Well…after the idiot trump posted bail, everyone has been talking about the bail agreement which is similar to the one he agreed to in DC in which he can’t attack witnesses or pressure other defendants, or break the law at all…and, of course, he has already broken that one by posting an attack against Fani Willis and I can’t wait to see what the judge is going to do…they need to do something to shut his mouth and I don’t know why the lawyers agreed to the restrictions. After all, they must know that he is not going to stop doing what he does and one of the possible restrictions is that he has to clear any texts with his lawyers first…and none of them are going to risk their law licenses by approving anything….so now we wait to see if idiot boy ends up in jail til his trials and that will be for a few months anyway…hope so…
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August 22nd
Well…running about on time this morning with getting out of bed a little after 6…just poured the first cup of coffee and I need it to work soon…got a few things done yesterday and I need to mow the lawn today along with attempting to use the string trimmer but I’m not sure if I’m healed enough for that…it has been a month since the surgery and I generally feel okay but I’ve had some pain in my abdomen the past few days but I think it’s more from gas than anything else…and the new pain from the exercises is going to need some ibuprofen later…I do need to get a set of the exercises done here in a minute but I want some more coffee first and to read some news…going to start pulling the garden out later this week since the cukes never set and the experimental end of it was a bust so I’ll be back to just tomatoes, peppers and beans next year…might use the food processor to make the leftover tomatoes into sauce that I can use over the winter…..not much to do today….just the lawn and trimming this morning and then maybe a walk later…it may rain a little overnight and I hope it does…the new grass seed in the front has started to come up and it’s a pain dragging the hose out there a few times a day to keep it wet….more later…
First rehab done…
Well…had the first rehab session today and I am surprised at how comprehensive it was…and another surprise is that I am no where near as flexible as I thought I was…and they are not just working on the pelvic floor exercises but they are working on all of my core muscles since they all work together to help the healing…the only problem is they want me to come twice a week and the copay is 40 bucks per session so that’s over 300 bucks a month so it will go about a month and then I’ll just work the exercises here since I have to do them twice a day….it does feel good to be working on the core and to be making progress…
Violence is not okay…
Well…with the news that a store owner with 9 kids was shot and killed yesterday by some asshole who objected to her display of a “pride” flag in her store…and all I have to say is this is what comes from the right when LGBTQ people are being vilified and threatened every day…and everyone from the bottom to the top of the repub party thinks it’s just fine since not one of them have said a word condemning this murder…but violence is not okay..it’s never okay for any reason but to kill a person for displaying a flag? It’s the predictable end from the demonization that goes on everyday on fox news and every other damn right wing “news” organization…what did they expect when daily they call for the elimination of every trans person in this country and every day they pass laws attacking this community? This crap has got to stop… and we need to vote every repub out of office since there are NO good repusbs left anymore…geez…
August 21st
Well…damn, running late this morning and I need to get moving…have the first rehab appointment at 10 this morning and it is going to be a chore…going to be hot out there today and through Thurs with temps near 90 for highs…but then it goes down to the 70’s for a week or so and that will be welcome…it’s supposed to storm Wed so I’ll have to mow the lawn tomorrow…the grass seed I put in the front is starting to sprout so I need to keep that watered so the front will fill in…had a lot of pain from gas last night and I wonder if my intestines are still screwed up from the surgery…they haven’t worked like normal since then and I’m getting tired of it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same with the appointment…need to get packing and don’t think I’ll have any more cocktails until the trip…need to feel better and even with just one last night, I feel crappy today….started to feel really worn out yesterday and I think it’s from not eating enough…again…had 3 soft tacos and a couple of small tomatoes yesterday but that should be enough without riding….but I’ve gotten 12 tacos out of a half pound container of taco meat so maybe that’s not enough….not much to do today…just the appointment and then back here to get some work done….man, I’m tired…more later…
Got a walk in…
