Well…it’s still damn hot an humid at the early hour that I got up…before 6am and another night of up and down has left me worn out and hoping the coffee will work soon…I did get out to the beach yesterday and had a nice swim but not today or tomorrow since I just don’t go out there on the weekend…it’s supposed to be raining right now but there is nothing on the radar or in the forecast when we were supposed to get an inch of rain today…so I really don’t have to rush to get on the bike…but I will be out before 7am…I do need to cook today and I’m going to make some chicken stir fry but that may wait til later…I found that one of the books I got this week I’ve already read and that means I need to make the last one last until Monday or read something I have on hand…didn’t eat enough yesterday with just a dog and a blt so I’ve already had a toasted bagel with cream cheese to give me enough fuel to get through the two rides…not much to do today…just the rides and maybe some soccer but ManU doesn’t play till tomorrow so I’m not that interested…more later…
Finally, some pushback…
Well…with the idiot trump trying to manufacture a “crisis” in DC to try to distract the country from him being all over the Epstein files and the fact that he had sex with underage girls, the idiot sent FBI and National Guard into DC to deal with the delusional “crime” that he continues to lie about even though crime is down 35% over the past 3 years…and just yesterday, he tried to put one of his flunkies in charge of the DC police even though there is no law that would allow that…but the good thing is that the DC government is pushing back on the illegal takeover and has even sued trump and his fluffy AG Pam Bondi (you remember her…she’s the one who took a 30,000 dollar bribe to drop the investigation into trump’s university when she was AG of Florida) because of the lack of authority they have to take over local police departments or local elections…when you couple this with what Newsom is doing to push back against repub gerrymandering in Texas, it appears that the dems are growing spines and it’s about time…geez…
August 15th
Well…damn, I’m exhausted this morning and I’m sure it’s from being up and down all night…and I just poured the first cup of coffee so that’s not going to help for a while…and I really do need to get on the bike before 7 so that gives me 21 minutes to get moving…the humidity is back and I’m sitting here sweating already even though the temp is only 67…I am going to go out to the beach today with summer winding down and there is a sense of urgency to it…another task to be accomplished that should just be fun…oh, well…I’m hoping that my legs will be better today after my right hip just howling at me yesterday but it doesn’t hurt right now so maybe…the heat is going back up to almost 90 until Sunday and then next week we’ll have highs in the 70′s and that will be welcome…still have leftovers for today with a dog and blt but I will have to cook tomorrow…some stir fry chicken I think and maybe just a chicken breast to make sandwiches since I have lettuce and tomatoes…I did make another jar of pickles yesterday and I’ll try it today to see if the 1 1/2 cups of vinegar is the way to go…more later…
A good day…
Well…it was a pretty good day today and I got a beach run in after the successful errand…even went to aldis to get some chicken since they didn’t have the beef I wanted and I needed some new meals to make…so a stir fry this weekend to make some room in the freezer…it was fun out at the beach today with it almost empty and the water as nice as it’s been all summer…stayed in for a half hour and got some color today…the bike rides were tough after all the yard work yesterday but I took it easy this afternoon and I hope the stiffness I felt on the bike will be gone in the morning…and I think I’ll plan on the beach again since we’re quickly running out of summer…I really enjoyed cruising around in the car and I’ve already put 1,000 miles on it…and that’s about the mileage I put on the old car in two years…okay, time for reading…
Prices are spiking…and you know whose fault it is..
