Well…another day that almost got away from me and I have been running since I got up at 6 this morning…started out with doing two rides, then out for an errand and back here to make potato soup, then back down to do the third ride that I just finished…so now I just have the weight work that I’ll start after this…so now I don’t have to go anywhere until Monday for the follow up to my BP meds when I’ll see if they need to adjust it or not…haven’t had any side effects at all other than my right foot is not as swollen as it had been…I guess that’s not a side effect since these pills have a diuretic in them, too…I did find my pair of leather gloves and that made a big difference in the car this morning and I think I’ll treat the leather since it looks dry…okay, time for the weights…
Doomsday…
Well…with the new repub controlled congress starting today, the slow motion doomsday for this country has started and you are not going to believe the damage that these assholes are going to do…starting with the pardoning of all of the January 6th felons…you know the ones..they attacked this country but the repubs are just fine with that…the law only applies to our side and the maga assholes can do whatever they want and the idiot trump will bail them out…this is one of the reasons I’m so pissed that the morons in this country voted these corrupt asses into office…what does the country stand for if the rule of law is gone? They are already working on more tax cuts for the rich and guess who is going to pay for it? You like any government services? Don’t get too used to them because they will be gone along with Medicare and SS…and I know you think I’m being an alarmist but I am going to reserve my right to say “I told you so” when almost every senior in this country loses their houses and starve to death as the rich buy themselves their 5th house…that is the country these asses voted for…geez…
January 7th
Well…damn, I wish there was a jump starter for my body…woke up a little after 6 but it is 7 now and I’m barely functioning….I know normal people would go back to bed or lie down on the couch feeling like this but I’ll get on the bike in a few minutes and start torturing myself…I do need to cook today and I’ll be making potato soup later but I would really like to not cook for a change…or have someone else cook…but that’s just whining so I need to suck it up and get more coffee…I can shift into low and slow mode as I’ve done lots of times and try to enjoy just being alive and I think I will…that helps to get going just a bit…more coffee…I’m pretty darn tired of the cold weather out here with it not getting out of the 20′s for over two weeks but that’s pretty normal for January in Michigan and I’m just happy that the lake effect snow hasn’t set up and dumped feet of snow like it can…I was able to get out for the grocery run yesterday and that was not easy with the fact that they haven’t plowed the streets up here this year….I wonder where the heck my tax dollars go? Not much to do today…going to be grinding out the day starting here in 5 minutes or so and I can’t wait til 1pm or so when I’ll be done…but that’s 5 1/2 hours from now and I so damn tired of going all the time…more later…
I got out today…
Well…even though I really like just hanging out here in the winter, it was nice to get out and do the grocery run today and do something different…I had to hit the city offices first to pay the water bill and then Aldis and Meijers…didn’t buy and cauliflower today with the prices over 4 bucks a head and I was tiring of it anyway…so now I’ll go back to just carrots and celery for a while and I can live with that…I did get three rides in even with doing the run so that allowed to to have two meals today…just a bowl of Masala and two small pieces of pizza…I will have to cook tomorrow with only having one type of leftover so I’m going to make another batch of potato soup and then another pizza Wed to use up the mushrooms and green pepper before they spoil…and that will keep me going the rest of the week until I make a batch of ham soup next week…I did remember to buy the diced tomatoes I need for that soup but they didn’t have the chicken bullion crystals that I need for potato soup but I have enough for tomorrow’s batch…started up Harlan Coben novel today and I think I’ll go back to it right now…
Trump will be sentenced Friday…
Well…I’m not sure if I agree with the judge in the idiot trump’s 34 felony count trial telegraphing that he is not going to sentence him to jail time…I mean if you or I did just one felony, we’d be sitting in jail for a couple of years at least…but I kind of get what the judge is doing…with setting up the sentencing to be discharged the same day he rules, the judge is appeal proofing the ruling by showing that idiot boy can’t show he was harmed so there is no grounds for appeal…and that means he will always be the 34 felony “president” and that is really getting under idiot boy’s thin skin if you measure that by how many and when he rants on his failing social media company…and he has been ranting for hours and days after the judge denied the latest ploy to stall his sentencing…so by Friday this country will see something that has been seen before…a president elect being sentenced for committing 34 felonies and his asshole followers voted him into office anyway…that is how terrible these people are…geez…
January 6th
Well…darn…another busy day ahead with getting on the bike here in a few minutes for the first ride and then running out to do the grocery run to avoid the snow Wed…and I really do need soup ingredients and no one has protein on sale so I’ll be dragging stuff out of the freezer…have a couple of pork chops and some chicken in there and I can make some pasta if I feel like it…slept okay last night and I think it was the third night without earplugs and my ears are thanking me since they don’t hurt today…but I’m still pretty worn out but that’s just from getting old so I’ll continue to get worse and that sucks…I really do need to clean today so I may just do two rides on the bike today…the bathroom needs work along with the kitchen and I do need to clear off the dining room table that I started the other day and need to change out the bedding but I’d like to have a day to take it easy…I say that all the time but never do it…it would be so luxurious to just wing it for a day…it has been quite cold here and it is going to stay in the 20′s for highs this week…but no snow storms so I can take it that…more later….
