Well….I wonder why I am having such problems finding topics these days? I know I’ve done almost 10,000 of these but there are still things happening in the world that interest me….and I still read a lot so that can’t be it….I haven’t done one on science in a long time and I wonder why that is? There are cool things happening with the James Webb space telescope getting ready for launch in December….and that instrument will resolve 10 times fainter objects that even Hubble and it isn’t even going to be in orbit around the Earth…it is going to be set at one of the Lagrange points a million miles from Earth in a stable orbit that will trail the Earth in it’s orbit…it has a mirror that is 6 times larger than Hubble and will see in infrared light that will allow us to see through the dust and gas towards the center of the galaxy and may even be able to see the black hole that is there and that would be pretty cool…and it will happen in my lifetime but it may be the last cool telescope that is launched before I’m gone….hey, I found a topic! Okay, it’s cheating a little bit but I need to get on the windows in here and get these two done…I did get the kitchen one done already and I got two bike rides in so I guess I could put these off…nope, going to do at least one before soccer comes on….
October 22nd
Well…damn, got a nasty surprise yesterday afternoon when my entire thumb turned black and blue so I must have really damaged it in the crash…and it still hurts like crazy today even without riding yesterday….it looks like I’ll be out in half thermasuit with long pants if I get out today…it’s only getting to 49 for a high so I might even have to wear gloves if I get out his morning….the new pillows were a hit last night and I slept okay but I still feel pretty slow today and I think part of that is from the damage from the crash and being in pain so much…I still hurt everywhere and that takes a lot out of me…I did get two windows in the kitchen cleaned yesterday and have one left in there and 6 more in the rest of the house…they cleaned up really well and I’ll probably get to the last one in the kitchen today…I am really hoping that getting the grass to grow in the yard will keep the dirt from blowing everywhere and filling them up with grit….the chickens were running around the yard yesterday and I may try to feed them today if they come back and it’s not raining…they are just funny to watch running around….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and wait for it to get light and try to get on the bike….and I should clean some but we’ll see how my thumb holds up after the ride…..I am so damn tired of hurting and I hope taking the day off yesterday will heal me some…but, I’ll probably just hurt the thumb again shifting…oh, well….more later….
No clothes…
Well…got out to Kohl’s to check through the clearance racks and must have been too late for that since there weren’t any and that was disappointing since I haven’t bought anything for me for a couple of years…I guess I’ll have to make the current stuff last a while longer….but, I did remember that they had bed pillows on sale for 2.99 so I got three of them to replace the ones I’ve had for a few years…9.50 for three new ones isn’t bad and I’m looking forward to trying them out tonight….and I am taking the day off…and the little bands of rain that have been coming through have helped me not feel guilty about that…I know my thumb is thanking me for it since it is so stiff I can’t bend it….I may do a couple of windows in the kitchen in a while but I need to find my rubber gloves first…or I just may call it a day and just veg out…who knows?
Why hasn’t he been arrested yet?
Well…I’m getting pretty tired of rich people getting to do all kinds of crimes and then just walk away tra la la….and you’re probably tired of me talking about the idiot trump but damn, another instance of tax fraud at one of his golf courses was just reported yesterday and there appears to be enough evidence to indict the criminal for the same damn thing he has been doing all of his life….inflating the worth of his golf course to get bigger loans and then deflating it when he was paying taxes on it…this is felony tax fraud and he has done it on every property he has ever owned and yet no indictment, no arrests, no consequences….I wonder why he never has to get an appraisal to get loans…is that just for the little people? I know I had to get one when I got the loan for this place…or I wonder if he has appraisers who are in on the scam? Whatever the case, these simple actions are against the law but not one damn prosecutor has the guts to charge this asshole…and the corrosive effect on the rule of law is seen every damn day…and the repubs are the ones who are doing it…they are even trying to protect Steve Bannon to keep him from being held accountable for plotting the January 6th insurrection by blocking his arrest for ignoring the house subpoenas…this bullshit never would have happened when I was younger…but the modern repubs are truly the party of lies and cheating and they are going to kill this country…geez…
Taking the day off…
Well….after how I felt near the end of the day yesterday, I don’t think I’m going to heal unless I stay off the bike today and stop abusing my damaged body…so, I think I’m going to take the day off the bike and everything else…just so damn sore and tired that I think I finally hit the wall and nothing else will fix it…so, I will be back for a couple more of these today after I make the run out to Kohl’s here in a few minutes….more later….