Well…prices for everything have started to spike due to the idiot’s moronic tariffs and it’s is going to get ugly real fast…overall prices went up almost 1% in July alone making it at least 12% in inflation for the next year…and the idiots voted for trump since they said he would “fix” inflation and lower prices…and the wholesale price of fresh and dry vegetables jumped 38.9%…yeah, you read that right…almost 40%…and cars cost 5% more along with aluminum rising 13.8%…and this is just for the month of July…imagine where prices are heading once the inventories that were purchased before tariffs were imposed are gone…I think we are going to see 20%+ yearly inflation but there will be huge spikes at least to the percentage of the tariffs so inflation could run up to 50%…nice job you maga morons…voting for the idiot because your precious eggs were 4 bucks a dozen….I really do hope this inflation causes hunger for you stupid, stupid people…geez…
August 14th
Well…up before 6 again so I guess that’s the new normal and I really need to get going as soon as the sun comes up…not a lot to do today but an errand and then out to the beach…it got down to 62 overnight and that’s borderline to having to close this place up or wear a fleece on the bike to start the day…not too sore this morning and that is a relief after using the edger and mowing the lawn yesterday…I guess the ibuprofen I took yesterday helped…I do need to do some trimming of the bushes today or tomorrow and I think I need to trim some trees, too so I think I’ll fill a lawn bag…there is a nice breeze blowing through the house this morning and I hope the humidity stays low for a while…it’s been so sticky and I’m tired of having to have a fan on all the time…but summer will be gone too soon and I probably should just appreciate it while it’s here…2nd cup of coffee and I need to be on the bike in 15 minutes so I need to get off my butt and get going…it will be an easier day and I need that…more later…
A crazy busy day…
Well…my day started at 6:30am with getting on the bike for the first ride, then doing the grocery run…and aldis didn’t have the wagyu beef I was looking forward to and I am a little disappointed but not too much…then to the library to pick up 4 new books, then back on the bike for ride 2, and then right on the yard work as soon as I got back…edged all the sidewalks and then decided to mow the lawn since it had gotten a little shaggy out front and finished everything up around 12:30…and I figured that was enough for the day so I’ve taken it easy since and read half of one of the new books…so darn sore from using new muscles today that I had to take some ibuprofen to just sit here but it feels good to have most of the yard work done…and it looks okay now…still have to trim the ugly bushes tomorrow but that will come after I run an errand and go to the beach…reading time…
Yep, he’s delusional…
Well…with the idiot trump’s daily delusions on the “skyrocketing” violent crime rate in DC (it’s actually down by almost 35%) and his decision to deploy the FBI and National Guard to patrol the streets has been shown to be a worthless waste of money in videos posted online today that show the Guard and FBI just wandering around the streets… and their two biggest responses to the fake crimewave was to chase a drunk guy who threw a sandwich at them and to take over at a moped accident…150 FBI agents and thousands of Guard troops twiddling their thumbs just to give idiot boy his fantasy of being the tough guy…how much more ridiculous does he have to get before one damn repub abandons the idiot? Yeah, it won’t happen in my lifetime…that’s how far they are up his ass…geez…
August 13th
Well…damn, up at 4:04 this morning and that is just not going to cut it…didn’t sleep well at all last night and I’ll be feeling it later…it’s going to be a busy one today with getting the first ride in, then doing the grocery run, and some yard work to try to clean up the edging so there won’t be a beach run after the 2nd ride…and I do need to hit the library to get more books since I finished off the 4 I got last week…it’s 6:15 and it’s still dark so I won’t be getting out for a half hour or so…and that will make me later for the whole day…oh, well…still need to figure out meals for the rest of the week but I do know I need to make some more pickles today so I’ll have some for burgers if I get the Wagyu beef from aldis….it was nice to get some rain yesterday but It was nowhere near enough to fix the 18 inch deficit out here so my yard is never going to recover…oh, well…need to get moving soon but I’m going to need more coffee first…more later…
Got some rain…
Well…finally, we got some rain out here today and I even got wet on the bike this morning…and it’s storming here a little for like only the 3rd time all year…might even have to mow the front of the lawn later in the week…I should do the edger, too, but I’m not sure if my hurt ribs will stand up to that…they still hurt when I do the weight work so I’ll have to be careful…going to do the grocery/library run tomorrow and I think I’m going to buy some Wagyu hamburger at aldis for 4.99 a pound and give myself a little treat…have never had it before but I know that Wagyu beef is supposed to be the best you can get…so now I have to figure out what to do for the rest of the day since I just finished the last book a few minutes ago…I could clean the bathroom I guess or just do all of my normal things like making ice and setting up the coffee maker…I did start on the bathroom so maybe I’ll just do that…we’ll see..