Well….up and running early today but that’s not unusual when I’m good the previous night….my knees started to hurt yesterday and that continues today…I thought the moving tendonitus had settled in my wrists this year but it just may have picked this week to move to the knees….we’ll see when I get out on the bike today….slept okay last night and even had a little dream time and that hasn’t happened in a month or more so that was cool….had to chase a bee around the place last night and found out I didn’t do a good job of getting rid of the spiders since it flew into a web and I watched the spider work on it for almost an hour…tiny little spider….not much to do today…started cleaning, finally, and will continue that today with more work on the living room…more later….
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Shame on trump and the Boy Scouts…
Well…how much lower can the idiot trump go than the sickening display he put on at the the Boy Scouts national jamboree the other day? While normal presidents do speeches that are uplifting and that extol the values that the scouts adhere to, the idiot trumps speech was nothing but grievance and hate….telling the scouts to boo Obama and that America’s government is terrible…and this went on and on for 35 minutes. By now, everyone in the world knows what kind of speech trump is going to do, so why still invite him to speak to impressionable youngsters that can really be damaged by being exposed to trump? Shame on the leadership of the scouts for allowing their charges to be used as cheap political props by the most amoral person in the US…who couldn’t embody the scout ideal if he worked at it for the rest of his life. The scout leadership has been exposed for the hypocrites they are…they should go back and read the scout motto and see just how far the idiot trump is from being a role model….and then hope they haven’t killed the scouts with their stupidity….impeach….
July 25th
Well…have been up since 6 and I’m not sure why I’m running late….I think I’m bored already and that might be part of it….slept okay last night but I still have the fatigue that I’ve had a for a few days now…part of that is I’ve been on the bike for three months straight now and I need to find an excuse to stay off it for a day….almost did yesterday but it was just too nice…don’t hurt too much today but I still think I’ll take something before I get on the bike…that works really well after I’m done and keeps me from hobbling later in the day….not much to do today….I did start getting rid of the cobwebs yesterday and need to continue that today….and maybe cook something…that may help the fatigue, too….more later…..
No trump today…
Well….have been sitting here trying to think of something non-trump to write about and I’m not having much luck. I just don’t want to even think about the idiot anymore….so, what to write about? I could do one about the coming total solar eclipse but I’m not in the mood right now…okay, how about the idiot McConnell? When have you ever seen legislators so pressured to vote for a bill that none of them have seen or will see before the vote tomorrow? A vote that will take insurance away from 18 million people next year and from 32 million by 2026. And there is not one repub that cares…all of them are going to vote for it…and maybe that’s a good thing…no, I shouldn’t say that…it will be good for our election prospects but how heartless do the repubs have to be to kill thousands of people just to give more tax cuts to the rich? Yep…I’m feeling burned out on the whole thing right now so I’m going to quit here…..impeach….
July 24th
Well….still having problems getting going again and I think the fatigue may keep me off the bike today…I need a day off at some point…but, I may wait until Wed when it will be raining….slept okay but lost an earplug again and that is annoying…..at least my back doesn’t hurt today and that is a good thing….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will change that today…..after coffee that is….I do need to vacuum today and get rid of some cobwebs…just had an annoying one across my face and I hate that….more later….
280 miles in a week….
Well…not feeling the political thing today so I am going to avoid it and just do one on trail stuff and other happenings. I did get to the most miles of any week for me last week when I did 280 miles…and that is almost 3 times more than I ride in a week…this week will be back to normal and I am still surprised I didn’t do any damage to my body after those numbers…I did see a loon in one of the ponds along M-6 a couple of times this week and I can’t remember ever seeing one of those…normally, there are either a crane or a heron in that pond…and there was even a new brood of ducks there today which is really late in the year for that….oh, and in the pond at the start of the ride, I think we have some beavers there now….there are trees down all around the edges with the v-shaped cuts that beavers make….haven’t seen any of them yet and I can’t find the lodge that should be there…but the chain link fence keeps you so far away I may never see it….still pretty cool….
July 23rd
Well…running late today for some reason that I really don’t recognize right now….slept okay last night and put the air on for a third day in a row…I could get used to that….but it is nice this morning with the windows open again…waiting for the rain to come and it is really dark for it being 8 am…..can barely see the letters on the keys….I do need to take a day off the bike and I’m hoping today will be the day….okay, the rain just started but that means it will be over before too long and then the guilt will kick in and I’ll have to get on the bike….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to try to do a few things today….I need to vacuum and clean the kitchen a little…and I need to cook today, too…so that will be something….more later….
Sessions has to go….
Well….I guess we all know by now that Jeff Sessions is a liar…he lied about meeting with the Russians during the campaign…and he lied about the substance of those meetings, calling them just by chance and nothing “substantive” was discussed. We now know that they were much more than just by chance…the New York Times reporting yesterday that the intelligence services caught the Russian ambassador reporting to the Kremlin that he and Sessions DID have substantive discussions including sanctions and policy that the Russians wanted enacted….yep, you heard that right…the Kremlin was telling the trump campaign what they wanted done in return for electing trump…and we see those policies being carried out with our abandonment of the rebels in Syria….giving Putin one of the things on his wish list. Now, to me, doing the bidding of a foreign power in return for their meddling in our election sure smells like treason….but will the repbs do anything about it? Nope…we can see the repubs in the senate still trying to derail the Russia investigation with the Grassley cancelling the testimony of donnie jr and manafort that was supposed to be held this week. When is enough enough? Impeach….
July 22nd
Well…running a little late today and I don’t care that much….it’s still before 8….it was a nice day yesterday and had a nice ride out and back to pool…and I won….I feel a little slow today and I am a little disappointed that the rain is not giving me an excuse to stay off the bike today….have been on it every day for 3 months now and I think my legs can use the rest….maybe I’ll take an easy one today…I did take ibuprofen before the ride yesterday and it helped quite a bit with the pain after the ride was done…didn’t get anything done yesterday so I guess I’ll have to clean some today…I am going to cook today so maybe that will be enough work? Okay…need some coffee and to read some news….more later….
July 21st
Well…just can’t get started this morning….as you can tell…had a pretty good day yesterday but didn’t do a whole lot…I did get out to try to even out the tan again but that got boring quite quickly so I only did 20 mins a side….slept okay last night but just feel slow today…I guess that’s to be expected…haven’t had a lot of energy on the bike lately and I was hoping for a day off today…but there is no rain for us today so I guess I’ll wait til tomorrow….had back pain all day yesterday but it seems to be gone today but we’ll see later…..not much to do today….it’s supposed to be hot today but I am still putting the top down going out to pool…..but I won’t get anything else done…I did put the air on for a second day in a row last night and today looks like the same…..just got tired of being sweaty….more later…