Winter Bud

 My plan was to sleep in this morning, since Tuesday and Wednesday are my weekend, of course the dogs, with their little bladders which filled over night, decided an override was necessary.  As a result, I'm sitting here with a cup of coffee typing this at the usual time.

Because today is Tuesday, it's also Ab day.  I really do need to begin burning off the calories I've been saving up for winter.. since it's here, or will be in 2 weeks.  And a nice ride on the bike as well, is planned.  Tis the season for slumping, if you know what I mean.  There's something about the shorter days which seems to compel one to do less.  If I'm not careful, I'll turn into a bear.

One thing that is nice, is my not having to do is take my temp and do my Health Check.  The UK started vaccinating, which I'm hoping is a good thing.  There was an interesting article in the NYT on how these vaccines need to be seen as firehoses, pointing out that they work better with smaller fires.  The Covid fire in the US is raging, because of Republicans, and it's going to take some time before those flames are doused.

And the newly conservative Supreme Court handed social conservatives a 'bite in the ass' loss yesterday.  They let stand a decision which permits transgender children to use the bathroom of their current gender, rather then force them into restrooms of their birth gender.  Ouchy!  Ouchy!  This is not what those Cracker Jack Crazies have been praying for, and for them you can can bet their dismay is unraveling.

And I want to finish putting the snowflakes on my all season tree today.  At first I just had them hanging there, and then I realized they were multi-layered paper and by pulling them apart I could make them 3 dimensional.  Wowy!  Of course, that means I need to sit down and unfold them in order to make them really pop.

Yesterday, as the dogs and I were returning from our morning walk, I saw something amazing.  One of my rose bushes had put out a winter bud.  The temps are too cold for it to survive, still, it is a rather nice sign about the good things to come.

First the legs and now the Abs... and other stuff.

So, I went to see my Mom today, as I do every Wednesday.  I suspect she doesn't have a lot of friends at Graysonview; her personality overrides friendship since her 2 defining characteristics are:  1) she is always right and has no problem telling you you're wrong; 2) above all else, you need to feel sorry for her and therefore cater to her.  Among 95 other seniors, many of whom share these same traits, she tends to keep to herself.  She also suffers from dementia which means that most of her memories are a mish-mash, and time is constantly warping back and forth.  None of this bothers me too much.  There is not a strong bond between she and myself, nor is there much of a connection between her and my brother and sister.  This is how it goes.
Anyway, I was expecting my legs to be sore after spending 30 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, and, they aren't, which is nice.  I did pull out an Ab Workout book which was practically my Bible in my younger days.

I guess the Idiot in the White House when on some sort of Twitter tirade, no surprise there, blaming conservatives for his recent defeat.  Now isn't that just like a Republican?  Evidently even Dick Cheney the Russkie thing is... well, pretty bad, quite possibly and act of war.  And, of course the GOP really wants this to be gone... well, sorry buddies, it ain't going to happen.

And this just in, Gallup says the Idiot's approval rating is still on the decline.   You know, you would think that simple, common sense would tell the GOP there's a stench emanating from the White House.  Duh, no one ever accused them of having commons sense.  They are a failed party with a failed president... how low will they go?  Who knows?  Just hold you noses and keep back, when this baby goes it's going to be one really, huge, I mean really huge, explosion of shit.