October 21st
Well…damn, when I was sitting here last night, I could feel every place that I landed on when I crashed the other day….it’s a little weird how much damage I did only going about 4 mph…my thumb doesn’t appear to be healing much…it is still swollen and stiff and I can’t move the middle joint at all…but, it doesn’t hurt much so I guess I can live with it….it did rain out here last night and it looks like it is going to rain again here in an hour or so and that means I won’t be on the bike til later and one ride is all I’ll get in today…I can use the rest…just pretty worn out and stiff and I don’t think I’ll heal unless I give this worn out old body a rest….I am going to go out to Kohl’s this morning to hunt though the summer clearance items just to see if there is anything that I can get to replenish my wardrobe…haven’t bought any clothes in at least 3 years and I can use some new riding shorts and some t-shirts…and I bought the wrong band aids yesterday that are too small for my wounds so I’ll stop at Meijers since it’s on the same street and try to get some more…not much to do today…I do have to fill in my absentee ballot and drop it at the drop box in the next few days along with paying my gas bill three weeks early so it will get there on time….more later….
Another busy one…
Well…you know, I’m getting tired of having such busy days and not getting anything done….started out this morning with doing the grocery run to three different stores…had to go to DD today since they had thick cut bacon on sale for 1.99 a pound in a three pound package and I haven’t had it in a long time so I splurged on one…but I won’t be able to have any of it for days since it is frozen hard like a brick…after I got the groceries done, I got on the bike to do the first ride and my thumb wasn’t as bad as yesterday so I could shift a little more…got a good ride in and as soon as I got back here, I got started putting the mower back together so I could mow the lawn today since it may rain off and on the next couple of days…and the repair held this time and I got through the whole lawn without any problem so I have my fingers crossed I can get through the rest of the fall without any more problems….after the lawn, back on the bike for the second ride and that may have been a mistake…my legs and lungs were burning the whole way and I am exhausted….I really do hope it rains and keeps me off the bike tomorrow so I can have a day off to properly heal after the crash…I still hurt everywhere and I may take something for it…
Some thoughts…
Well…just got finished for the day and thought I’d just muse a little on some thoughts I had on the bike…you know, the idiot trump really doesn’t know how anything works…especially the government…and he has some really dumb lawyers…just earlier in the week, idiot boy sued the January 6th committee citing “executive privilege” on “his” records dealing with the insurrection….man, I’m just sitting here shaking my head about that one….first, not one damn piece of these records are “his”…they belong to the US government and his ability to claim executive privilege ended when he was no longer the executive…that belongs to Biden now and he has control over the records and has said that the committee can have anything they want to be able to do their jobs and figure out who was responsible for the attack…and to that end the committee has voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of congress for refusing to provide the records they have subpoenaed…and idiot boy has told him that he doesn’t have to using the same bogus claim of “executive privilege” the he is trying to use to keep his ass out of jail….so there is some movement…finally…to hold the people responsible for the insurrection accountable…it’s about damn time…geez..
October 20th
Well…darn, still hurt everywhere this morning and the swelling in my thumb is still pretty bad so it looks like another day of taking it easy but that won’t be easy with all the things I have to do today…slept okay last night but spent most of the time on my left shoulder that was damaged in the crash and that hurts worse today than it did yesterday…..oh, well…all I can do is live with it until I heal up….didn’t get much done yesterday but I do have lots to do today with the grocery run that has 4 stops in it since DD has thick cut bacon for 1.99 a pound and I haven’t had breakfast food for dinner in a long time….and I think I’ll make a bacon and cheese omelet later in the week…and I need to mow the lawn today since it is going to rain tonight…I probably could wait til tomorrow but I don’t want it to get too long…I am planning on having to work on the mower later in the week but I need my thumb to heal up some first….can’t believe how swollen it is but it doesn’t hurt as much as it did so I have hope that it is healing…will probably only do one ride today since Man U is playing at 3 and, even thought they have been stinking up the place lately, I do want to see them play…..more later….
I hurt everywhere…
Well…it’s still amazing to me how much damage even a slow speed crash on the bike does…I basically hurt almost everywhere with new spots of pain popping up almost by the minute…my left side is howling right now and I must have landed on my left hip and shoulder with how much it hurts and the pain wraps around my back all the way to the right side…and now my ribs hurt on the right side in the front…and, needless to say, my thumb is swollen and stiff and weeping plasma so badly I had to re-bandage it to soak it up….I did get two rides in today but shifted much less than normal since it hurts my thumb to downshift and I hope it will be better tomorrow…it looks really bad, too, laying one injury on top of another and it looks like it will take probably a year to get the nail damage grown out….so, I didn’t do anything else today since it really hurts to do anything and I already took an ibuprofen this morning so I can’t take another one til later today….so, I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and watch some soccer….I have to work on the lawn tomorrow and I sure hope I can get through it without another breakdown since I can’t really do repairs until my thumb heals a bit…darn…