Well…I almost got on the bike right now for the second ride of the day but it’s 5:45 and I don’t feel like it so I won’t…trying to be smart about the amount of work I put in every day and after riding once, mowing the lawn, doing the weed walk, and trimming some trees, I think that is enough for one day….but I did clean this place up some this aft so I’ll have less to do tomorrow….just mowing the lawn made my thumb start to bleed again so I really had to take it easy so I didn’t have to bandage it again…my energy level stayed good today and I made sure I ate enough this afternoon but I might not have…only had a piece of lasagna and some garlic bread and then nachos with refried beans for dinner but that was only 8 chips so I’m not sure if that is enough….I did have to work on the bike seat this afternoon, too, since it has been coming loose and going out of adjustment no matter how hard I tighten it….so, I put some loctite on the bolt and re-assembled it and that was a pain trying to hold the two sections of the clamp, the nut, and the seat together while I started the bolt…but, I finally got it and hope I have the seat adjusted right…it has to be higher at the front and I’m not sure if I did that right….we’ll see tomorrow when I get out on it for the first ride…okay, the day is over and I’m going to relax for a while…..and get back at it first thing in the morning…
Monthly Archives: September 2021
This is no longer a representative democracy…
Well….I have been following the sausage making on the bills needed to move this country forward that are supported by almost 70% of Americans, and the only thing I can say is that this is no longer a representative democracy…when two people can prevent the country from the progress that is needed to make this a fairer society and help people to have better lives, there is something wrong…and the excuses that Sinema and Manchin are using are as incoherent as they are stupid…nit picking that this 1.5 trillion dollar bill is too much and the country can’t afford it even though it’s cost is only 150 billion a year over the 10 years it would be in effect…and both of these idiots voted for the trump tax cuts that was the biggest giveaway to the rich the country had ever seen…and cost 2 trillion dollars, but when there is anything ever to help normal people they can’t be bothered to support it…they might just as well be repubs for all of the damage they are doing to the dem party and this country….one thing they don’t get is that there is no more business as usual, for this time our side needs to go big and these two don’t want to go at all…damn, they need to be primaried with some true dems but that won’t help now…they are giving the country away to the repubs and it will be the final nail in the coffin for democracy…hope you guys are happy killing the US…what a couple of preening morons…geez…
September 30th
Well…running about on time this morning with getting up at about 6:45 but I’m having a little trouble getting going with just starting on the coffee for the morning….I don’t have much to do today so I guess I can ease into the day with no stress….had an okay day yesterday but I was just so damn worn out all day and I hope today will be better….have some cleaning to do since one of my sons is coming over tomorrow afternoon to hang out and living alone, that is not too much of a priority…and I have some outdoor work to do, too….need to remove the last of the flowers along the back of the house and do some trimming on the trees to get ready for winter….and I need to mow the lawn and do the weed walk today….so I have lots to do and hope I have the energy to do it….I may cut back to one ride today just to be careful with how I’ve been feeling but we’ll see after the first ride….my shoulder barely hurts today and, with getting two shots in it, it should hurt worse but I’ll take it….I did eat more yesterday and am going to try to keep that up for a few days…I know it makes a difference but my calorie restriction is so ingrained that I really don’t like eating like a normal person…..not much to do today…yeah, that’s not true….have to pay some bills two weeks early since the post office is so screwed up it takes a full week or longer to get to Ohio….and then on to the yard and I need to get on the windows to get them cleaned before winter…but I need to be careful since banging my thumb still hurts like crazy and I need to not get it infected….more later….
I’m frickin exhausted…
Well…damn, after doing the grocery run and getting two rides in, when I got back here I was exhausted and even just moving the sprinkler around was a lot of work. Not sure if it is the flu shot or not eating enough two days ago but I felt like crap yesterday and feel that way again today but more tired than anything….I may have just hit the wall like happens sometimes after I’ve been on the bike a lot…and I am at 3700 miles for the year on the bike so maybe I’m just overdoing it? I am trying to eat more today with having lasagna and garlic bread for lunch and I’m going to make a chicken sandwich with a handful of chips for dinner…I know that’s still under 1500 calories for the day but I just can’t eat more than that….I have lost some weight this summer…down to the last holes on my belt and that means I’ve lost three inches on my waist but that is still not enough…I could lose 6 more inches and get back down to a 30 inch but that is not going to happen…I like cocktails and eating too much….sure hope I feel better tomorrow….
