Well…as I was sitting here taking it easy this afternoon, just out of habit I checked the weather for the rest of the week, thinking that I had at least one more day to get the yard work done…it needed feeding for the fall and I was planning on doing it tomorrow…but, the weather forecast had changed to scattered storms that could be severe over the next 4 days…so I ran and got the spreader out and filled it with food and got the lawn fed…but then, I noticed that it had gotten pretty long and with not being able to mow it until Friday, it was going to be too tall so I got the mower out and mowed it,too…as I was doing that, I noticed that some animal has been digging up the grass on the terrace out front and leaving big bare spots…so I got the grass seed and topsoil out and seeded and filled all those spots so they will grow in the rain…see what I mean about snowballing? All I wanted to do was feed the lawn and do a little bit of work that would take about 20 minutes and it snowballed into over two hours of sweating and getting dirty…and it’s almost 7 so I need to make some ice and get ready for taking some time off…I guess I did burn enough calories today even with only one bike ride…
Got out to the beach…
Well…I finally decided to do one last beach run today and the water was even warm enough to swim and I spent almost an hour playing in the waves…and I got a booster for my tan to go along with it…and I only did one ride since I went out to get some stuff at Menards and just didn’t feel like getting back on the bike today…yeah, I’m as shocked as you are…I sure hope this isn’t a slippery slope to not riding at all…just felt worn out today and I hope that the hour in the waves will be like a half ride and I won’t feel too bad about skipping…I am sure this will be the last time out there for the year and I am ready for it to be done so I can get to work on this place again….
DeSantis should be in jail…
Well…if it wasn’t bad enough that the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, kidnapped 50 people who were in the country legally and spent over 12,000 dollars for each person to then fly them to Martha’s Vineyard and dump them there…oh, and he took them from Texas, not even from Florida…but it came out today that he had fancy brochures printed up out of taxpayers money and given to those he kidnapped that lied to them and promised that they would get 8 months of cash assistance, assistance with housing, food, and job placement if they would get on the plane….and this is part of the actual kidnapping statute…if you lie to get people to come with you or go where you tell them, it is felony kidnapping and DeSantis should be charged with it today…and some of the people he put on that plane were children and even infants…isn’t that child endangerment since he had no intent of taking care of them after the plane ride and they and their parents were just dumped at the airport and told to start walking? This is what you get with the repubs who are never held accountable for their crimes…they think the laws don’t apply to them and you get kidnapping in broad daylight…geez…
September 19th
Well…not sure how it happened but I didn’t get out of bed til 7:20 this morning…and for the first time in a while I don’t feel any urgency to get out on the bike…and I may not even ride at all today…okay, that’s not going to happen but it’s a nice thing to think about…I’m still struggling with just living and not having a schedule and running to get things done…but today just may be a breakthrough…yeah, that’s just wishful thinking on my part…I think it may have rained last night but I am getting a little annoyed that it always happens when I’m sleeping…the rain is soothing and I can use a little of that right now…it would be nice to have a day to just screw around and do whatever I want…and yeah, I should be able to control that but my compulsions and looking in the mirror to see that I’m gaining weight again won’t allow that…man, it’s a weird morning….I do have an errand to run this morning to Menards since I need to get the fall lawn food, a can of wd, and some lawn bags….and I’ll probably put the food on today and do a weed walk to start getting the lawn ready for winter…the weather is going to change big time later in the week with the high getting down to around 60 and that will end the summer for me….not much to do today….I really do want to just sit here for a while and read the news and I just might….it may be a one ride day today and I’m gritting my teeth about that…boy, my head is just too jumbled today…more later…
This is pretty cool…
Well…forgot about this little bit of news that was reported last week but I did want to talk a little about it…just last week, the owner of the clothing company Patagonia put the whole company in a trust so that all the profits, almost 100 million dollars a year, go toward fixing the climate crises that are ravaging the entire world…I mean how many times in your lifetime has there been a typhoon hitting Alaska like one did this week? And it’s nearly the end of September and it’s 84 degrees here in Muskegon? There really wasn’t any detail in the article on what the money will be used for but giving up a 2 billion dollar corporation is pretty damn cool and every penny that can be used to stop burning fossil fuel has to help…maybe I can get a grant to go solar here? That would be cool….
