Well….was just trying to relieve the boredom some so I went back to the Washington Post to see if there was anything new in the debt crisis….ran across a survey on what it is like to be unemployed and took it; they dealt with how much assistance you get, what your fears are, etc. and it made me even more depressed when I realized how precarious my position has become…I think I’m going to have to stop reading that stuff or I will fall off the face of the earth….okay…I’m about done with this for now….might come back later for more but this is number 5 for the day so I think I’ve earned a rest and a little tv….or a good book, not sure which yet….
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More wandering….
Well….heard this lyric on the bike ride “now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything”….and, while I know it was a romantic lament from “Black” by Pearl Jam, I was struck by how it was a such a great descriptor of where my life sits at this very moment….and I still struggle to understand how age trumps everything that you’ve accomplished in your life…shouldn’t it be that all of that experience and education means something? Oh, well…I won’t bore you with any more musings about that…I’ve already done that enough….I’ve had this uneasiness that has settled over me the past couple of weeks and I know the core of it is this question “what if I never find another job?” This is a brand new sensation to me and I really don’t know how to cope with it yet….cripes, more musings…have to stop that.
I was going to talk about politics in this one but since I’m running behind in the count this month, I’m going to leave that for a later one today…probably in about an hour so come back after lunch…you really didn’t want to work anyway, did you?
July 27th
Well….a pretty busy day yesterday with going out to the beach in the morning and then having to keep up the fitness routine after I got back which kept me busy until after three….and I was good last night so it was kind of boring but slept okay….no dreams that I can recall and it’s been a couple of weeks now since I’ve had one and maybe that’s why I’m a little tired but I think I may have to take a full day off exercise to get rid of all of the aches…it seems I always have this low-level soreness all over but I just keep forgetting the ibuprofen that I know helps….not much to do today…going back to the normal routine with coffee at Biggby and then back here for more resumes and lunch….it looks like the rest of the week is going to be kind of a bore but maybe out with K for a couple tomorrow…more later….
July 26th
Well…had a nice night last night with going over to G’s and cooking outdoors and having a couple of beers…made salmon on a ceder plank along with asparagus and had fresh mozzarella with tomatoes as a salad…had never had that combination before and it was really good…overcooked the the asparagus until it was crispy and it looked burned but it was so good….just a yummy meal….and I was good here after I got home so I feel okay today…trying to think what to do today and I think it may be the beach for the morning since it looks like a glorious day and I need to swim in Lake Michigan at least once every year…so, I do have things to do today and need to start getting ready if I’m going to go……I will be back later for a couple…still running 4 behind and am running out of month…
Wandering, wandering…
Well….the last one…the one you’ll see if you look down, was supposed to be this one but I actually got an idea from a small snippet that I saw on the news and had to say something…it’s been less of a boring day than I expected since I had lots of work to do around here and I just finished….and it’s a little after three….I have been feeling pretty good today but it’s coming up on August and I feel the first twinges of the bad allergies coming on….it hasn’t been bad this summer and I haven’t taken anything for it yet….it doesn’t help that you can’t get the good allergy stuff anymore….these new formulations don’t do anything but cost money. I may be going out for a couple with G later but I haven’t heard from her so maybe not….I could use not spending money right now but then life just gets more and more boring and smaller and smaller….I do think I’m going to the beach tomorrow so that will help some….so, I’m not feeling it right now so I’m going to quit here….more later….I am trying to get caught up after all….
July 25th
Well…another day, but I did have a few things to do so that helped…met up with K for a couple and then normal stuff last night…yep, my life has done something even I didn’t expect….it’s gotten more boring…oh, well….I really don’t have that much to say today….I do have a few things to do that will keep me occupied for about an hour but then back to the mind numbing nothingness….going to have to get moving on these to make the 60 for the month….and I’ll try later but right now I’m going back to the couch…
July 24th
Well…I know, I’m late but you know with the problems I’ve been having getting thoughts down here, I thought I’d try to change things up and take the bike ride first to see if that would help…nope, it didn’t…didn’t think about anything on the ride but “Dark Side of the Moon” and that was okay….and I feel better than I should today…I think I slept okay and that may be it….it was a bunny alert day today and I decided to count how many just for the fun of it…57….and two deer…and the gorgeous woman….and it was a good ride but it’s 10:15 and I have everything done I wanted to do..so what’s next? Oh, the F1 race is on at noon so that will be a diversion at least…other than that…not much to do today with everyone out of town or working…oh, well…I am going to try to get a couple more out today…maybe another econ 101 since the repubs here in Michigan don’t seem to understand it at all….
July 23rd
Well….it seems that I’m always running late these days and there is really no reason for it….I did want to read the newspapers first and get some coffee in me but it’s not helping much….it was a normal day yesterday but I did get the kitchen cleaned and today I will get the bathroom done and get started on the rest of the place….I may go out for HH by myself today since everyone is out of town and I do need to get out of here for a while….other than that, not much to do today…I am going to get out in the sun since my hands are looking really weird with the tips of my fingers still white since they are wrapped around the hand grips on the bike when I’m out…and the ankles look really weird, too….I will try to come back later for at least one since I am still about 4 under where I need to be to get my 60 in for the month…I did have to take more money out of the IRA to get through Aug and Sept and I don’t feel good about that….but what can I do?
Still trying….not much success..
Well…I have really, really been trying to get the ability to write back again and you can see it has been with little success…so today, I decided to just chill and clean and try to sneak up on it but that didn’t work either…so, now what? Not sure…after I cleaned the kitchen today, I just couldn’t use any of the things I cleaned so the stovetop, pots, and pans, are still sitting there clean…even though I know I should eat more than 4 ozs of pork loin and some potato salad…..and I did get the bike ride in after the rain so that probably took care of those calories…okay, this one isn’t going anywhere….I think I need to start going out more and seeing new people…I’m just not inspired by this boring routine and I’m losing all touch with the discipline it takes to write…hmmmm…I think I need to think about this for a while…
July 22nd
Well…another bore of a night and for some reason, I’m running later today….was planning on going out to the beach today but it looks like it’s going to rain off and on all day so I think I’ll just hang out here and get the bike ride in and then clean…my stove needs a complete tear down and the rest of the kitchen doesn’t look much better so I guess I’ll have to get off my butt and get things done….so, there are things to do today if I just decide to do them….or I might not, who knows? More later….