Well…did you see what is going on in Minnesota today? Hundreds of thousands of people marched to get ICE out of their state and held a general strike to put a point on it…schools and businesses were closed and the general goal was to not spend a dime today on anything to put pressure on businesses to stop supporting ICE…a general strike is a work stoppage across multiple industries…and the people stayed home from work, school, and to not spend any money and it appears like they are doing it…and this came after it was reported yesterday that there is an ICE memo telling it’s thugs they can ignore the 4th amendment and lock up anyone they want without warrants…so, this is not going to be a one off…these actions are going to happen all over the country until the ICE thugs are gone…and Jonathan Ross, the ICE murderer is arrested and charged with murder for the killing of Renee Good…geez..
Shoveled the alley…
Well…after shoveling the walks this morning, I decided to shovel the alley since my next door neighbor buried her car in it…so, after I got that done, of course a city plow truck comes through it but did just one pass and that was such a crappy job I’m glad I shoveled it…talked to my daughter this morning and they are bracing for 20+ inches of snow in Charlottesville from the big storm that’s going to hit 34 states and she’s pretty sure they can’t handle that in the south…I had to tell her that we’ve had over 50 inches of snow here in the past week and it’s only getting to 2 degrees today…so I guess we win the weather challenge…okay, need to heat up some soup for lunch…
January 23rd
Well…another day of getting out of bed at 5:09 and I am really tired of it…and another winter weather advisory is on for the day and we need to have a day with no weather alerts or snow…I’m so damn tired and I could use a day off but I won’t take one…I was in so much pain from shoveling so much snow that I had to take an ibuprofen last night just to be able to move at all…it didn’t get as cold as they expected last night but it is still zero right now and that’s pretty damn cold…I do need to get out and shovel more of the alley today but that will wait until later…need to get two rides in today after being lazy and only doing one yesterday but I needed a rest day to try to help the pain…need to figure out meals for today after giving up on the potato soup that didn’t survive the freezer…so maybe a burger and some rings would work…only had two bowls of soup to eat yesterday and I don’t think that’s enough…not much to do today…I really should clean the bathroom but I’m not sure if I have the energy for it…more later…
I wonder who the genius is?
Well…with news that the idiot trump is going to criss cross the country and give speeches lying about his “accomplishments”, my only thought is who is the genius who thought this up? I mean exposing more voters to his hate, lies and nonsense is the worst thing the repubs could do…he’s even going to Iowa that he won by 10% last year and I sure hope he tries to explain why China has stopped buying the soybeans grown there…almost all of the farmers who grew that crop are in danger of losing their farms and I think the dems need to counter program against these speeches asking “are you better off today than when Joe was in office?” Yeah, I know the maga faithful will make excuses for idiot boy but the numbers don’t lie…everything is worse since he put his little hands on the economy…geez…
I got out!
Well…I got the car out today after shoveling the alley entrance and a 30 foot launch pad at the end of my driveway…they did kind of plow the streets up here overnight and when I got to the plowed parts, the car went through with no problem…and I even got back into the garage…going to have to keep shoveling more and more of the alley as time goes on so it’s not such a white knuckle trip but probably not tomorrow since it’s getting down to a record low of -4 tonight and only 2 for a high tomorrow…glad I got out and did the abbreviated grocery run today so I don’t have to think about it..we are under a winter weather advisor for today and the forecast is for 4 more inches of snow…ick…
January 22nd
Well…up and out of bed at 5:15 this morning and that immediately made me think of the Who song from “Quadrophenia” of the same title…didn’t sleep much last night and it’s only going to get worse as the temps plunge into the single digits for a high tomorrow and into the negative for the low tonight…just poured the first cup of coffee and it needs to work soon so I can get moving and get my day started…I’ve never seen a “cold advisory” before but there is one just issued and that is a little ominous…so I guess I’ll go into survival mode today..another 4 inches of snow last night so I’ll be out shoveling after the rides and need to attack the alley today since they are never going to plow up here…I only had two bowls of soup for food yesterday and it looks the same today…just don’t feel like eating anymore…more later…
Trump’s a raving lunatic…
Well…idiot boy gave a “speech” at Davos yesterday and it has been panned as the “ravings of a lunatic” by European press and I think that is not as harsh as the speech deserved…3 times he confused Greenland with Iceland and just ranted about how badly he’s being treated…you know, the same old bullshit he whines about all the time and people were walking out of the speech after 5 minutes of it…maybe the EU really is done listening to the ravings of senile, dementia riddled madman who single handedly is destroying the US’s status in the world…oh, and if he really does invade Greenland, some on the right are talking about arresting him and trying him in a military tribunal under the Universal Code of Military Justice since his under it’s jurisdiction as commander in chief…and there the SC can’t protect him since they have no power over the tribunal…let’s get right on that since he’s already broken that code by using the military to murder people…geez…
Too damn much snow…
Well…we got another 13 inches of snow overnight and it took me almost two hours to shovel the walks and driveway when it normally takes about a half hour…going to be sore as heck tomorrow since I’m already sore just sitting here…the streets are littered with stuck cars and I really don’t think they will get up here to plow until the weekend…and I’ll have to shovel the alley if I want to get out of here…oh, well…at least it was nice fluffy powder…but still…I have had enough snow for the rest of the winter…
January 21st
Well…damn, up an out of bed at 5:07 this morning and the string of not sleeping continues…really up at 3:04 and then up and down until I just gave up…feeling pretty trapped up here with so much damn snow and I just want this winter to be over…and I had so much pain from something that I had to take an ibuprofen last night…I think I’m just abusing my body with all the shoveling so I need a day off that I’m not going to get with another foot of snow today…just so damn worn out…I really think I need to change my attitude with all the snow…I used to love weather and storms and I wonder when it got to be work? Maybe it’s depression coming back…who knows? I do know I need to get my butt moving right now and get the day started with the weight work and then on the bike for two rides and then I can start to think about the rest of the day…more later…
Got the car out…
Well…after I shoveled a little landing pad in the alley so I could get a start on driving out of the alley…I got out easily even though the plows came through and pushed a lot of snow on the entry…so I got out to the dentist and got a great report that I’m doing just what I need to do to keep the rest of the teeth I have and that was cool…I was even able to get the prescription from Meijers so I really don’t have a reason to even do the grocery run this week since I don’t need anything…but I probably will anyway since I want to check in with the plastic surgeon so I know where I have to go in that medical complex next Tuesday…and it’s right next to the good Meijers so I can check that out tomorrow…okay…want to read a bit..