Too damn predictable
Well…I’m shaking my head at how damn predictable I’ve become lately…when I got up this morning, I really was thinking about not getting on the bike today…but I did for the first ride while thinking that I was only going to do one today and was going to put the bike away and take the rest of the day off…but when I got back here, I didn’t put the bike away but still thought of only doing one ride…but, as always…I had a cup of coffee and then got right back on the bike for the second ride…I wonder why I even think about riding less than two rides? I never do less and it would save me some energy to think about something else….or not think and just be…that is hard….more later….
September 18th
Well…that was better…no damn noise out here last night and I had a pretty relaxing night…but I don’t like nascar putting races on at night since I feel like I have to watch them…especially Bristol, and it just feels like I am not as entertained as I used to be….when I have lots of shows sitting on plex, it just feels wrong somehow…slept okay and heard the rain even with earplugs in but I was sure hoping it would rain today so I could just take it easy and stay off the bike…but it’s done it appears so I’ll get out by 8 or so….my back has been sore lately and I don’t know how I hurt it and it reminds me how it used to hurt all the time when I was younger….I do feel better that I finally got some cleaning done yesterday and I hope to build on that today by doing the living room before the Lions play at 1…not sure why I’m watching them since the still suck as they have my entire life but it might be a good thing to take a nap to….the weather looks like it’s changing over the next few days to more fall like and I really don’t mind that…I’m tired of sweating all the time but I will need to start getting the fall clothes out soon if I can find them…I am going to have to get up in the attic to smooth the insulation out and put a set of hinges on the door but I am going to wait til it’s cooler for that….and I want to put some weatherstripping on the door, too, to keep the cold air from coming in….not much to do today…just need to get moving here soon when it gets light but I need more coffee first…maybe I’ll just do one bike ride today….not feeling it right now but my weight loss has stalled and won’t get better if I don’t ride…more later…
Finally got off my butt…
Well…finally, got off my butt and got started cleaning up this place….got the stove done first and then took on the fridge to get rid of all of the 3/4 empty pickle jars and old mustard containers and the rest of the old stuff…then I cleaned all the shelves and drawers and the rest of the inside and organized all of the food so I can find it….took a big bag of stuff out to the trash bin and filled the kitchen trash can so I will need to put the trash out Monday so I should get the tomato plants out too and then get started on the doors in here…and I will…but, I’m done for the day and need to think about what I’ll have for dinner…thinking big salad with lots of tomatoes, green pepper, and onion with ranch…oh, a little shredded cheddar, too….yummy…
This is scary…
Well…I have been questioning being so careful and masking up when I go out for groceries or to depot but a new study just published has some scary numbers in it and will make me continue to be careful. In a large study coming out of the UK, it was found that if you get covid after the age of 65, your chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease increases by 80%…yep you are 80% more likely to get that terrible disease if you blithely go about your business without the Omicron boosters or masking up and if it’s that easy to prevent, I’ll do it…I’m so used to wearing a mask now anyway and I’ve gotten my boosters…so the covid crisis is not over…but, I don’t think most people have heard about this study and I know I haven’t seen it on the news…adding this to the possibility of long covid gives me all the reason I need to stay careful even if I’m probably 1 in 100 by the looks of it….this is scary….
September 17th
Well…that sucked…the assholes up here all decided that last night was a coordinated attack on the quiet up here and I had to make three calls to central dispatch…one from my bed when the earplugs didn’t even block out the noise…and that meant I was not going to sleep at all and didn’t…up at 3:04 and then up again at 5:36 and finally out of bed at 6:30 and I feel like crap today….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but cleaning myself up and picking the last of the tomatoes so I can take the rest of the plants out Monday to put them out Tuesday…and that means I have to cut the remaining flowers down but not pull the roots out since some of them are perennials that I hope will grow again next year….it’s 7 and it’s still dark out there so I won’t be getting on the bike til around 8 and I have to get used to it taking up most of the morning to get two rides in….or not do two rides? Nope, I have to do two…there is no choice….I do need to clean the living room today and do the couch shuffle to rotate the cushions so the wear is even and get the rug vacuumed and do the one in my bedroom since everything has sand in it from all of the beach trips…damn, I’m tired just thinking about it….more later….