Well…I decided to give myself a little break today by only doing one ride along with the weight work…so I substituted washing the car for a ride and it felt good to get the salt off it…the guy in the next stall came over and wanted to talk about the car so that was a little fun…didn’t make the ham today but used up some chicken and the rest of the green pepper to make an omelet along with bacon…and I tried hot sauce on the omelet since I can barely taste anything anymore…that was pretty good but should have put a lot more on it…and that will be the only meal for the day since I’m getting used to just having one…but that leaves me at about 700 calories for the day and I’m okay with that…I’ve found that I don’t need a lot of calories, especially on a one ride day…so now back to reading until the Lions play at 4:30…
Now is the time to plan…
Well…with the mid terms coming up in just 11 months, now is the time to start planning what the messaging is going to be…we can’t just say to the people how awful the idiot trump is…everyone knows that already…so what I think we need to do is start asking the people what would make their lives better…how about codifying Roe? That still polls at upwards to 70% in favor so that would be a good start…what about healthcare costs? There are still way too many people who are uninsured or underinsured in this country who are one health problem away from bankruptcy…how’s that for a place to start? We need to tackle the real issues like inflation and unemployment and the housing crisis where 20 somethings can’t afford to buy a house…less than 4% of them own and that keeps the best way to build wealth out of reach…see, I’ve just come up with this in 15 minutes so it should be easy for dem leadership to come up with policy solutions…but then follow through with getting this stuff passed…we know that idiot boy will veto all of it but then we have more contrast to run on in ’28….let’s get moving…geez…
December 25th
Well…running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 6 but that doesn’t mean I slept well…I think it’s just the exhaustion from getting up from 4-5am for the past week…and I feel pretty crappy but I know it’s the result of only eating one meal for the past week or so….just don’t feel like eating anymore…need to get off my butt and get going but that seems like a lot of work right now so I think I’ll sit here for a bit and have coffee and if I don’t get the rides in before noon, what’s the problem with that? I do need to wash the car today and I would really like to get that done by 10 or so but that means I need to get on the bike by 7 or so and that looks like a tall order right now…not much to do today…going to make the big ham tomorrow since I have leftovers to eat and I’m going to make and omelet for lunch to use up the green pepper and bacon that is thawed….more later…
Idiot boy doesn’t get it….
Well…as the narcissist in chief runs around the country naming everything after himself, the one thing he doesn’t get is that in January of ’28 all of his names will be removed by the next dem president…and I’ll bet that will happen by the end of inauguration day…and I just saw that he has been sued for putting his name on the Kennedy center since the name was established by law so it can’t be changed by the idiot…I think one of the first projects that needs to be done when he’s gone is to root out every greasy paw print he’s left on this country and take disinfectant to them…and the big one will be tearing down his tacky WH ballroom and rebuilding the east wing how it stood before…I’ll bet the plans have already started…geez…
Screwed up blood tests…
Well…got a call from my doctor’s office this morning that the lab screwed up my blood test and forgot to do two of them so I have to back in and get bruised again Friday so they’ll have the blood to do my cholesterol test and one more…going to get the chance to try out the re-balanced tires and see how good they are in freezing rain since that’s what’s in the forecast for Friday and the lab is just off the freeway…ick…so more crap to do but Monday will be the last health thing for the year and I know I’ll get bitched at for my BP, cholesterol, and everything else…at least my weight is down from last year and I am a little curious as to how much…really want to get into the 160’s again…going to wash the car tomorrow just to get it dirty again Friday and I found 4 bucks worth of quarters to do it with so that is cool…okay, need to read a bit…
December 24th
Well…up at 5:14 again and I am just damn worn out from these short days of sleep…I know I’ve been bitching about that for a while now but I wonder how many days it will be before I really sleep? Probably hundreds and the thought of that is tiring by itself…oh, well…we lost a lot of snow yesterday and that is going to continue today and for a couple of more days…have bare patches on my lawn and really hope we don’t get more heavy snow since it’s so damn depressing….didn’t get much done yesterday and I am going to do that again today…don’t have to cook with the leftover chicken breasts I made yesterday…only had a quarter of one for my meal but I really do need to eat more than that…so I’ll try to figure out how to eat more but why? I like losing weight and not being able to taste anything leaves me not caring much about food…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and lots of coffee…will have a bagel and cream cheese in a few minutes with more coffee ut I just don’t have the energy to do it right now…more later…
A nice visit…
Well…after the run into GR yesterday, K and I had a nice visit and she commented that our conversation was completely comfortable like we hadn’t seen each other for a couple of weeks when it was almost 3 years…and her daughter is now a teenager turning 13 years old this year…man, does time fly…and it was good to see her after all that time…I did get to discount and have an appointment scheduled for Friday morning…the person I talked to there said they had problems getting the weights on the wheels so I think they will use some stick ons for this time…so, it’s 11 am and I have everything done for the day…I’m glad I went to the library today since I forgot they will be closed on the 24th and 25th…so, I’m making some chicken breasts for lunch and then back into reading…
Shedding jobs…
Well…the stupid it burns in the idiot trump…as always what he promises the American people is always a lie…he promised his tariffs would bring back manufacturing and mining jobs and that hasn’t happened…in fact just this year we’ve shed almost 100,000 manufacturing jobs and for the past 4 months we’ve lost almost 60,000 jobs a month and now the idiot has put all of the wind and solar projects on hold so we will be seeing layoff of all the people who worked to manufacture the equipment and install it for these projects…and that will be another 100,000 jobs gone…and just because the moron in chief was pissed that they put a wind power installation offshore of one of his tack golf clubs in Scotland…yep, the petty son of a bitch is perfectly willing to put hundreds of thousands of people out of work just for one of his petty grudges…I sure hope lots of the workers are maga folks…they deserve it after voting for this asshole…
December 23rd
Well…up before 5 am this morning and didn’t sleep at all last night so I’m going to have to take something for it tonight…a full week of not sleeping and I am just worn out…so the coffee needs to work soon so I can get going…need to hit the library again today since I have 6 books to take back and I need enough of them to get through the week…going to buy another BAH since they are so cheap and I need another ham bone to make another batch of ham soup…put the other one in the freezer yesterday so I’ll have to make some chicken I thawed for a meal today…don’t have a lot to do but the grocery run but that is going to be a lot of work…damn, I’m getting old…more later…
Going back to discount…
Well…after my first e-way ride with the new tires, I’ll be going back to discount tire after the 1st to have them re-balanced since at around 70, they shake the car so bad the mirrors are fuzzy…darn…not the first time this has happened but it is still a pain in the butt…oh, well…went out to get my blood drawn this morning and they threw a new test on me…had to pee in a cup since I had some results last time that sent me to a full abdominal ultrasound that didn’t find anything…I am just getting tired of all the tests and the stress it causes me…I think I’m at the point that I don’t want the attention anymore and I’m going to choose to stop this crap…I mean if it’s something that’s going to kill me without symptoms I may just let it happen…I’m tired and I’ll at least have a few months to get my affairs in order and get an updated will done…a little more than an hour before I head in to GR…it will be nice to see K after 3 years…