he died and it left a mark on me.
I have a lot of respect for the man, though. I believe he was the father of all the modern civil rights movements in this country, including civil rights for GLBT people. He had quite an impact on the rest of the world too, as you have shown. I also believed he knew he was going to have to give his life for the cause. I suppose if anyone in in American history deserves a gesture of respect, even if it's just closing your business for a day, it's Martin Luther King Jr.
that kids need to have all the time they need for learning. Our winters are mild, so we don't have to worry about snow days. We have to worry about time missed for tropical storms and hurricanes at the beginning of the school year. But we can relax during the winter. Hope y'all are able to stay warm and keep things running up there, wherever you are. 
I guess if I were you, I'd have gone to the emergency room and gotten a script for some pain meds if you didn't have any already. That's about all you could do, I guess. I hope you're better soon.
He said meet him at the office at 8:00 this morning, which is less than 2 hours away.
It's not as sore this morning but it's still bad. I'm hoping he will lance it and drain it to relieve the pressure.
The timing was really unfortunate and why it got so bad. It started Friday night and I was out of town over the weekend. Called first thing yesterday morning but oops - office was closed for MLK Day. By yesterday afternoon it was unbearable so I requested an emergency call and he fixed me up.
People still die from them when they aren't treated. My great-grandmother told me a story about someone in our family who died of an abscessed tooth a long time ago. I'm glad you're getting the care you need.
