Okay…have been following the election a little closer that I should be but, with a chance to end the repub nightmare both in Michigan and across the country, it is really important to know what is going on. Here in Michigan, the polling is showing some good news for those of us who are tired of the repub scams and just want the chance for our state to work for everyone, not just corporations and the rich. All three proposals are ahead with more than double digit leads that I’m hoping will hold for two more days…but I am a little concerned that the DeVos’s are pouring huge amounts of money into defeating the redistricting and making it easier to vote proposals (numbers 2 and 3) that would make their money irrelevant, or make it less relevant and prevent them from buying the government like they have since at least 2010. The ads they are running are just full of lies and decry that it could cost the state 10 million dollars every 10 years to run the commission that would draw the new district lines…but, my response is that it is a cheap price to ensure that no political party can hijack our state again and implement policies like right to work that only a small sliver of the residents want. The governor’s race is still looking good for us with Whitmer up around 8 points or so in the latest aggregate of the polls done late last week and that looks good for us to get rid of Schuette permanently…any time we can make another trump lover go away it is a good day…and another good sign is that Schuette has cancelled ad buys this past week…ensuring that he at least walks away with cash when he loses….there is a possibility of picking up some seats both in the Michigan house and senate but there is not much polling out there to comment on so I won’t…let’s just say that with a dem governor, there will be a brake on any more repub shennanigans and we should be able survive until 2020 when we will take back the entire government here with the implementation of Prop2…it can’t come too soon….
Hmmmm…
Well….sitting here waiting for the rain to stop to see if I can get out on the bike today but the wind is blowing about 25 right now so I just may take the day off…I am freaking out a little that today could be the last day that I don’t know I have a huge health problem and I guess I could look at that two ways…if I know, then I can get moving on treatment and maybe stay alive a few more years…but how is that going to change how I look at the world? I have been lucky to not have had any health problems at all really….I guess I need to stop thinking about it until I know there is a problem….but, there are not enough distractions right now to keep my brain occupied…and my stomach is already starting to give me problems with the diet change and not eating anything since about 6 last night….okay, need a couple of deep breaths and to find a soccer match to watch….and I need to stop whining….and remember “it is what it is” and know that I’ve dealt with everything life has thrown at me and this is just one more thing….more later….
November 4th
Well…running a little early today with the time change screwing me up like it always does and with the anticipation of the ugliness of the prep this afternoon…slept okay last night and I am starting to think it may be the new pillows…they are pretty comfortable and I know they are working to help the pain in my neck…now, the question is: why didn’t I do this a long time ago? Oh, well….I did get a little cleaning done yesterday and will probably do a little in the kitchen today in between football and the race that’s on later…did get laundry done yesterday, too, so I won’t have that to do today so it looks a like a pretty easy day…not sure about the bike ride today…don’t think I have the calories to spare with not eating again until tomorrow afternoon…and, I know I won’t get on it tomorrow morning…can’t wait for this whole test thing to be over so I can get back to normal…I am still a little freaked out about what they might find and the fallout from that….more later….
I just realized something…
Well….sitting here ready to take it easy for my Saturday night and I just realized something…with my test not until the afternoon Monday, I’m going to have to go almost two days with nothing to eat since I can’t have anything starting tomorrow morning…but, that really means tonight since I won’t eat anything tonight other than maybe some cheese and crackers….and with being so close on calories every day, I am going to be out of energy completely by Monday afternoon and that will make me feel even worse…crap…at least maybe the rain will come and it will keep me off the bike tomorrow…who knows?
November 3rd
Well…slept okay again last night and I may be getting convinced that it is the new pillows…my neck doesn’t hurt either, so that is a plus and I hope it continues…haven’t been able to move it easily for the past few weeks….had a nice day with getting out to have lunch with T and it was good to see her and buy her lunch for her birthday…had a huge olive burger and I am still not hungry even after not eating anything for dinner last night…but, I will have to eat today since I can’t eat anything tomorrow…but, nothing but protein since I can’t have any fiber…and that is a little weird….didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I do need to clean the bathroom today and do a little clean up in the kitchen….and I have bills to pay that I can do online so I don’t have to think about it early next week….can’t wait for the election to be over…the stress is killing me and I don’t even want to imagine the hellscape this country is going to be if the repubs keep the house….can’t wait for Wednesday…more later…
Vote for Debbie…
Well…There is just one race left that I wanted to talk about before the election Tuesday and that is the one senate seat that is up for a vote…now, there is really no choice to be made here….the only person to vote for is Debbie Stabenow, who has devoted her entire life to serving the people of Michigan…both in the Michigan legislature and for the past two terms as one of our US senators. I have worked with Debbie in the past when I was a parent lobbyist for the Kentwood schools during the Prop A fight and found her to be dedicated to what is best for the people of Michigan, not for the rich or corporations like her challenger has already admitted is his focus. So, let’s not elect another trump clone to do more damage than has already been done and let’s send a good senator back to continue the great work she has done for all of the citizens of Michigan.