Over 100 miles in 5 days…
Well…it might not seem like a lot but I went over 100 miles today in the first 5 days of the year…and I’ve extended my riding every day record, too…but other than the rides, I didn’t do anything else but read and listen to football…didn’t even have to cook with still having leftover pizza and Masala and won’t have to cook until Tuesday but I have to figure what that will be…probably some potato soup and maybe another batch of Masala since I need to make some room in the freezer…then I’ll probably make ham soup later in the week to start getting the ham bones out of the freezer…and that will make I room to freeze the ham soup…I may do the grocery run tomorrow just to get it out of the way and get the spices I need for the next batch of Masala…and I need carrots and celery for the soups…I did finish up the Robert Ludlum book today and it was pretty good…I’ll have to look through the books I bought to see if I have any more of his stuff…but, right now I’m going to read a bit for another hour…
No more common good…
Well…now that the lower class morons voted for project 2025 in the election, one of the things that is going to smack them in the face is the goal of getting rid of the “common good” that government is supposed to protect…it you’ve ever needed food stamps…gone…if you’ve ever needed unemployment insurance…gone…roads, schools, libraries…all gone…how would you like to have every road be a toll road? That’s the plan…and every part of the social safety net is on the chopping block…Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security have been targeted since their inception and again, these morons who depend on those programs just voted to have them destroyed…along with any regulation of business…you like clean air and water? The plan is to have business self regulate and eliminate the EPA…like food that doesn’t kill you? No more with the FDA on the chopping block, too…I know I’ve been harping on this for quite a while and showing my disdain for the people who inflicted this nightmare on this country…and they deserve it…some who voted for these assholes are going to die from that vote…and I have no sympathy for them at all…let them eat their hate…geez…
January 5th
Well…damn, I knew this was going to happen with not eating enough…feel like crap today with no energy at all and it is going to be a struggle to get on the bike today…but when I do, I’ll go over 100 miles and that is only in 5 days so if I keep it up that should mean 600 miles for the month but that is not a record…I don’t think I need to think about that right now…I did get a little bit of work done yesterday and I should do more today but it is going to be hard until the coffee starts to work…haven’t made good coffee in a few days and I really should today but I need time to savor it and I don’t see that happening…it only got up to 18 degrees here yesterday and that looks like the high for today, too…it’s not going to get out of the 20′s until mid month but that is Michigan in January…I’ll be happy if it just stops snowing for a couple of days so I can get out of the alley for the grocery run this week…need to start planning meals and I know I’ll be making another pizza to use up the ingredients I have left over from the last one…and I need to make ham soup to get the damn ham bones out of the freezer and free up some space…not much to do today…it’s almost 7:15 and I need to get moving or I’ll turn into a slug…but I really don’t want to…I’m just wearing out…more later…
Finally got some work done…
Well…I’ve been saying for almost a week that I was going to get some work done around here and I finally did today…after the three rides, I went out and shoveled the snow…we got a little over 4 inches year overnight and probably another couple today…after that I cleaned the living room including tearing the couch apart, cleaning it, and then rotating the cushions…I did have to take some laundry soap and water to a part of the rug that was a little dirty and that came out pretty good after I vacuumed it…then I got the weight work in and had a piece of pizza for dinner…did get some time to read this afternoon, too…and I’m going back to that in a minute…I did have some sparrows on the feeder today and that was cool to see that they found it along with some nuthatches that I barely even see anymore…I think the damn big doves are scaring them off…filled the feeder at noon and now at a little after 5pm, it is almost empty again…oh, well…back to reading…