The Birthday

 So, I thought Mother Nature was going to be nice to me on the day after my birthday.  The temps were warm, in the mid 40s (F) here in Central PA.  And then I looked at the forecast.  The temps will stay warm, climbing into the mid 60s (F), until the rain arrives.  Yepper.  We are going to get doused.  And then the temps are going to drop all the way down into the low 30s (F).  After that our highs will only be hitting the mid 50s (F) until... the next heat wave?

Yesterday was a very good day.  I did... things.  No workout, but cake and ice cream.  Howie and I had several balls.  A few phone calls with friends, one talked for over an  hour.  I climbed on my bike and chose a Paris ride on my Tacx Neo trainer and rode down streets I'd walked down back when I was celebrating my birthday in Paris.  I posted a video on Instagram if anyone wants to see me riding towards the Eiffel Tower with Bon Jovi singing "It's My Life." Believe me when I tell you that happiness is in the small and easy things, not the loud celebrations.  Dinner was barbecue chicken, and then more cake and ice cream.  Howie loves ice cream.  I even wrote some words.  

I'm not going to weigh myself today.

And I do have to work today.  Where's Eli when I need to have someone say "shit."  It wouldn't be bad, the rain and football will keep many customers out of the store.  However, I'm scheduled to be at the stupid Lead Table from 3 PM - 4 PM, and I, like so many others, simply despise that waste of my time.

This morning I posted one of my favorite pictures of Paris on Facebook when I sent out my thank you to all the well wishers.  Here it is for you to see.  The skies were cloudy when I arrived at the Eiffel Tower but had cleared by the time I climbed all of those steps to the top.

And, of course, thanks to the Orange Anus and his need to shut down the government, this is not the time to be flying.  When they say the shutdown is effecting thousands, they're not talking about 4 or 5 thousand, they're talking about numbers in the 40s and 50 thousands all across the country.  The sad truth about this is that while some of the American stuck in those airports may blame the Democrats, many more blame the party in charge, and the party in charge refuses to understand the longer this goes on the more they are stabbing themselves in their back, in their head, in their heart.  They are not just losing ground, it is caving away beneath their feet and at this point nothing they can do will save them.

Finally, one bit of humor, even though there are literally millions of pictures flooding the internet of Orangie sleeping in a chair the White House is denying that this actually happened.  This administration is becoming more and more absurd.