Well…I may have been wrong about getting sick yesterday…I now think it was the lack of food for the past few days…have had to cut back since I don’t have any cash to spend…looks like I’ll have to empty the freezer over the next week and eat all the fish that is still in there…I do have some venison, too, that I am going to use for tacos later today…..it is really a pain to be this broke…oh, well…other than that, it was a strange day yesterday…okay, nope, I am getting sick…I can feel the warmth again as I sit here…and I even pulled something in my neck when I was sneezing and it hurts like crazy….didn’t do much yesterday but clean a little and I need to do more of that today…haven’t heard from T since she left for vacation and that has been two weeks now…I think she’s been back for a week so I guess that’s over…and I’m okay with that….not much to do today…it looks like this week will be the last pool week until I make some money…I’ve reached my mooch limit and just can’t do it anymore…..it’s been too long and it’s just not me….more later…
Monthly Archives: January 2014
This isn’t good…
Well…it has been one of those days where I thought I was starting to come down with something since I was so damn tired….and now I’m sure I am…sitting here at the computer just sweating like crazy and the coughs have started…looks like I’m not going to get through this winter without getting sick…just hope it’s not the flu since I can’t afford to go to the doctor….the aches haven’t started yet but, if they do, I know it will be the flu and the only thing I’ll be able to do is hunker down and try to survive it….there have been a couple of deaths already here in GR and I hope I have enough of an immune system left to fight it….we’ll see….
January 16th
Well…it was a day yesterday and I didn’t get much done but the few things I had to do around here…but I have gotten an early start today and have laundry running already and will cook something for lunch…slept okay but had another of the technology dreams that have been dogging me lately…was in NYC trying to find my son to hang out with him for a while but all of my equipment (phone, computer, etc.) had turned into Apple stuff the I couldn’t figure out how to use…pretty weird…I have been good all week and with tonight, it will be 5 days of it…have quite a bit of energy since I forced myself to eat yesterday but I’m not sure if I can keep that up today….habits are hard to break…the brakes on the car have been working for 6 days now and I am creeping up on calling it fixed but the failure is still in the back of my mind and I’m not sure if I’m there yet….not much to do today….I do need to clean this place and maybe get going on the new novel…want to mine the darkness I have been feeling lately…more later…
It’s the republicans fault…
Well…with the vote yesterday in the senate that blocked the re-instatement of UI benefits for the long term unemployed…there is only one party that is responsible…and it’s name starts with an R…can you guess which one? Yep, the damn republicans are at it again, showing their disdain for anyone that is not rich and trying to spin it that is mean ole Harry Reid’s fault since he wouldn’t let the repubs add amendments that would repeal Obamacare and add more giveaways to big business. The sickening thing about all this is how transparently political this sham is…when ole GW was in office, the dems never asked for anything in return for taking care of Americans…they went along because it was the right thing to do…but the repubs don’t give a damn about Americans…even the unemployed R’s that vote for them…I think they are going to be surprised at the backlash for this one…there have been numerous stories that have die hard r’s that are unemployed who say they will never vote for a repub again….and we just might get Harry Reid to change the filibuster rules again that will let them get things done with a simple majority…and cut the repubs out of the process all together…they don’t want to govern anyway…geez…
January 15th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I had a little fun going out to hang with G for a while…okay, too long of a while but things happen sometimes…slept okay and that is two in a row so I’m not sure what is going on…maybe I’m adjusting to being good? I know I feel much, much better and this week I’ll keep the cocktail nights down to two…which I want to be the pattern anyway since I do have to remember my health and do everything to keep it…the brakes on the car seem to be fixed since it has been 4 days since I worked on them and there has been no repeat of the no brakes problem…it would be good to get through the winter without having to work on it again…getting too old to get out in the snow, and wouldn’t know what to do if the pins weren’t the problem….not much to do today…I do have to get some stuff done around here and get some resumes out but that is about it…yep, boring, I know, but that’s life right now….more later…