I hate republicans…
Well…yeah, if you’ve ever been here before, that’s pretty obvious but I want to make sure there is no doubt in anyone’s mind…this whole debt ceiling bullshit that McConnell and the rest of his domestic terrorists are pulling is just the latest in a long line of holding the country and world hostage to prevent the dems from governing and doing things that will help the everyday American….look, what this raise is going to do is allow the US to pay for the idiot trump’s tax cuts for the rich…it’s not for current spending since there has been very little new spending that hasn’t been paid for…so, the repubs blow up the budget with tax cuts that never pay for themselves, and then the dems have to come in and clean up the mess they leave every damn time…but this time the repubs don’t want the mess cleaned up since they think it will hurt Biden and keep him from doing anything to deal with the economic problems this country has and fix it’s crumbling infrastructure….and they especially don’t want the for the people act passed since it will take away the voter suppression tools that the repubs have been using all over the country to keep dem voters from voting. Now, this is just a few of the things they have been doing…and any sane person would hate the people doing it…doing their best to destroy this country and handing even more of it to the rich….I hate every damn one of them…geez…
September 29th
Well…my right eye has been twitching since overnight and that continues right now…it has been years since I’ve had one last this long and it is damn annoying…still feel pretty run down today and I wonder if today will be the day to take a day off the bike…getting out there doesn’t sound too attractive right now and even doing the grocery run is going to be a chore this morning…my thumb looks pretty ugly today but it is no longer oozing blood so that’s progress…still hurts when I bump it on anything but it appears to be healing some…it appears that the pain in my shoulder has stopped going down my arm so it is not as severe as the last time and that is cool…and now I’m vaccinated against everything and I hope I don’t get the flu this year…didn’t get much done yesterday other than the bike rides and the vaccines and, feeling like I do, I think today is going to be the same…might do the weed walk and water the lawn today but I am going down to no more than 3 waterings a week to save some cash…I’m hoping the cooler temps will help with keeping the lawn alive until it rains which is not going to be for a few weeks…I wonder when the fall rains are going to come? Not much to do today…just the grocery run and then I’m just going to wing it until Man U plays this afternoon…I know I’m getting older and can’t do what I used to but I need to keep going on this place before winter…would one day off be too much? Not sure…but I find I’m looking forward to winter….and taking a day off here and there….more later….
My shoulder hurts…
Well…after getting my third covid vaccine and my flu shot today, my shoulder hurts…but last time in feb when I got my second, my arm hurt all the way down to my wrist so I guess this is better…and my thumb has finally stopped bleeding but it still howls in pain if I bump it on anything….I was a little confused today when they didn’t ask me for my insurance card for the flu vaccine since every other time they have…so, I walked out of there with not giving them any info other than the questionnaire they asked me to fill out…there were lots of people there and it took me about 45 mins but that’s okay….I need to practice patience to keep from getting irritated and today was a good practice day….I still don’t feel right after how lousy I felt yesterday and the second bike ride today was a chore…just don’t have any energy and I think the allergies have something to do with it…oh, and working in the yard for three hours might have something to do with it, too….I really do think I need a day off to get some rest…I did make another lasagna today so I ate enough…I hope… but I do need to figure out the second meal for the next few days and it’s going to come out of the freezer since there is no protein on sale this week that I want…okay…going to start winding down for the day…will have to take ibuprofen for all the aches and pains tonight but that needs to wait a half hour….
Sailboats…
Well…damn, finally got the thumb to stop bleeding and that was almost a full day it continued to ooze blood, and now my left arm really hurts after getting two shots in it this morning…but, that’s not what this is about…every day, I ride past three marinas with the biggest one near Lake Michigan that has a lot of boat storage areas that must have at least a hundred boats in them…and one thing that I noticed a while back is how many of them have never moved over the summer and lots of them look like they haven’t moved in years…and that leaves me confused…I mean if you have over a hundred grand in a boat, why wouldn’t you use it? Some of them are owned by the boat broker I’m sure but a hundred of them? There are even a pair of them that are the same model that sit right next to each other but with a little different color combination and names on the back of them…they have to be close to 40 feet in length and that would surely make them cost 100K plus…who has that kind of money to just let it sit? I guess the old saying that a boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into really is true…I still am curious where they got this money they don’t need? Oh, well…it’s not the first thing I don’t understand….
September 28th
Well…finally…the damage to my right thumb stopped bleeding overnight…I can’t remember having a cut bleed for a whole day and I was a little concerned that it may have needed stitches but it is just the skin that was peeled off so there really was nothing to stitch…and it doesn’t hurt at all this morning so I think it will heal…but it is going to look ugly for a while…and I need to get new band aids since the ones I have must be 20 years old….will do that this morning when I go to Meijers to get my covid booster and flu shot….so that will put me late on the bike this morning and may only do one ride today…and I may make another lasagna today since it is easy and I like having leftovers that make for easy meals….didn’t feel too hot yesterday with doing two rides and all of the yard work with only eating one meal the day before yesterday….and I don’t think I had enough yesterday, either with only a chicken sandwich for lunch and a chicken thigh and a few fries for dinner….if I make the lasagna, I’m not sure what the second meal will be today….oh, I have two more chicken thighs that I cooked yesterday so I can make a chicken sandwich again….will have to look in the freezer and plan something for later in the week….I think I have almost everything done outside to get the house ready for winter and now I have to clean all of the windows but I don’t want to get my thumb wet until it heals so that will put me back til next week on doing the winter wheels…and the damn thing has started bleeding again as soon as I used it to do this….not much to do today…just the shots and cooking and bike rides…not sure how I’m going to feel after the shots and I may have to take the day off but I didn’t really have any reaction to the first two shots and I’m hoping that will continue after this one….more later…
The fraud “audits” continue…
Well…now that the fraud audit in Arizona is completed and found no problems other than those the repubs invented, and gave Joe almost 300 more votes..you would think that these results would deter other repub states from pulling the same BS…but if you thought that, you would be wrong. Even with the memo from trump’s lawyer laying out the plan to steal the election by loudly shouting fraud before the election, and admitting there was none, repubs all across the country are calling for “audits”…even in states that the idiot won…so we now know this was never about fraud but about a long term project to rig elections for the repubs by voter suppression and casting doubt on any election that the repubs lose….shouting fraud is just one of many tools they are using to ensure minority rule by them for a century or more….so, more than ever we need to keep the heat on our side to pass the vote protection law that would preempt the 500 or so new voter suppression laws that have been enacted on the state level by repubs carrying out their un-American cheating….and it needs to pass now…there isn’t a day to waste…geez…