Well…yeah, coined a new word in the title but it seemed to fit my mood today…can’t get interested in anything politics today and I think that’s extending into almost everything that I’m thinking about. You’ve seen this before if you’ve been here…not to the extent that the couch is calling but there seems to be this veil of cobwebs between me and the world; insulating me from feeling that I’m part of it. Could it be that it is just January in Michigan? Don’t know, really….I do feel a compulsion to write something today…I called it onion peeling when this started back in April of last year, but there are still the shackles of self-control that I still wear…and a promise to myself that there would never be anything in this post that would embarrass my kids or friends…kind of limits really sharing but do you want that anyway? I did start this as a chronicle of what it is like to be old, educated, and unemployed and maybe I need to get back to that…I think I’ll try to do at least a couple of those every week from now on, but, I’ve broken promises to you guys before and I can’t promise I won’t again…there is still something rattling around in my head that is not taking shape….that’s part of the frustration where you wait and wait and think and think and nothing comes….so I write one of these free-form things hoping clarity will magically come…and it doesn’t….
It just seems strange that as my life gets smaller and simpler….it also gets harder and harder…
Well…okay, I lied…there wasn’t more later but the tragedy in Arizona threw me for a loop…I was going to comment on it but it would have been really hard to keep politics out of it and that just wasn’t appropriate. It was a normal day for a sunday…did have a SF with K and K and it was good to see them…spent most of the day on British tv from Netflix but did watch “Eyes Wide Shut”…the only Kubrick movie that I really didn’t like…just didn’t see the point of the thing and Tom Cruise doesn’t belong paired with Kubrick…It is nice to have T back in town but I will miss seeing the kitties….hmmm…said that before, I think….not much to do today…going to have to get back out for an hour walk this evening but the heel splits that I get in the winter are back and I’m limping like crazy since they hurt….I will have at least two more topics for today once I read the papers and get the coffee in me….no cocktails except out with the twins so I feel okay this morning….man, this one is really disjointed…the brain will be working better later…I hope…
Well…another day goes by and I really don’t remember much of it…and no, it’s not from the cocktails…this time anyway. I am kind of hobbling around today, still sore from the walking but the ibuprofen works so I guess I should take some, huh? Sometimes I just forget that that stuff is available…just like a couple of weeks ago when I was bitching to T about being cold…and then I remembered that the heat is included here and I can just turn up the thermostat….it’s about 6 degrees outside and the poor old car just hates this crap..but, on the bright side…only about 6 more weeks and we should start seeing a break…just had a thought…that there are things that are disappearing from my world….as I get older there are things that I enjoy that are just not suitable for someone my age…like water parks…and going out to bars to raise hell and dance…hmmm….need to think a little more about this to make sense…not much to do today…no SF planned so another day of boredom….I can smell the coffee so I’m going to go and get a cup and read the paper…more later…
Well…was not good last night so I do feel kind of crappy this morning…tried to stay up to watch the Wings but crashed out when the score was 4-2 Calgary…just looked and we won 5-4….that must have been a good third perlod…I’ve got to try harder to make it through the games….not as much snow as they were predicting here and I’m okay with that…big storms next week, though….not much to do today…have the last day taking care of the kitties and I think I’ll miss them…oh, well….you know the drill by now…feel crappy..write less….so, I’ll be back later to finish the placeholder and keep going with this one…need water and the couch…
Okay…just finished the coffee and papers and feel quite a bit better…but I am sore from starting to walk again…had to do something to replace riding the bike and it is really strange how brand new muscles are screaming at me this morning…it’s not that I’m old…see, trumped that idea before it even started…already have everything done for the day but cooking and I’m not sure what I’m going to make…maybe chicken in a mushroom sauce…or a homemade pizza…made one the other day and it came out great so I’ll have to think about it….
Oh, the placeholder…I know there are things look like a good idea at night and then, in the light of day, you can’t figure out why you thought that way…that is kind of where I am with the placeholder….I sometimes have my enthusiasm jacked up by watching “Countdown” and cocktails but lose the thread the next day…I will try for later but it’s still early and I need to just veg for a while…and let the coffee kick in…
Well…two days in a row of being good and I feel okay today…better than okay, really…I have some energy as you can see by the fact I’m getting this out at 6:25 and have been up for about an hour. Weird…wonder if it might be that I got some exercise last night? I suited up and went out in the snow for an hour or so…just walking and it was cold but I still think it did some good….new pains this morning, though. It looks like a quite snowy couple of days coming and I hope it’s not like the greasy stuff from yesterday…one plus of that was I had to shift down two gears traveling and it made it pretty relaxing watching the idiots try to fly and sliding all over…and I really don’t have anywhere to be so taking more time is not a problem. There will be topics for later today…have a holdover from yesterday that I want to get to along with the return to faith-based economics that our boy Boehner telegraphed in a speech thurs….it’s going to be a target rich environment for two years….more later…
Well…was really good last night but still feel groggy this morning…slept okay, too, so maybe that’s it…looks like a big snow storm coming in the next couple of days but probably a little to the west since it’s going to be lake effect…you probably don’t know what lake effect is…if you live in Buffalo you’d know…lake effect snow is when cold air blows across the warmer great lakes and it creates snow that can go on for days…that’s why we in the west part of Michigan get so much more snow than the center or east of the state…it can get quite discouraging when you get it started…but, I really don’t have anywhere to be so I can just ride it out here…and I do like getting out in it to just look…not much to do today…might have to do the grocery run today but it hinges on when the cleaners are coming to T’s..but I’ll be prepared either way….
