When you hit middle age you really only have two choices: you can get fat and lazy until you roll over and die, or you can can get off your ass and do something, like maybe ride a bike.
Bluntness
I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.
The weekend has arrived and it's supposed to be glorious... and, as usual, I'm working. And not only is it The Weekend... it's Labor Day weekend. This means I'll be getting some holiday pay, and there's nothing wrong with that, especially since I'm moving forward with this kitchen renovation.
Lindsey was here yesterday. She's going to do the construction, drywall, tearing out the sink cabinet and install the new one and the sink, and her boyfriend's going to be doing the plumbing. I started ripping out the old grip-strip vinyl flooring. Back when I bought it, twelve or so years ago, my decision was based mostly on looks rather than quality. Today I know much better. While we do sell the stuff, we don't install it because it's not waterproof, one of the few vinyl floors that isn't; I learned the hard way. The wear layer is only 4 mils, meaning it's terrible for pets, my dogs proved that by scratching it all up. The new stuff is going to be much better.
I baked a spanakopita for dinner last evening, a full pan, so I'll be eating Greek spinach pie for the next couple of days.
One of the most amusing things about the Atlanta indictments is how many of the indictees are wanting to sever themselves from the rest of the bunch. I saw where Navarro wants to make sure his trial is severed from Powell's, you know? Sydney? The woman who's trying to pull a Trumpism by saying she had nothing to do with the fake electors because she had hardly anything to do with the rest of the gang? And I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want his trial to go first, since I'm sure he, like the rest of them, knows that blame is going to be flying like shit pies once the trials begin. There will be a blame game extraordinaire.
Friday has arrived with some much cooler temps. Right now it's 53 (F) outside, but fear not for a warming trend is going to start tomorrow that will take our temps up into the middle 90s (F). Right now the weathermen are forecasting a high of 97 (F) on Tuesday, so prepare yourselves because now that we're in September, every ying yang out there is going to begin shrieking Indian Summer.
Much was accomplished yesterday: weight training, as well as a bike ride. I have a goal of 300 minutes of serious activity to hit each week; eighty minutes was done yesterday. More will be done today. I did have a bit of a scare after the kettlebell workout since my lower spine wasn't used to flexing in all the directions in which I needed to move. Now that my schedule has been normalized again, I'm back to my old regime. Also, now that school has started, I'm thinking of activating my membership at Planet Fitness.
I did watch The Blue Zones, a documentary on Netflix and found some of it rather fascinating, especially since I've decided to live to be 100. While there are quite a few things we can do to enrich and extend our lives, there are things we cannot change, one of the most important is our DNA. It does help to have long lived individuals in your family. That's something Dan Buettner fails to mention, not a word is mentioned about living siblings, or how old they were when they died.
Lots of people are talking about Zombie Mitch, and how he loses total focus at times when he's speaking. While we've seen 2 episodes while he's speaking, but who knows how many episodes happen daily when the he's not in the public's eye. I'm betting 2 might be just the tip of the iceberg. One of these days he's going to have one big stroke rather than the minis we're seeing, and even then I doubt if he'd resign.
Funny thing about Trump's Georgia indictments is that every one of the defendants is trying to sever themselves, rather than have one huge trial. Trump wanted to delay his, stupidly thinking he's going to be re-elected, while Sidney Powell, and others, are pushing for a speedy trial. A speedy trial means a lot of the information is put into the public eye, which means Trump's going to claim he can't get a fair trial because people will have already made up their minds. Isn't it nice to know he's in a no win situation?
