Of slugs and Greed. American Style

Okay, so here it is Saturday and, of course, I get to work.  In fact, I get to work for the next 6 days - then I get 2 consecutive days off, and after that I get to work for 7 days straight.  This is the hell of working in retail.  At least I now have a fixed shift, and no more overnight shifts.
Yesterday was a day off for me and I was surprised at how much I actually accomplished.  Big Seig and I planted a white rose bush in the back yard (it was too warm for Lily, who spent that time sleeping on the sofa).  Went to see my Mom.  Did the 2nd coat of paint on the inside of my kitchen cabinets.  Had breakfast with my brother and... still managed to get in another 47 minutes of heavy duty cardio.  Oh, and I used the new Garmin scale yesterday - there's a .5 pound difference between it and the Worthings scale, no big deal.
I got my bill from Microsoft for next year's subscription of Office... remember when you could buy the software?  They don't do that anymore, they like to charge you a yearly subscription fee, they make more money that way.  Hello, American Capitalism.  Don't it suck?  There was a time when the American Dream stood for something, before greed perverted it into something dark and sinister.  A large part of the blame goes to TV Evangelism where financially successful Christians were paraded around like golden idols.  They interbred financial success with religion, the bastard child of which we call Social Conservatism.  Everything is about "my money," and "my taxes,' and not about compassion.  They care about humanity as long as humanity does what they say, which is why the sorry finger is pointing at them.
The driving force behind that little tirade is the ACA.  There are 2 reasons the Republicans hate the ACA:  the legislation was done under a black president, and it involves their taxes... well, not the taxes of the majority, the taxes of a minority, the wealthy, the rich, the Idiots of the United States.  However the message the wealthy are sending out is not "my taxes," rather they are incorporating the greed of all Republicans.  The ACA is using "our taxes," this is a waste of "our money."  What horseshit.
Anyway, today is supposed to be a 'rest day' for me, no cardio, no free weights, no strength equipment, but I am thinking I might sneak in a little ab work, you know, to keep me from feeling too much like a slug.

Besides, I have absolutely no idea where I'd get a lettuce leaf that big.

The GOP needs more Happy Chemicals

No cardio this AM, just strength training at Planet Fitness; no hoodie guys either, just the regulars, one of whom is a man with a mustache who doesn't seem to have any formal routine, just random equipment and free weights which doesn't really help you to accomplish anything.
I am going to hand off my Worthing's scale to a friend and get a Garmin.  This morning I weighed myself, went downstairs to start the coffee, and when I got back upstairs nothing had been updated, so I weighed myself again... and gained half a pound in 5 minutes.  Now, there is always going to be a variation in weight, but one half pound?  And if it can't at least be somewhat consistent, then what's it doing to the rest of my information.
And, of course, the Senate is still putzing around with their version of the ACA repeal.  Isn't it a hoot how conservatives, when they're not in control of the House and Senate, brandish their fists shouting, "we're gong to change this!  we're going to give you tax breaks!" and then, when they get control do nothing?  That's because their constituents might not like the end results.  Spineless is what these GOP voices are, nothing more.  They need to do what they promise and then deal with the end results.  If they get voted out of office?  Well, then they'll know just how wrong they were.  This doesn't mean that their crazy base isn't going to vote for them, but the majority of voters?  You see, that's where they constantly screw up.  They need to put up or shut up.  The odds of this repeal legislation passing are slim, and then it's got to move back to the House where the crazies there will kill it.  This is why conservatives are so phony.  This is why the Republicans are the 'do-nothing' party.'
Tomorrow morning I'm on the Eliptical again which means those little endorphins are going to smashing into my little gray cells again.

Perhaps if we could get some of those Crazy Conservatives on the treadmill, at a high rate of speed, for an hour or so, they might be able to pull their collective heads out of their ass and not be so damn hateful.  Actually, we know that will never happen.  In fact, I'm surprised they haven't cherry picked something out of the Bible to deride exercise, and use that to outlaw the Happy Chemicals.