Changes

Well, it's Wednesday and I get to go back to work for 4 days.  I have 2 weeks of 32 hours, a week of 40 (over the 4th), and then 2 more weeks of 32.
There's going to be a lifestyle change around here.  They called me from the store yesterday and left a message, said there was something important they needed to talk to me about.  So I called back.  One of my fellow specialists, after repeated warnings, was fired, chose to seek employment elsewhere.  His earlier shift is now available and they asked if I wanted it.  I said "yes."  For the first time in 9 years I will once again be working an 8 - 5 shift (well 4:30 to be precise).  Of course this will mean changes to my workout schedule, to my riding schedule, to my movie going schedule.  I will have to write the blog at a different time since in 3 weeks I will have already been a work for a bit.  The dogs will have to adjust, but not much.  Like most dogs, they like to sleep a bit.
My glasses broke last evening while I was watching a video.  They're rimless.  There is, however, a fine string, like fishing line, holding the lens in place... and it broke, and the lens fell down on my chest.  I have 2 other pair, so I'm not concerned.
Evidently quite a few Evangelicals are having a "Dear Jesus" moment.  They are discovering in a very ugly way that the Idiot Jerk in the White House is... a scumbag.  And here they were telling themselves he was actually 'born again.'  You see his zero tolerance with immigrants and their children makes them look... BAAAADDDD.  This is the price they pay for giving him their support.  Didn't anybody tell them there's a price for everything.  I believe it was Robert Heinlein who said "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."
And after about 3 weeks of playing God of War I bought a new game this AM  Vampyr.  You play as... a vampire.  I'm hoping this will be fun.  God of War was fun, at first.  Combat got tedious.  You have an ax.  Upgrading the ax means pressing a different set of buttons.  Every upgrade requires a different sequence.  The upgrades, themselves, become corny after a while.  So, I decided to give up the ax and start biting people in the neck.  Oh, and not only to I get to be a vampire, I get to be a doctor in 18th century London.

Won't Mum be proud!

Zero Tolerance Catastrophe

Monday, and the forecast is for the day to be a real stinker, hot and humid, which is why I'll do some outside chores, but mostly stay inside.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a bit cooler.
I rode 46 miles on the bike last week, plus got a workout in, which was pretty good.  Yesterday I rode for an hour - total 15.8 miles.  I was going to take the Synapse out on the road, but changed my mind.  I'm going to switch the pedals for the first time.  Yes, I have 2 sets of pedals.  One set is for the shoes, the other is for mountain biking.  Mountain bike pedals let you wear either specialized shoes or regular shoes.  The first time I take this expensive bike out, I'll be wearing my running sneakers.  Just a precaution.  I"m too old to go around crashing bikes.

mountain bike pedals

And what about that immigration shit storm hitting the fans in Washington?  How many ways can you spell failure?  We know the Idiot Jerk spells it:  Zero Tolerance.  Someone should have told him separating children from their parents is a dead end bargaining chip.  While his base loves this tactic, but then his base is filled with racists.  A majority of Americans find the program itself as intolerable.  They sent Jeffy Sessions out to mollify the Evangelicals with a Bible verse... and a majority of Americans said "What in hell are you talking about?  These are children!"  Yesterday some turd without a brain released a statement from Melanoma which essentially said, "it's bad, but we need to follow the law."  Like this cheap deal from The Bride Store is going to have zero impact.  Her idea of parenting is defined by nannies and tutors.  Every passing second makes the Idiot Jerk, and his base, look more and more inhumane.  But then he's never really been a people person, has he?

Should we have expected anything else from this failed sack of shit?  Will he cave?  Eventually, but not before he does a hell of a lot more damage.  As I've said before, we are watching the Republican Party die.  The sooner they are dead and buried, the better this country will be.