The Memorial Weekend Begins

So, here we are on Saturday morning, the first day of a three day weekend, a holiday weekend, and our outside temp is 49 (F), and we have a steady rain.  Folks, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but here in Central PA, it ain't gonna get much better.  Our high temp might be in the low 60s (F).  I'm not talking about a patch of rain, nor a swath of rain, I'm talking about an enormous sheet of rain covering almost the entire northeast of the country.  The skies are not going to start clearing up until sometime on Monday.   Tuesday's going to be nice.  That's a good thing.  I don't work on Tuesdays and I am definitely going to have to mow the lawn.

Yesterday was sort of busy.  I didn't cook anything special.  Dinner was ham salad.  That was the last of the Easter ham.  I did some grocery shopping.  I bought a ham hock so perhaps on Tuesday I'll make bean soup.  I have tons of dried beans, some wrinkly old potatoes, so I'll probably stop off at the supermarket on my way home from work tomorrow and pick up a carrot or two.  

I am scheduled to work this afternoon.  I'm not expecting it to be busy.  It is the holiday weekend.  Those who do show up will only be doing so because they're looking for the Memorial Day sales.  In the flooring department, we're doing a free install on specialty carpet.  Up until about 8 months ago, all of our carpet installs were free.  Then they began charging so could see an install charge on their quote, however, to offset this they lowered all of the carpet prices.  Then, 3 months ago, they repriced carpet according to density and... if you guessed that 70% of our carpets went up in price you'd be right.  And that increase was more than the amount they deducted to offset the install charge.  Remember, it's all about insuring that the customer pays as much as possible. It's all about greed.

And here's another picture of some of my roses.

What about Tulsi Gabbard quitting?  She's always been seen as a Russian asset, so I'm suspecting Putin has more important issues for her to attend.  I'm suspecting that perhaps her resignation was a mutual decision by both her and Orangie.  In his mind women are good for one thing, and one thing only, and diplomacy is not that one thing.  I also suspect that Orangie's blow bro Vlad is not too happy with Orangie's performance.  One of his main objectives, after all, was to insure that Ukraine capitulated.  Now that Ukraine is kicking Vlad's booty boy ass in so many Russian cities, it must be obvious to Vlad that Orangie is too untethered to be any use at all to him.  Even the real estate goons, Witkoff and Kushner seem to have disappeared form the negotiating stage, and both had some serious ties to Vlad.  I'm suspecting that Orangie's abysmal approval ratings have turned him into the biggest political anchor the world has ever seen.

Gas Prices will be going up

Well, our temps are back in the 50s (F).  Today's high is expected to possibly reach 61 (F).  That's what I call cool.  And, as I said yesterday, this drizzly weather is going to ruin a lot of Memorial Day cookouts.  Looking at the weather map, you can see that this is not going to be an isolated event.  I work the weekend, so I don't have to worry about any plans getting rained out.  T

They will be cooking hot dogs and burgers for us at the store this weekend, so exercise will need to be adjusted.  I'm going to have to figure out a way to burn more calories.  Because of the weather, I doubt if the store will seem much in the way of last minute grill purchases, and with temps barely in the 60s (F) there sure as hell ain't gonna be a big rush for window A/C units.  After Memorial Day, curb appeal purchases are going to fall.  While there are always those individuals who will splurge on an expensive project, I do suspect the retail industry, as a whole, is going to get very idle.

And I'm thinking of painting the writing room.  It's been a grayish teal for a number of years now, so something lighter, perhaps.  I've always had a fondness for greens.  I picked up a few paint chips when I worked on Monday.  Now I'm at the point where I'm thinking I might want to invest in the purchase of a paint sample.  

And yesterday's latkes were delicious.  I will make them again sometime.

Being the Memorial Day weekend, both Congress and the Senate have adjourned until June, and once again we've seen Mikey Johnson bowing his head low to the Orange Anus.  The Senate passed a war powers act, putting an end to Orangie's war with Iran.  They sent it to Congress and Mikey, knowing there were enough Republican and Democratic votes in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation, never brought it up for a vote.  In fact, he sent Congress home.  I find this pathetic, his need to bow down, to so easily acquiesce to his leadership to the pedophile in the White House.  It's almost as if he feels this war with Iran is essential.  Ignoring the fact that it's unpopular is not wise.  Americans are heaping so much blame on the Orange Anus for... well, everything.  The Republicans do not want America to snap, because they will be hit with the shitty end of the stick.

Finally, our gas prices are high.  They would be much higher if it weren't for the fact that Orangie's administration is releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.  At present that reserve has dropped to below 400 million barrels of oil.  Here in the US, we use, on average, around 20 million barrels a day.  This means we have about 20 days of oil on reserve.  Higher gas prices mean an angrier America.  Without an end to this war, that reserve is going to get lower and eventually gas prices will go through the roof.  I'm very much in doubt if Congress will do anything to stop Orangie, so prepare yourselves.