Laundry Day

Well, say hello to Sunday.  Right now the temp is sitting at a brisk 32 (F) or 0(C) for everybody else in the world who uses Celsius rather than Fahrenheit.  Yesterday?  It was damn cold and windy.  We had snow squalls.  Lots of snow squalls.  They came and they went.  Since I'm doing a potted garden this year, I brought all my plants inside the house.
At the store, they waited in line outside... 6 feet (approx 2 meters) apart, in the wind and snow.  Sorry folks, that is not my idea of fun... or of getting out.  Nope.  The day before I did curbside delivery for a bit, yesterday I went out and got shopping carts.  People love to push around shopping carts.  Some actually put things into them, most don't.  You'll see a paint brush, or an electric switch, or light bulbs.  A lot of people seem to enjoy walking up and down our aisles pushing a cart with nothing more than a light bulb, or an extension cord.  You know what I'm talking about?  The real heavy items that weigh you down and make walking difficult.
Today I'm supposed to be a Cashier...  There's no one scheduled in Flooring until after I leave.  Great scheduling.
Here in America it's Mother's Day, one of those faux holidays created by Hallmark to sell greeting cards.  Now, I'm not saying having one day out of the year to make Moms special is bad, I just wish everybody and their brother wasn't trying to sell you something Mom is never going to use.  You see, it's not really about Mom at all.  This faux holiday is based on one thing and one thing alone, getting you to buy stuff, preferably on credit so you can pay interest.  Wouldn't it be nice if just for once someone would say "make you Mom feel special today... do the laundry?"

Now, isn't that nice, a front loader

As for the Idiot Jerk in the White House, he's definitely trying to send the country to the cleaners.  He's put himself into a bit of a conundrum, with his early back to work message.  He says it's safe, but lives are still being lost.  Covid - 19 has invaded the White House and he walks around without a mask.  Let's be honest here.  Let's be honest since he can't be, you know that when the cameras are off he's wearing a full body hazzmat suit.  Be prepared, as the body count rises, his lies are going to get worse and worse.  He may send us to the cleaners, but let me tell you, we are definitely going to put the starch in his ass come this November!

Cinco de Mayo

Did you miss it?  My hump moment? I think it was around 8:22 PM last evening if my calculations are correct.
It's supposed to be shitty and rainy today.  This is May.  In Central PA, for the past 2 years the month of May has been rainy.  April's were nice.  Mays were wet.  Weather patterns may be changing due to global warming (yeah, that's what global warming does).  Ain't life great!
North Korea shot off some rockets, one of them happened to be an unarmed  ballistic missile. Oops.
Kim Dumb Shit is sending the Idiot Jerk in the White House a message.  People are starting to get nervous.  They should.  He's been a dictator for a while, and you can bet he's going to try and dictate the terms he wants, one of which is the elimination of Pompeo from their Friends list.
And the Idiot Jerk is spewing an angry shit stream because Facebook shut the accounts of a number of far-right hate individuals and groups.  He loves him his hate!  If you take out the haters who support the Idiot Jerk, his base really starts to dwindle.   That's right, MAGA Heads are haters.  This is one the ironies of life:  he wants to shut up the voices that criticize him and that call him out for being a racist, while at the same time encouraging the voices that sing of anger and bias and white supremacy.  He loves him his racist people.
So, I have 2 more days until I have a day off.  And then, all I get is one day off.  Then it's 4 more days of work until my next weekend, which happens to be on Sunday and Monday.
Oh, and today is Cinco de Mayo.  They're bringing in lots of nachos for lunch.  I'm taking chicken.  Not that I'm going to not chow down on some nachos.  A lot of people classify them as a 'Mexican' food, but they're really more of a snack than a food.  Personally, I'll take a good burrito over nachos any day of the week. Tacos are good too, not the ones that are wrapped, the ones in the shell, all crunchy and delicious.
I can eat well this afternoon without concern of calories because I did 35 minutes of cardio this morning.

This is good eats.

Evangelical and Clueless

Okay, so it's another crappy day here in Central PA... that's right, drizzly, rainy, foggy out with the chance of a thunderstorm this AM.  On the bright side, I'm going to work today - yeah, I know, that's not too bright.
I was talking to my friend Betsy last evening, she's going to have cataract surgery on Thursday, not that she's truly concerned... well, sort of, she's much more worried about the Idiot in the White House.  She truly believes he's capable of doing some terrible evil against humanity.  She's worried that the military will end up interceding and, as she put it, "I don't want to have a coup in the United States."    I personally think things will not go that far.  He's stupid, but not that stupid... at least I hope not.
He spoke at Liberty U. yesterday and castigated Washington and those Evangelicals lapped it up.  They are such hypocrites.  His downfall will be their downfall.  They don't understand that historically, when things go bad for him, he files for bankruptcy.  This has always been his policy when it comes to decision making and he will do that with the presidency.  And those crazy social conservatives will be left holding an empty bag.  It was his Karma to win, and will be their's to lose.
I was going to go to the gym this AM and... ugh, I can not wait for this dreariness to end.  We had the same thing in May for the last 2 years, maybe 3 years running.  April, when we're supposed to have all of the showers, was warm and balmy.  It's like the 2 months decided to switch - no doubt the result of climate change.

To give you an idea of how clueless Social Conservatives are, Friday morning, when I had breakfast with my brother, who's a part-time Methodist minister and a social conservative, I told him that whether he wants to believe it or not, he's part of a minority.  There was no connection, no comprehension with what I was saying.  They don't understand, nor will they ever.

Grooting for France!

Well, it's Monday, and my 2nd day off in a row with another day off coming on Friday.  Retail, you know?  At least since I stepped down from my mgmt position I no longer have to get up at 0300.
Last evening I finished my 1st play through of Mass Effect, Andromeda - that's not saying there's going to be a 2nd play through.  Since a lot of people never complete a game, those that do get certain very nice perks.  This game, however, had a lot of problems right out of the gate so I will probably sit back and see what kind of fixes Bioware makes.
A big Congratulations to the people of France who voted in a Centrist by a landslide.  That's the kind of victory the Idiot would have like to have had and failed to get.  This means that the Idiot's only ally in Europe is Theresa May... and everybody knows that the EU is going to send her a plate of shit to smoke when it comes to trade deals.
And Sally Yates is going to testify this week... and the Idiot has already started his negative Tweeting.  Evidently the Obama Administration warned the Idiot... but, well, this is why this guy's the Idiot in the White House.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised it that warning didn't send Steve Bannon into a giggle fit.  He would have thought that a very, very strong endorsement... in fact, I'm sure the Idiot, himself, didn't tell Steve that "this is a huge, a really, really huge sign Flynn needs to be on our team."
Now, I and the dogs are going to take a little nap.  Later this afternoon I'm going to grout.  That's right, I said grout... not Groot.  I'll be Grooting later this evening.

And tomorrow it's back to work... and the gym,,, the stuff I live for.