Well….I have been just trying to get my strength back all day without much luck but I thought I’d share this dream from last night before I forget it…and it is kind of political since ole Mitt is in it….okay, the dream was basically a set of vignettes where I followed ole Mitt around Michigan being an obnoxious jerk about all of his lies and blowing up the idea that he will move to the center if he is elected….got him so pissed at me that he that he had his tea party thugs drag me out a bunch of times and then barred me…but, that didn’t stop me and he and his followers got so annoyed that I was getting the press to start questioning as I was that they planted a bomb that I avoided but got the hint…..and then, I woke up at 4 and have been up since…I know, not really political but I thought it was interesting….I will try to get back later for another but I can’t promise anything…
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May 23rd
Well….it was a long day yesterday and I was up all night so this one is going to be short…I did find a car yesterday so that is one less thing to think about and it is the Miata that I have been looking for….pretty cool to have another convert and I think it will make for a summer of fun….tight now, I am going to put on a pot of coffee, ride over to get the papers, and relax….I can’t survive on 4 hours of sleep for much longer or not eating for that matter….
Okay….I am still so tired that I can barely move today and I hope it’s from not wanting to eat over the past few days…I did go out and get a sub from Subway for lunch but that hasn’t helped at all to restore my energy….I sure hope this goes away in the next couple of days since I don’t even want to get out on the bike today and that is not a good thing…I am really trying to get some political stuff out since I had dreams with ole Mitt in them last night and that would be good fodder for a post…I am really trying but I don’t know what is going on….
May 22nd
Well…it was a long day yesterday and still no luck with finding a car which is making me kind of discouraged….I was really good yesterday trying to make the aches go away and I think it may have worked some…and taking the day off from all physical activity has helped my legs quite a bit…so, today will be a full out. find a car day and then rent one tomorrow so I can go out looking…I hope to find one before the money is in my account Friday so I don’t have to go through another weekend carless….I am going to make coffee here in a minute since I didn’t even have that yesterday and I’m going out to get the papers, too….need to get back to some sort of a normal routine today and that will help…and, I will be back for a couple more later to get caught up…
One thing that has surprised me about this whole ordeal is how depressed it has made me…and my friends know how much I love to work out and get on the bike every day…but yesterday, it was like there was this huge weight on top of me that wouldn’t allow me to do anything…and the nausea that started with the accident is still with me along with the lack of appetite for anything…I think I’ve averaged about 500 calories a day since the crash…got the waist down a little but I know it’s not good for me…but, for some reason I just don’t care….even the newspapers have no attraction to me…and, as you know, that is like breathing to me….it’s like I’ve been sleepwalking since Thursday…it was bad enough being unemployed before but this is just so much worse….
Obama is the most divisive politician?
Well…the repubs have a new talking point that they have been trying out over the past week or so and it makes me laugh it is so ridiculous…they now assert that Obama is the most divisive politician in Washington today…okay, just writing that made me laugh. More divisive than the liar Romney? More divisive than the turtle McConnell who stated that his whole purpose in life and politics was to make sure Obama failed and with it the country? How about Paul Ryan and the other tea baggers who shut down the government over the debt ceiling? I have to remind the repubs yet again that in the world that is based on facts, just saying something is so does not make it true…it might to their base but to the rest of us, we say “show us” and prove your assertions…geez…
One last thing…and one that shows that idiocy is alive and well in Arizona…the repub secretary of state there is “not sure” if he will allow Obama to be on the ballot there since he is “not sure” if Obama was born here in the US….stupidity runs rampant on the right from the bottom to the top….
May 21st
Well…it was a day of healing yesterday and there were cocktails last night so I am running late today….the same dreams of the crash came back again with some twists but I really don’t remember it too clearly so that’s a good thing….have been looking for a new car and have decided to get a Miata if I can find one…but, I’m not going to spend more than 3500 bucks so that limits the field somewhat….okay…this is not working so I am going to stop here and came back later to try again…
Okay…this one was probably the most veg day that I have done in a few years but I think I needed it…no workout or bike ride even….and, as you can see, no political one today, either but I am going to try later on…and I have not been able to find a car yet and that is quite depressing…
May 20th
Well….another night of pain and dreams and I am looking forward to them lessening in the next few days….it was pretty much a veg day but I did get a bike ride in and that felt good…no luck finding a new car yet and that needs to get done today to see how much cash I need out of my IRA….not much to do today….I am going to go riding in a few minutes but I am having trouble getting motivated today so I may wait for a while..it is only 9 after all and I don’t need to rush it….I will try to get back to the political stuff later today but I’m not sure if I’m in the right frame of mind to do that yet…
May 19th
Well…it has been a struggling couple of days with the soreness from the accident kicking in and new bruises welling up….stayed off the bike yesterday to just wallow in the depression that comes with all of the work necessary to replace the car and, even though there were long stretches it just sat, it was there when I needed it…oh, well…it looks like it will be a couple of weeks before I can replace it since the money has to come from my IRA and that takes a week….and, I’m not sure if this is the time to get the Miata or just a replacement…things I will be deciding over the weekend…I am going to get back on the bike in a few minutes and try to do a long one but will probably keep it short…not sure what muscles were damaged and that should show once I get out….more later…
Okay…got the bike ride in and had some thoughts that I need to get down….the bike ride surfaced some more injuries to my left side that I didn’t notice until I got moving…my left hip and wrist hurt through the ibuprofen but after a while the severity lessened….I think the worst thing, though, was the waking up with the crash dreams the past two nights…I don’t sleep that well as it is but to have the thing replayed over and over is a bit much…I know the physical wounds will heal soon…I am getting a little concerned about the psychological ones, though….there is one good or bad side effect….I have lost my appetite completely….only had about 500 calories yesterday and I am cooking right now and the smell is making me nauseous….
May 18th
Well…this will be a one sentence one for today….had the car totaled yesterday and I am sore and depressed…
More Wisconsin shenanigans…
Well…getting ready to go out and shoot pool so I thought I’d better get the second one for today out now since I won’t be motivated to do it later…and, this one will be short so take a minute to take a look…just wanted to comment on the new set of shenanigans that are going on with our old buddy Scott Walker in front of the recall election that is taking place in the early part of June…since the official federal government figures (that everyone uses and trusts as a yardstick to the true growth in jobs) came in not to his liking…and shows that ole Scott’s policies are not working to create jobs, in fact, Wisconsin rates almost last in job creation of all of the states in the past year. So, what does he do? Not what any sane person would do like change what he is doing…nope, ole Scott does what they used to do in the old Soviet Union and make up new facts that better fit his narrative as a “job creator”….and then, he trots out his trolls to try to sell the fact that job growth is okay and then blames the lack of jobs on the “uncertainty” caused by the recall and the unions. Isn’t anyone else getting tired of the repubs not taking responsibility when their failed, crazy policies don’t work? It was like Grover Norquist on Bill Maher’s show last night…where he disparaged stimulus policies as being “Keynesian” and basically said that the repubs had a new type of economics that work much better. What a load of crap….geez…
May 17th
Well…it was a day yesterday and I got a lot of things done so I feel okay about that…and I was good for the 4th day in a row so I feel quite good this morning with lots of energy to get more done today….read an article about self-driving cars yesterday and that translated in to some really weird dreams that had me trusting them and the cars going wrong constantly…no injuries to speak of but lots of property damage…I did get caught up on these yesterday, too, and I hope to keep up the pace today since the day looks pretty dull at this point…I do have the grocery run this morning but that is about it….probably a long ride today this aft, too, and maybe out for a couple with G later…I do have to start evening out the biker tan today since it is looking really weird…more later….