Well…damn, emby is down this morning so there won’t be any races for me today and that sucks…and that means I really don’t have to hurry to get on the bike to be done before F1 qualifying….still so damn worn out that it is going to be a chore to do anything today…do I text my son and tell him? Not right now…I think I may take the day off tomorrow…the little widget at the bottom of the screen just flashed “record high” so it’s going to be a bad one today but we may get some rain this afternoon but I’m not holding my breath about that…had an okay day yesterday but I don’t think I ate enough but with not being able to taste anything, eating is not something that gives me any pleasure anymore…and that sucks….not too sore today but my right shoulder hurts from sleeping on it last night…nothing new but annoying….it is strange to be living in this old body and remembering what it was like to not be so damn old…I mean I’m never going to get better and it’s nothing but decline from this point forward….and that sucks…more later….
Hot, hot day…
Well..its been a hot, hot day today and even with running an errand this morning, I still got the rides in by 10 to beat the heat…but that’s all I did today except find a bigger container to put out for the animals…washed it and put it under the tree but also left the little one out…and you can guess which one they are using….they have ignored the big one since I put it out around noon and I thought at least the Bluejays would splash in it since some of them are too big to fit in the small one…but I’ll leave them both out there and see if they warm up to it….still haven’t put the ac unit in yet and slept okay last night and I didn’t even put the fan on me so that was nice…might have to tonight….
Joe gets it done…
Well…I’m still laughing at the “freedom caucus” repubs in the House who were willing to burn down the world economy thinking they had absolute power to control what bills come out of the House….but, as of yesterday, the senate passed the debt ceiling bill that the dems helped get out of the house and even with the bomb throwers all voting against it, Joe will be signing it into law…taking away all of the idiot’s power until 2025…and with that, I think Joe Biden’s is one of the most consequential in my lifetime and this is just his first term…if we all get out to vote in 24, we can keep the senate, take back the house, and then get on to governing for the people of this country, not just for the rich and corporations…we can expand SS and Medicare, we can restore the tax rates that taxed billionaires at 50%, and we can fix the corrupt Supreme Court…good goals to have and tell everyone about so they will understand the stakes…geez…
June 2nd
Well…I think I’ve hit a wall this morning after being on the bike for 30 miles a day for almost a month now…feel so worn out that I’m thinking of taking the day off today…I need to go out and run an errand this morning to get a new garden hose since one of mine now has 5 leaks in it and I am tired of getting wet using it…I did notice that a couple of bean plants have flowers on them but they are only 6 inches tall so the beans are going to be pretty small…everything is just stunted other than the radishes….it was damn hot yesterday and I did get a little color at the beach but that means my right foot is a little swollen and pink…so I need to keep it raised a bit…it is going to be hot again today and tomorrow but it looks like we may get some rain tomorrow and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for that…will probably go out and stand in it if it does….need to figure out what the second meal is going to be today..DD has stuff on sale that I want but I have no room in the freezer…I guess I should use some of the stuff in there first…not much to do today…just need to run the errand but I sure don’t feel like it right now…and I need to do the bike rides…crap, too much to do…at least it was cool enough to not put the AC unit in the window….more later…
They have tapes…
Well…the idiot trump’s reason for taking all of the classified documents was that he declassified them in his mind and all he had to do was think “declassified” and they would be magically transformed…and that has been proven to be all lies with the reporting coming out of “The Guardian” that there are tapes of the idiot showing that he knew at least some of them were still classified and he knew there was a process for declassifying them but didn’t use it….and the document he talks about on this tape were top secret war plans about Iran that he showed to people who didn’t have any security clearance at all…and right there is another felony that is shown on this tape….I wonder when Jack Smith is going to get around to indicting this ass? Reports say that this investigation is coming to an end so I have my fingers crossed that it will happen soon…and let’s add another dozen or felonies to the 34 in NYC…and get him to trial by the end of the year…geez…
June 1st
Well…darn, I’m going to say something that I never thought I would…I think I’ve lost enough weight…yeah, my entire life has been focused on restricting calories but now, I think being in the 160′s is enough for now…down almost 40 pounds in the last year and now I need to have a new mindset….had a good day yesterday and don’t have a lot to do today…thinking about going to the beach to even out my color and veg a bit…it’s going to be 90+ for the next few days and that would be great if the lake was warm enough to swim but it’s still in the 50′s and that is way too cold…but it is June 1st so it will be getting there soon…I need to get a bigger pan to put water out for the animals out here since it hasn’t rained in almost a month and they empty the 2 quart one I have out there overnight….it’s a leftover day today but I am going to make potato salad this morning after the bike rides…I can start on the rides at any time since it is warm enough to go out in a t-shirt right now…got out of bed at 6:30 this morning and I may have slept a bit but sure don’t feel like it…not much to do today…just going to get on the bike by 7:30 so I can finish the second ride by 10 or so…man, I’m tired….more later….
