Well…running a little early for a Thursday since I didn’t have a lot to get for groceries this morning….still spent 48 bucks but didn’t get a lot…slept okay last night and feel pretty good today after taking 3 nights off and being good….it’s raining a little right now so I’m going to wait a bit to get out on the bike….don’t mind getting wet but I still need more coffee and the rain may be gone by then…I did get out and got some chicken yesterday but it needs to thaw to use….okay, took a little break for a minute to talk to Brian and see some videos of him teaching his grandson to fish….it’s raining out there right now so I may run over to Menards first today….need a new trash can for the kitchen and some new wiper blades for the car…was going to wait but they’re only 5 bucks each so I should get that done….I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I think I’ll do the rest of the kitchen this aft….more later….
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Some good news from Michigan…
Well…we finally got a little good news here in Michigan yesterday when the supreme court has allowed an anti-gerrymandering proposal to go on the ballot for November. You can guess the usual suspects who opposed having fairly drawn congressional districts..yeah, the same damn folks, all the repubs, the chamber of commerce and yadda yadda….who have a vested interest in still being allowed to cheat and choose their voters by re-districting since if the vote is fair, the repubs will lose. So now, if the proposal passes, and it is polling at 60% for right now, we will have a commission that will draw the lines here fairly, not “putting all the democrat scum” in one district as one repub commented when the latest lines were drawn under repub control. Maybe, just maybe, we can take our state back from the repub cheaters who have taxed retirees to give ceo’s huge tax breaks and who are still fighting against equality for all of Michigan’s citizens, not just the ones that the repubs deem worthy….vote….
Got your grocery ID card yet?
Well….as we all know, the idiot trump is dumber than a box of rocks and has no clue to how normal Americans live their daily lives…and this was on full display at a “rally” yesterday in Florida where he tried to excuse the vote suppressing voter ID proposal there by saying you need ID cards to buy groceries so it’s okay to have to have them to vote. Now, this idiot has never set foot in grocery store in his life and the people he has surrounded himself with probably haven’t either so how could he know? if I think back to yesterday, when I WAS actually in a grocery store, and I wonder if I should report the cashier since he didn’t ask me for ID when I bought potatoes or chips…and, I even used a card to buy them….if I remember correctly, and I do, I never even had to talk to anyone…just through the checkout and out to the car….I wonder how many of trump’s troglodyte supporters are now going to run out and try to get a grocery ID card today? They are just dumb enough to do it…impeach…
August 1st
Well…running pretty much on time today and I’m not sure why….could be that I’ve been good for the second day in row and slept okay….had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done and today will be the same….need to get out to get some chicken for meals later in the week and then come back here and clean some….need to do laundry and clean the kitchen…might even clean the fridge today since it has been needing it for weeks now….I am still sore from sleeping wrong the past few days and I am having trouble turning my head with the neck pain so I think I’ll take something for it before I get on the bike…at least my back has cracked and doesn’t hurt this morning so I guess that’s something….more later….
Last one for the month…
Well…didn’t really need to come back for another one today since I am quite a bit over for the month but I am really bored so I thought I’d noodle for a bit and see what happens….need some more water first….okay, I’m back….I did get a couple of errands run this morning….had to go to Target to get a few pairs of cut down socks that I needed for riding the bike to help get ride of the biker tan around my ankles that came from the normal crew socks that I push down to make as small as possible…got 6 pairs of padded black ones for 10 bucks so that was a good deal…and I ran out of some food staples that I need for meals tomorrow, so I stopped at Meijers for that stuff and now I have some good potatoes to have with chicken tomorrow…the old ones had turned to liquid inside the skins and that is just too gross to think about….I am going to go over to daily deals tomorrow to get boneless/skinless chicken breasts for 99 cents a pound and that is another good deal…will probably get new wiper blades for the car at Menards, too since they are just around the corner from daily deals…was supposed to go out for a couple with G today but haven’t heard from her so I guess I’ll save some money and hang out here…okay, I could go on with this for a while but you’re probably as bored as I am so I’ll stop here….
The trials start…
Well…it’s a pretty great day today with the first trials of trump’s cronies getting underway and I have the popcorn popped for the fireworks that are going to happen. I wonder what is in Manafort’s head actually going to trial instead of taking a plea deal? People who have seen the evidence say that the cases are so strong they really don’t need any witnesses, just the paper trail that this idiot left behind…I think part of the reason that Manafort hasn’t flipped is he thinks he is going to get away with it…after all, he has been a criminal his whole life and this is the first time he has been charged with anything…and you know that the repubs think they are above the law since they constantly break it with no consequences…just look at the Bushies who tortured people, breaking both US and international law and do you see any of them locked up? I know this trial really has nothing to do with trump’s conspiracy with the Russians, but it will send a chill down the idiot’s spine since Manafort is charged with exactly the same things that trump has done his whole life…and we know that indictments are coming…can’t wait….impeach…
July 31st
Well…I think I’m on time this morning…but, time really doesn’t exist so who knows? Had a good day yesterday and I won at pool for the first time in a month so that was cool….slept okay last night but struggled to eat enough again yesterday so today may be bad on the bike…we’ll see….I really do need to take a day off the bike since I have been on it every day for 4 months and I could use a rest day…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I do need to prepare some food for tomorrow…have thawed some fish and chicken and I need to marinate the fish to bake…and I do need to get out to run some errands today…my daily deals store has boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale for 99 cents a pound and how can you pass that up? And, I need some new, low cut socks from Target so that will be the plan after I work out and ride….more later….
July 30th
Well….back to running on time today and I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing….slept okay last night and don’t feel too badly this morning but I think I was under on calories again yesterday and I am getting really tired of thinking about it…we’ll see how bad it’s going to be when I get out on the bike here in a while….need to get some food out of the freezer to have tomorrow….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will be the same with pool this aft but I really don’t need to get much done….don’t have a lot to do….T is going back to work today and I am a little worried about her…hope it goes okay…the car is back to not starting and I think I may have to start using the battery disconnect switch again…can’t wait to have a garage to work on it again….not much to do today…just going to ease into it with more coffee and some news….more later….
It’s weird what 500 calories will do…
Well….it was torture on the bike yesterday and I was hoping that it would be better today…and it was…I had been under on calories for a few days and I can’t remember a ride that was as bad as yesterday…so, I loaded in an extra 500 calories yesterday afternoon and it is weird how much that little bit of food did for my body…had a great ride today with plenty of energy and my hands didn’t even cramp up…so I do need to design an experiment to see if it is from the extra calories or what…all I know is that I don’t want to feel like yesterday on the bike ever again…and, one thing I am a little confused about is the fact that I’m not thin by any means and there should be plenty of energy in my fat stores to power a ride without distress so I guess I need to go out on the net and try to find what the mechanism is…..
July 29th
well…running late again today and the reason is the same…needed to get out on the bike before the F1 race comes on and I just made it…slept okay last night and feel pretty good this morning with getting enough to eat yesterday…will talk about that a little more later….felt like crap all day yesterday and I’m sure it’s just from not eating enough….didn’t get anything else done with how I felt and today might be the same and it might not…I may get motivated later on but I’m not promising anything…the kitchen still needs work but I did get dishes done so I guess that’s something…don’t need to cook today so it’s going to be an easy one…and that is going to start right now with more coffee and the first race of the day…more later…..