Well…we really know how incompetent the repubs are but the last day took that to a whole new level…after months of negotiating for legislation to deal with the border “crisis” and having ole mitch come out and tout the agreement, 3 hours later after trump bitch slapped him, mitch came out and killed the bill…and part of it had to do with idiot boy needing the “crisis” to run on so he could bitch about it….but none of the repubs are smart enough to know that them killing the bill is going to be an anvil handed to them while they head off the cliff…and Joe Biden is smart enough to do just that…and now the repubs are out there lying to spin the reason to anything but a petulant trump being stupid and they are still scared of him…but then the house weighed in with their stupid impeachment of the head of Homeland security for not being tougher on the border…and they didn’t see the irony of killing the best deal they are ever going to get on the border…and they lost the impeachment vote, too…so, what a bunch of morons they are showing themselves to be…keep it up repubs…man, Nancy Pelosi made running the house and getting things done look easy…I miss her…geez…
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February 7th
Well….yeah, that last post wasn’t true…I did get out on the bike outdoors yesterday…the temp got up to 36 so I thought I’d take a short ride sine there was no wind and with the goal for the year, I really have to ride…can’t take any time off or there is no way I’ll get there…so, another 29 mile day and I’ve been up since 5:04 and can start another on here in a half hour or so…need to get a ride in before the grocery run so I can get two in before lunch…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but i do want to clean the bathroom today since I have dust in the shower again…and i still can’t figure that out…I know this is a dusty house but damn, you would think that the water would keep the shower clean…oh, well…still don’t have to cook today with leftovers still in the fridge but I will need to cook Friday and that is going to be pasta and bean burritos but I don’t think the green pepper I bought last week will be usable…darn…ha, we are supposed to get thunderstorms tomorrow night and temps over 50 before it crashes into the 30’s Sat…and that will keep me off the outdoor bike for 10 days or so…but there is no snow in the forecast as we grind our way to March…not much to do today…just the grocery run and bike rides…cleaning is still staring me in the face so I’ll try to do some of that, too….more later…
No outside rides today..
Well…darn, the temp is still only 35 degrees at 2:30 in the afternoon so there won’t be an outdoor ride today…the last time I went out at that temp with no sun I froze my hands and they took almost a half day so I could feel them again…so, only 16 miles today along with the weight work that I just finished…I really should have cleaned the bathroom today but there is going to be rain later in the week so I’ll do that Thurs…need to get the grocery list done today so I can do the run tomorrow but it doesn’t have much on it since I still have lots of freezer food to eat along with pasta once I finish up the masala and potato soup leftovers…I can actually move my right big toe today so it appears the water treatment is working…it’s even back to normal color from the throbbing red it was last week…
Trump loses again…
Well…the court opinion we’ve all been waiting for dropped this morning and the ketchup must be flying down at the idiot’s tacky golf club in Florida…in a 57 page opinion, the DC appeals court ruled unanimously that ex presidents have no immunity from prosecution for crimes committed at any time, even when in office…this upholds a lower court opinion that said the same thing and blows every delusional argument from idiot boy’s lawyers out of the water…I mean the complete immunity that the lawyers tried to argue would let a president or ex president even murder someone and couldn’t be held responsible and that is just wrong…so now what happens? Of course idiot boy can appeal to either the whole appeals court or the supreme court but they also can say out of it and refuse the case which will get the trial by Jack Smith back on track and idiot boy is headed to prison…it will probably be another 6 months for that to happen but it will happen…even the corrupt SC isn’t going to give trump a get out of jail free card…I hope…geez…
February 6th
Well…darn, I’m out of steam already and have only been out of bed for a half hour…woke up a little before 6 and really tried to go back to sleep with no luck…everything hurts from the neck down to my waist and I know it’s from riding the outdoor bike…that uses different muscles from indoors and even my hands hurt….my right foot seems to be more flexible today and that’s welcome…damn, it’s a pain getting old….I realized yesterday that I have been lucky enough to take part in two housing price booms in my life…bought my first house for 11K and sold it three years later for 36K and bought this house for 90K and it’s now worth at least 150K and that is in three years too…weird…I’ve been stacking up the busy days here since the start of the year and I wonder when I can have an easy one? Not today but maybe soon…it would be luxurious to just do what I want but I’ve got 20 minutes to get on the bike so I can get both rides in before lunch…not much to do today…just the routine of bike rides but I do need to clean the kitchen and plan some meals for later in the week…the weather is going to hell next week with high temps in the 20’s…ick…more later…
Two days of sun…