November 2nd
Well…okay, not sure if it’s the new pillows or not but I didn’t get up until 6:36 this morning and that is an hour later than the new normal…and my neck doesn’t hurt too much so that’s maybe another plus…I did sleep okay, too with not too much tossing and turning but that might have been from not sleeping too well over the past week or so…we’ll see tonight…I am getting a little stressed out about the procedure Monday but I think it’s more the prep for it than anything else…and thinking they might find something is starting to add to the stress…and colon cancer can just be there with no symptoms so I guess I should look at it that way…let’s just find out and go from there….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will need to clean today to get a start on the weekend…don’t really have a lot to do but I don’t want to have anything to do Sunday when I’m prepping…I may have lunch with T today but I have to remember the no fiber diet I’m on and try to keep it…I really don’t want to screw up the test so I have to do another one….more later….
Bargains….
Well…it has been a little bit of a weird day with T cancelling so she could get some rest…and with her schedule, I don’t blame her one bit. But, that’s not what this is about…it’s about the screaming bargain I got on pillows at Kohl’s today. Every Thursday, I pick up the Free Press when grocery shopping and today they had an ad for Kohl’s in it…and, in the ad, they had pillows on sale for 2.99 each that are regularly priced at 12 dollars each…so, I picked up 4 of them and got an even bigger deal at the register…my total for the 4 pillows was $10.30 so they were only a little over 2 bucks each. Now, they may not be the best pillows in the world, but damn…only 10 bucks? Couldn’t pass that up….can’t wait to try them tonight….
The proposals…
Well…as I said yesterday, with my medical procedure taking me out of commission Sunday and Monday, I am going to try to get to all of the politics that I would normally deal with on the day before the election. So, let’s start with the proposals on the ballot here in Michigan…oh, and these proposals are citizen led and deal with the fact that the repub cheaters that control the state don’t care what the people want…they just care about their donors and the rich so the people of the state took these important issues into their own hands and got the hundreds of thousands of signatures that put them on the ballot. Proposal one deals with making marijuana for personal, recreational use legal in the state…taxed and regulated like alcohol and the tax money will go towards many programs that the repubs have decimated in recent years. I have to agree that this one should be passed for no other reason than the damage the prohibition has done to the state and it’s residents…locking up thousands of people (and very disproportionately people of color) for possessing a plant that has been demonized for political purposed since it was first made illegal in the 30′s. Proposal 2 would create an independent committee to draw the state’s legislative districts, taking the control out of the hands of politicians (the repubs) who always cheat since they can’t win elections if they don’t. This control that the repubs used in last redistricting to cement their control of Michigan even when dems got more than 10% more votes than the repubs in the last election. So, this one is a yes if you think fair elections are necessary for a fair society. Really the only thing you need to know about prop 2 is that the DeVos family is spending millions to defeat it since they will no longer be able to buy the legislature if the districts are fair. Proposal 3 also deals with voting rights and makes it easier for people to register and vote…another thing that the repubs are against since they only want white repubs to vote and have done their best to make sure it stays that way even though the state is much more diverse than their power base here in West Michigan. So, a yes vote on every proposal will make this a much more fair state and get rid of the failed war on drugs….so do it, get out and vote!
November 1st
Well…finally on time today with getting out to do a small grocery run…going to be on this restricted diet until Monday so there was not much I could buy or that I needed…still spent 40 bucks and that is a little disappointing….slept okay last night but was still up at 5:39 that will be 6:39 after the time change….I did get a nice bike ride done yesterday in shorts but today will be back to thermasuit since the high is only going to be 48 and that is too cold for shorts and no gloves…I did have a pleasant surprise with the BP this morning when I got a reading of 97/74 that I thought must have been a mistake so I took it again and got 113/74 and that was closer to what I thought it should be…and that is the lowest it has been since I got my machine so I am not going to worry about it anymore…I did have to buy the prep stuff for my test on Monday and that set me back over 30 bucks…I just want it to be over…and the really nasty stuff won’t even happen until Sunday night…I do have a tentative meeting with T for this aft but, with her schedule, who knows? More later….