The problem with open carry…
Well..If you’ve been here before, I know you’ve read how I feel on the open carry for guns laws that have spread like a plague across the US over the past decade or so…I will say right up front that I have been a gun owner and I see no problem with people having guns in their homes for protection or whatever else they tell themselves they need them for…okay, that was a little harsh since I have been a hunter and I do enjoy the venison I get from my hunter friends…but that is an entirely different thing than carrying a handgun around on your hip everywhere you go. As I’ve said before, I am extremely uncomfortable and will leave any establishment that allow people to bring guns into it…and the “responsible gun owner” is always responsible until he or she is not and takes the gun out and shoots someone…I just don’t want to be in that crossfire. So, a couple of days ago, a “responsible gun owner”, a retired police captain in Florida got into an argument with another patron at a movie theater…the guy was texting during the previews and the gun owner didn’t like it…you can guess what comes next…the retired officer took the gun off his hip and shot the guy to death…something that could have been avoided if the guy just didn’t have a gun with him…and that is the gist of my aversion to having everyone and their brother carrying guns around everywhere…what used to be just an argument that might have come to blows now is a life and death situation…and ends more more and more often with someone dead and a family shattered…I’ve had enough of this nonsense…geez…
January 14th
Well…it was just another day yesterday…I did have a little fun so that was good…slept okay last night and with being good, I feel okay today…wonder if I’ll get to like this so much that I’ll be good all the time? Never know….I do need to make sure I eat enough today since the past two have been low and I am feeling it a little…I am a little surprised I haven’t heard from T from the Bahamas…maybe this will be her way of ending things? Oh, well…has been coming for a while now and with not hearing from her for two weeks, the transition will be easier than it was the last two times…not much to do today…I do have to work out and then make a run over to C’s house to check it out and make sure the water is working right…but that is about it…more later…
Still in a malaise…
Well…it has been another day of basically nothing..other than going out to lunch…and I am feeling that malaise that had been dogging me for the past month…which is keeping me from thinking about what to write here and finding a good topic…we still have the repubs being dicks by trying everything to keep UI benefits from being approved by attaching amendments that do nothing but punish people….and that is what the repub party has become over the years…all punishment…all the time…punish the poor, punish voters, punish women, punish undocumented people….when are they ever going to try to do something for the country and its people? Oh, that’s right, never….I wish Olbermann would bring back “the worst person in the world” and we could name the entire right in this country….what a bunch of asses…geez…
January 13th
Well..just lost the post that I just wrote so this one will be a placeholder until I remember what I wrote….not sure if I like the new software for my site..this is the second one in a week that I’ve lost and it is getting irritating…the car worked this morning but I’m not sure if it’s fixed or not yet…will probably need to wait until later in the week to be sure….I do have some stuff to do today…errands this morning and then meeting up with a friend from my younger years I haven’t seen in over 25 years…okay, can’t remember what I wrote so I’m going to end here so I can workout….more later…
No motivation…again…
Well…it has been another lost day for me and I just can’t get motivated to do anything…I wonder if I used it all up working on the car yesterday? I’m still not sure if I guessed right on the car and it is still in the back of my mind that I didn’t…normally, there is a clear reason when a car does something weird but the caliper slider pins were not completely dry..I did use lithium grease on them last time but I don’t think it’s high temp enough for the pins…so, this time I used wheel bearing grease and we’ll see how it works…I wonder if my lethargy is caused by not eating enough again? I am just so tired of counting every calorie and not being able to eat anything except what is planned for the day….I wish this weather would keep up for another week and I could get back on the bike…with having the player working again I really can’t wait…and I know it makes me feel better when I do ride….oh, one last thing…if you want to read a good one about the hollowing out of the middle class, go over to Kos today and look at the one that Hunter just published…love his work and he just nails the despair that comes with the rigged economic system…