Well…I know I’ve been a little off this week with all that has been going on in my life which put the normal bitching about politics that I do in perspective…..but, after I get the car tomorrow and my life finally gets back to normal, I promise I’ll try to get back to my normal semi-lucid posts that I hope adds to the discourse. But, what I wanted to comment on right now is a neat little story that happened at a track meet in Walled Lake where a senior from one school, Walled Lake Lakeland, sacrificed winning the 3,200 meters to help a sophomore from Walled Lake Northern win the race and set his personal best time. And, this act was not planned, while in the race, this nice young man Garrett Zuk heard that Devin Kimberlain, the sophomore, was trying to run a personal best in the race, so he found him, basically said, “come with me, let’s go” and paced him to make sure that he did it….even slowing at the end to make sure that Devin won the race. Now, before you say he should haven’t thrown the race just for the youngster’s personal gain, let’s just say that the meet was already won by Lakeland so the only meaning for the race was the personal best time. It gives me hope when I hear these types of actions by youngsters…..good job young men!
May 24th
Well…it was an exhausting day yesterday…not really exhausting, I didn’t do much, not even a bike ride but I was exhausted all day and I’m not sure what the cause is….I did try to eat more since that would be the logical reason and that may have been it since I do feel better this morning…or it could be allergies since I pulled a muscle in my neck from sneezing yesterday that still hurts…I am getting ready to go out for the papers to try to get back into the normal routine and maybe the coffee will help…didn’t yesterday but I need to give it a try again today….more later….
Okay…had to add to this one after the bike ride…lost that vehicle, too, with getting a flat out on the trail and walking back 3 miles…but all I could do was laugh…I would have been surprised if it didn’t happen with how the last week has gone…..
This might not be political….
Well….I have been just trying to get my strength back all day without much luck but I thought I’d share this dream from last night before I forget it…and it is kind of political since ole Mitt is in it….okay, the dream was basically a set of vignettes where I followed ole Mitt around Michigan being an obnoxious jerk about all of his lies and blowing up the idea that he will move to the center if he is elected….got him so pissed at me that he that he had his tea party thugs drag me out a bunch of times and then barred me…but, that didn’t stop me and he and his followers got so annoyed that I was getting the press to start questioning as I was that they planted a bomb that I avoided but got the hint…..and then, I woke up at 4 and have been up since…I know, not really political but I thought it was interesting….I will try to get back later for another but I can’t promise anything…
May 23rd
Well….it was a long day yesterday and I was up all night so this one is going to be short…I did find a car yesterday so that is one less thing to think about and it is the Miata that I have been looking for….pretty cool to have another convert and I think it will make for a summer of fun….tight now, I am going to put on a pot of coffee, ride over to get the papers, and relax….I can’t survive on 4 hours of sleep for much longer or not eating for that matter….
Okay….I am still so tired that I can barely move today and I hope it’s from not wanting to eat over the past few days…I did go out and get a sub from Subway for lunch but that hasn’t helped at all to restore my energy….I sure hope this goes away in the next couple of days since I don’t even want to get out on the bike today and that is not a good thing…I am really trying to get some political stuff out since I had dreams with ole Mitt in them last night and that would be good fodder for a post…I am really trying but I don’t know what is going on….
May 22nd
Well…it was a long day yesterday and still no luck with finding a car which is making me kind of discouraged….I was really good yesterday trying to make the aches go away and I think it may have worked some…and taking the day off from all physical activity has helped my legs quite a bit…so, today will be a full out. find a car day and then rent one tomorrow so I can go out looking…I hope to find one before the money is in my account Friday so I don’t have to go through another weekend carless….I am going to make coffee here in a minute since I didn’t even have that yesterday and I’m going out to get the papers, too….need to get back to some sort of a normal routine today and that will help…and, I will be back for a couple more later to get caught up…
One thing that has surprised me about this whole ordeal is how depressed it has made me…and my friends know how much I love to work out and get on the bike every day…but yesterday, it was like there was this huge weight on top of me that wouldn’t allow me to do anything…and the nausea that started with the accident is still with me along with the lack of appetite for anything…I think I’ve averaged about 500 calories a day since the crash…got the waist down a little but I know it’s not good for me…but, for some reason I just don’t care….even the newspapers have no attraction to me…and, as you know, that is like breathing to me….it’s like I’ve been sleepwalking since Thursday…it was bad enough being unemployed before but this is just so much worse….
Obama is the most divisive politician?
Well…the repubs have a new talking point that they have been trying out over the past week or so and it makes me laugh it is so ridiculous…they now assert that Obama is the most divisive politician in Washington today…okay, just writing that made me laugh. More divisive than the liar Romney? More divisive than the turtle McConnell who stated that his whole purpose in life and politics was to make sure Obama failed and with it the country? How about Paul Ryan and the other tea baggers who shut down the government over the debt ceiling? I have to remind the repubs yet again that in the world that is based on facts, just saying something is so does not make it true…it might to their base but to the rest of us, we say “show us” and prove your assertions…geez…
One last thing…and one that shows that idiocy is alive and well in Arizona…the repub secretary of state there is “not sure” if he will allow Obama to be on the ballot there since he is “not sure” if Obama was born here in the US….stupidity runs rampant on the right from the bottom to the top….
May 21st
Well…it was a day of healing yesterday and there were cocktails last night so I am running late today….the same dreams of the crash came back again with some twists but I really don’t remember it too clearly so that’s a good thing….have been looking for a new car and have decided to get a Miata if I can find one…but, I’m not going to spend more than 3500 bucks so that limits the field somewhat….okay…this is not working so I am going to stop here and came back later to try again…
Okay…this one was probably the most veg day that I have done in a few years but I think I needed it…no workout or bike ride even….and, as you can see, no political one today, either but I am going to try later on…and I have not been able to find a car yet and that is quite depressing…
May 20th
Well….another night of pain and dreams and I am looking forward to them lessening in the next few days….it was pretty much a veg day but I did get a bike ride in and that felt good…no luck finding a new car yet and that needs to get done today to see how much cash I need out of my IRA….not much to do today….I am going to go riding in a few minutes but I am having trouble getting motivated today so I may wait for a while..it is only 9 after all and I don’t need to rush it….I will try to get back to the political stuff later today but I’m not sure if I’m in the right frame of mind to do that yet…
May 19th
Well…it has been a struggling couple of days with the soreness from the accident kicking in and new bruises welling up….stayed off the bike yesterday to just wallow in the depression that comes with all of the work necessary to replace the car and, even though there were long stretches it just sat, it was there when I needed it…oh, well…it looks like it will be a couple of weeks before I can replace it since the money has to come from my IRA and that takes a week….and, I’m not sure if this is the time to get the Miata or just a replacement…things I will be deciding over the weekend…I am going to get back on the bike in a few minutes and try to do a long one but will probably keep it short…not sure what muscles were damaged and that should show once I get out….more later…
Okay…got the bike ride in and had some thoughts that I need to get down….the bike ride surfaced some more injuries to my left side that I didn’t notice until I got moving…my left hip and wrist hurt through the ibuprofen but after a while the severity lessened….I think the worst thing, though, was the waking up with the crash dreams the past two nights…I don’t sleep that well as it is but to have the thing replayed over and over is a bit much…I know the physical wounds will heal soon…I am getting a little concerned about the psychological ones, though….there is one good or bad side effect….I have lost my appetite completely….only had about 500 calories yesterday and I am cooking right now and the smell is making me nauseous….
May 18th
Well…this will be a one sentence one for today….had the car totaled yesterday and I am sore and depressed…