Well…am still sore from yesterday’s walk but went out again this morning before 9 and got another hour and a half walk in…not sure far it was but I think around 5 miles again…there was another cruise ship docked down the hill so I walked over to Heritage and took a look at that for a minute then the normal route though town and stopped to look at an information plaque at the museum that said they found Mastodon bones just north of Muskegon and that was pretty cool…and I saw a tree full of scissor tail swallows at the lake’s edge…there must have been 20-30 of them just sitting there…and I took a new route back here and saw a cool tiny park that is full of flowers I have never seen before…but now I am going to veg for a while and watch the second half of the Chelsea match…
August 20th
Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til almost 7…and I am just pouring my first cup of coffee to try to get started but I have little hope it will work soon….had a crappy night last night and didn’t sleep at all…can I just melt into the couch and take it easy all day? They just gave Spain a penalty for a cheap hand ball and I really don’t know why…England just got jobbed and I’m not going to watch anymore…yeah…England’s GK just saved the penalty! Didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really do need to clean the bathroom…and take another walk but the one yesterday gave me lots of pain and I was slathered in the painkiller to try to get comfortable…it worked a bit but my neck is stiff and painful this morning…didn’t eat much yesterday and I still have no appetite at all and that is going to be a problem with trying to gain some weight before the trip….not much to do today…just need to get the walk in this morning and stop grinding my teeth…they hurt from it and it doesn’t help healing from my mouth surgery…too damn much surgery on this poor old body….more later…
This isn’t normal…
Well…look, I’m an old guy and I have never seen what is happening with the climate in the entire world…I mean half of the world is on fire…Lahina is gone…a 20,000 population city in Canada is evacuated along with one that has a population of 130,000…evacuated because the fires are so intense that they can’t be stopped….the island of Tenerife is on fire and they are going to evacuate the whole damn island…and new fires are popping up every day with how warming has dried out the world…and now for the first time in 90 years, a hurricane is going to hit California Sunday as a category 4 storm that is going to dump 22 inches of rain in the desert and on Los Angeles….and that is going to cause billions in damage…and yet the climate deniers keep saying the excess CO2 in the air has nothing to do with it even though Arizona has had 37 days in a row over 110 degrees and no rain in that time and the highest level of CO2 in the air in the past 100,000 years…so yes, climate change is real and it is baking the planet…and it is not going to get better until we stop burning gas and oil…we need a war like push to de-carbonize the entire planet and go with renewables…they are cheaper anyway so let’s do it…geez…
August 19th
Well…it’s 30 days until I head out of Philly to the UK and I am getting a little excited…slept okay last night and think I’ve figured out something with my sleep and I need to try it again tonight to make sure…had an easy day yesterday but I am going to get out for a walk this morning before the 10 am soccer games come on…Man U plays at 12:30 so I need to have everything done before then….but it’s only 57 out there so I am going to wait for a while…okay, nope…it’s only 55 out here right now and I wonder if the heat is going to come on? Sure don’t want to wear a fleece to walk today….man, I am sore everywhere this morning and I noticed that my back started to hurt yesterday afternoon and I can’t figure out how I did it but I’m barely moving today…and the neck pain is bad again with stiffness so I am going to use some of the topical menthol stuff my daughter brought that seems to work okay…and I like how it smells….don’t have a lot to do today but to start getting the list together of what I want to pack and start getting things in the packing bags…had too much coffee yesterday so I only have a couple of cups of leftovers for this morning…not going to make more since I really don’t need more…not much to do today…still have leftovers to eat today so I’ll have tacos for lunch or maybe some breakfast for lunch…not sure yet….more later…
Glad I called…
Well…as you know, I have to start rehab for my surgery next week but I couldn’t remember what time they said so I called them this afternoon and I’m glad I did…I knew that it is on the 21st of the month but I thought it was Tuesday when it is really Monday…and I would have missed the appointment and would have to wait until after the UK trip to get started…getting that straightened out means I’ll get three sessions in before the trip…not sure what they are going to be able to do for me but the nurse I talked to earlier in the week said I still need to do it to make sure everything in there is supported by the muscles that are left…doing okay but insurance will pay for it but I’ll bet I have a 45 buck copay for each session…and that’s going to hurt….oh, well…still waiting on the big bill to come and when it does, I’ll be down to about 25k in the bank but that’s still not too bad…