Well…we’ve had two days in a row of sun here and i I am just amazed since we didn’t have any in January…my gout is pretty much gone today with drinking gallons of water since the pain started last week…and the toe is almost back to normal color, too, and that was the most concerning part along with the swelling…I did get another outdoor ride in today and I wasn’t cold at all so that was cool…so, it’s a little after three and I have everything done I needed to…had 1,900 bucks go out today with my house insurance, water bill, house taxes, and credit card payment…ow…oh, well…I am liking this small town more and more each time after running errands…to pay my bills and go to the post office took about 10 minutes today and in GR that would have been an hour trip…and getting out to the beach to take a look at the ice and sit on the bench in the sun with my water was just so relaxing…I sure hope it stays like this but I know this is Michigan and it is still February so we have more snow coming before we get into March…but not for the next week or so when the highs are going back down to the low 30’s…brrr…
Someone should just say it…
Well…after the senate worked to put together legislation to deal with all of the things the repubs wanted like “border security” and were ready to send it over to the House for them to take it up when the idiot trump got involved and his lap dog speaker said the bill is “dead on arrival” and won’t take it up since it has funding for Ukraine in it and everyone knows idiot boy is taking his orders from Putin…why the chief idiot is still being listened to I don’t know but this crap has got to stop…and someone needs to just stand up and say that this is what is happening…that the idiot has been pissed at Ukraine since they wouldn’t go along with faking information to hurt Biden and he has never gotten over it…so he gets more people killed in Ukraine and is still trying to hand it over to Putin…this sounds like a job for “Dark Brandon” aka Joe Biden to weigh in…he’s getting comfortable with the direct criticism of the moron in chief and most people in this country like it…so, get after it, Joe…the clock is ticking for Ukraine…geez…
February 5th
Well…up a little before six this morning but I was in bed at 10 so that makes for a solid 8 hours of sleep…but I feel like I didn’t sleep at all I’m so worn out…but I haven’t had any coffee yet so that may recede after I do…I can’t believe how much riding outside triggers a new set of pains I didn’t have before…my hands, back, and neck hurt this morning and I am pretty darn stiff from getting 28 miles in on the bike the last four days…have some errands to run this morning after the inside rides but then all my bills will be paid until summer…but it hurts to have 1,600 bucks go out…have to start getting ready to drive to Ohio for the total eclipse of the sun that is happening on the 4th of April…will probably be my last chance to see one before I die and I need to do it…it looks like I’ll have to go as far east as Cleveland and just park in a parking lot…lots of driving for 3 minutes but everyone should experience it once in their lifetimes…I do need to order some eclipse glasses for it…not much to do today…need to get on the bike here in a half hour so I can get both rides in before 9…it’s a leftover day for the next 4 days but I do need to plan for after that…really have a taste for pasta and garlic bread so that will be later in the week….more later…
Back to politics tomorrow..
Well…yeah, I know I have been inconsistent in getting political ones out the past few weeks but that changes tomorrow…need to have some discipline that has been applied elsewhere returned to writing…it was another busy day today with getting on the bike before 8 and getting both inside rides in by 10…then I made a batch of chicken masala that normally takes more than an hour..had lunch and went back outdoors for a third ride and it was much warmer and sunny so my hands didn’t freeze today…I’m so far away from outdoor fitness that my lungs were burning after pushing it a bit going out…and that stayed with me all the way back here…after a shower, I got on the weight work that takes an hour and I was done for the day a little after three…didn’t have any rest time at all in between tasks and I’m pretty tired…but my toe hasn’t hurt all day today so I’ll take that as a win…and I’ve been pouring the water down all day to get a little cushion…right now it’s 6:40 and I’m done for the day…just going to take it easy until I go to bed early…tomorrow will be another day…
February 4th
Well…slept a little better last night and didn’t get out of bed til 6:22 and it was a peaceful sleep with not a lot of tossing and turning…but I feel like someone sucked all of my energy out of me and the prospect of heading downstairs in less than and hour to start riding is not attractive at all…have done 28 miles a day for the past three days…at least my gout has receded and I can move my toe again…need to cook today and that has to happen before lunch so I’m going to have to get moving soon…and that seems like a lot of work right now…didn’t get much done yesterday but my bathroom needs work today…I wonder if I’ll ever allow myself a day off? It’s damn cold out there again today so I’ll have to wait to get and outdoor ride in until the afternoon…24 degrees and I’m not going to freeze my butt off like I did yesterday…my hands still feel damaged with how cold I got them and I don’t want to add to that…not much to do today…just making chicken masala for lunch and then getting outdoors for a ride around 2 or so….cleaning just doesn’t seem to be in the cards for today but who knows? More later…