Fast Food Ego

Morning!  Will today be another tenacious Tuesday?  My money says it's a go!  Especially politically.  For those who don't know, that 69 racist Steve King was stripped of his committee memberships yesterday.  People are calling for him to resign... lots of people.  He's a loyal supporter of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Do not doubt, Steve thought his racist remarks would be met with approval by his boss, and well they may have been... privately.  Of course, the Idiot Jerk hasn't commented publicly on Steve's honest, racist feelings.  Nah, he was too busy serving up Fast Food to the Clemson Tigers... oh, and he claims to have paid for it.  You can bet who ever picked up that unhealthy food also managed to keep the receipts - expense reports, you know?  I learned how to do that when I worked for Corporate America.  You say "I'll pay for it, knowing full well you're going to be reimbursed.  Especially the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  You can bet we are paying for everything he buys, or gives away... wait... do you really think he gives anything away.... free?
I'm having breakfast with my brother and sister this morning.  Now, ain't that ducky?  This is a first.  My sister is not a morning person.
Today... I paint... the arch!!  I'm so glad.  Friday I may start on the stairwell!
And yesterday I tried dealing with the check from Greenfield, the refund for my Mom's over payment.  No good.  My bank told me they might have considered cashing it if she'd had a relationship with them... but advise me to call Greenfield.  The bank she used?  Absolutely not.  I was told it needed to be deposited into an "Estate Account."  So, I called Greenfield - their offices were closed.  They are located in Falls Church, Virginia, and had snow, about 8 inches and their offices were closed.  I did managed to talk to their A/P person who sent emails on my behalf.  If there had been just the teeniest bit of communication on their part, but know.  Now they will have to put a stop payment on the check and reissue, which will cost them money.  Idiots.
And now for some bright news:  Polls show more and more Americans are blaming the government shut down on the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Even Fox News is reporting this!  In spite of what the Idiot Jerk thought was going to happen (and didn't) this is really beginning to pound his ass.  That's fine.  The only ones who approve this standoff are Republicans.  In their dark, little hearts, this is how you make America Great Again... by making Americans suffer just so the Idiot Jerk can feed his fast food ego.

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Well, it's Friday.  For some of you it's the end of the work week.  For me?  Well, it's a day off.  I will get to work the weekend and then have off 2 more days.  In three weeks I'm scheduled for a full 40 hours.  Yesterday I realized that's because we're losing a Flooring Specialist.  Shit.  Hopefully they will find someone to fill the position fast.  I like my 32 hour work weeks.
I talked to the director of Geenfield yesterday.  He told me the refund check for my Mom had been cut, though he couldn't find the email he'd received from their corporate office.  This guy is a freaking nincompoop.  He never returns calls, and every time I talk to him he sounds as though he's quaking in his boots.  I don't know why?  I don't yell.  I don't use foul or obscene language.  I will admit to getting a certain tone in my voice, no doubt a throwback to when I was in management, which can be rather assertive.  Do it now.  My patience is a virtue which your poor performance may stretch thin.  Tasks are made to be completed, not lingered over like a piece of fine pastry.
And what about that that white, racist Republican poster child Steve King?  In case you didn't know, he questioned when the words 'white supremacist' became bad?  He sees nothing wrong with white supremacists.  He is a 69 year old white Republican whose immigration views have been embraced by the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  He doesn't understand he is just one more white Republican voice singing the death knell of his Republican Party.
I bought a mat to put beneath my elliptical.  Snazzy.  Well, not really.  It's black and made of some sort of rubbery material.  What it is doing is covering up more of my hardwood floor.  I've also ordered throw rug to transition between the living room, which is painted dark red, and the dining room which is a grayish teal.

Today I want to finish sanding the archway and possibly get the first coat of paint on it.  If what I've been told is true, my desk should ship today arriving sometime around 1/31.  I'm off that day which would be perfect.