An okay day…
Well…it was an okay day today if a little busy…got the grocery run done and then on the bike for two rides…the shifter was darn near perfect and didn’t need any adjustment but I did do one small one just to get the 4th to 3rd shift a little better after I got back here but other than that, it is just so nice to have a new shifter on it and know that I’ll get the gear I want when I want it…after I had lunch of catfish and roasted potato, I got started on peeling the potatoes for the potato salad I’m making tomorrow…not sure why since I still barely taste anything but I have eggs that need to be used…made an early dinner of grilled pork chops and asparagus but could only eat half of a chop so I’ll have them for three more days…I did get my tablet set up for the doctor consultation on Monday and it works on zoom now so that’s cool…will bring the tripod up from downstairs to put it on so it won’t be so jerky…I do need to do some research before that but I’ve got 4 days to do that so no hurry….probably going to put the AC in the window tomorrow since it’s going to be really hot the next few days and I may need it to be able to sleep at all…want to clean it up first since I’m sure it has some cobwebs in it…okay, that’s enough…need to do my teeth and make ice…
Joe’s a winner…
Well…it seems like it’s a good thing to have someone who understands politics being president…especially after the doom and gloom of the debt ceiling deal and the “freedom” caucus howling that they were going to crash the economy since they hated that Joe only gave a little to get the deal and now they lose their shiny toy of debt ceiling extortion until after the 2024 election.The bill was voted out of committee this morning and it is heading toward a full house vote this afternoon and, since a lot of dems are going to vote for it, the bomb throwing repubs can’t do a damn thing about it…I really do hope they keep underestimating Joe…and he will continue to deliver for the American people…if this is a person with “severe cognitive decline”, I sure hope I’m that sharp when I’m 80….good job, Joe…
May 31st
Well…it’s the last day of the month and I’m not sure I like time passing…feeling so beat today that I’m not sure about the grocery run…I know I have to do it but it seems like way too much work right now…still haven’t gotten my fingernails clean after the bike work yesterday and I’m not sure if they will ever be clean again…just want to get back here and rest today…might even take the day off the bike….damn, I’m getting old….had to make a noise call last night on the idiot to the south of me who played the same damn song for an hour and a half last night….what the hell is the attraction in that? I really do think the people up here are just the most selfish assholes there are in the world….I’m so damn tired of the health problems I’m having that I just want to let them have me and get it over with….have three appointments next week and one of them is a zoom call and with my antiquated computer, I’m not sure if that is going to work…why the heck can’t they just call me? Not much to do today….I am so tired that all I want to do is go back to bed…..need to start paying my online bills today and that even seems to be too much….okay, I need more coffee and that should help…more later..
What a day…
Well…the bike has been giving me problems for the past week or so with the rear shifter seeming to lose it’s adjustment every day…I thought it might be the shift cable so I changed that out and worked on trying to adjust it for an hour and a half and remembered that I had this same problem with my first bike when the shifter wore out at about 12,000 miles…and this shifter had 27, 000 miles on it so I bit the bullet and changed it out for the new one that was on the black bike…what a pain in the butt…worked on that thing for 3 1/2 hours but I think I finally have it adjusted and it works for tomorrow’s rides…but damn that was a hell of a lot of work and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get my hands clean…I need some rest right now and some more water…it will take days to get everything cleaned up but that is going to wait til later or tomorrow….what a day…