There are so many easy targets in the news in just the one day that the repubs have controlled the house that I will have topics for later…but it may be a little later if the cleaning does go today….more later…think it might be later?
Well…slept okay last night but was up at 4:30 again….lost at pool out in Ada…tom was just shooting great so I don’t feel bad about it…and our tab was about 10 bucks less than normal so that was a plus…I don’t even feel that bad this morning and the Wings won the first game on their west coast swing so that is a good start…and ozzie got his 401st win…yay! I haven’t looked to see if I won the Mega jackpot but you’ll know if this site goes dark…will probably let you guys know with one last post…maybe it would even be more interesting if I had 330 million dollars and I continued it….it surely wouldn’t be mundane anymore…not much to do today…the normal routine with the cats included….I am going to take the rest of the week off and give my body a rest…need to try to figure out what exercise I’m going to do to replace the bike pretty soon…probably back to walking a couple of miles every night since I do hate to run….there should be topics today since the repubs take over the house and the craziness begins….more later….
Well…a fun night out with G last night…played Keno all night with just 5 bucks so that was cool, too…and I was good when I got home so I feel okay today….sleep was weird and segmented, though….but I’m kind of getting used to that. Just found out I can get “Countdown” on my Roku and I can watch last night’s in the morning now….pretty cool and it will give me topics in the morning when I’m much more lucid and I may remember them…so, we’ll see how that works out. Not much to do today…it did snow last night so I’ll have to clear off the car and let it run for a while before coffee…yeah, tough problem, huh? Then, I have pool in Ada…I will have to remember to check the pool cue again to make sure the tip is still on…I did have a dream about my stick being stolen in Chicago last night….why I would have had it in Chicago, I don’t know….but dreams can be weird…or I hope my dreams are weird…normal ones are just too boring…more later…
One last thing..Charles Krauthammer was in the dream, too…I guess that takes it up a notch on the weird, huh?
Well…I was all geared up for a really boring day yesterday but then the Lions won and K called for a short SF so it turned out okay. Yep, I couldn’t believe it either…4 wins in a row to end the year…maybe we’ll have a season that we make the playoffs this fall…see, the Lion’s disease is in full swing with me….oh, well….other than that, the Wings lost with some really sloppy play but there is still more than half of the season left for them to get better…should this have gone in sports? Felt like I’d been drinking all day when I got up this morning and I can’t figure it out….just had a couple with K and then not any more here so I should feel better…is it age again? Hope not, but I am sore all over again…maybe a bug? Going to keep using that excuse as long as I can continue to delude myself….after all, deluding myself is pretty easy….not much to do today….the normal morning routine with the cats added but that is about it…may be going to a movie later in the week with K….would love to have some theater popcorn just soaked in butter….so much butter it’s coming out your pores the following couple of days….and mountain dew….should have some topics for later…only have one question for our new governor…where are the jobs? You’ve been in office for two days….yeah, that’s a joke…more later…
Well…feel kind of crappy today but it was the last night of cocktails so tomorrow should be better….didn’t do much except football yesterday and the winter classic which Pittsburgh lost…that made me happy. But, the whole day was wipeout for the big ten and I kind of expected it so I wasn’t surprised. Gonna keep this one short for now….have to start taking car of the kitties this morning and I’m going to piggyback that with going out to get the paper….it looks really cold outside and it snowed last night…I kind of envy T being in the nice, warm, Bahamas…
Okay…I’m back for a minute…did get to T’s and all three cats came out to see me which is quite unusual…and I do feel a little better after two cups of coffee, but still not great…not a lot to do today..no SF since K is in Chicago but, and I hate to admit this, I am looking forward to watching the Lions play today…see…I told you earlier that they were sucking me back in again….to have them have a chance to win after the last few years is just a weird feeling…oh, there is a Wings game later, too and I may go out to watch part of it…I do have another topic that I want to share today…part of one of my continuing threads..but, I’m not going to telegraph it…so come on back later….