Fortune

 Monday has arrived.  This is my Staycation Hump Day.  I'm right in the middle.   Unfortunately, I've got to spend some of today at the car dealership.  There were 2 recalls that need to be taken care of on my car.  Hopefully they will only waste about an hour of my time.  I will do what I did last time.  Take the first chapters of The Body in Repose and reread and edit.

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon down in York with my friend Betsy.  We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant.  As is always the case, I ate way to much.  Here's my fortune:

I harvested my first cucumber yesterday.  I think I purchased the wrong kind, this looks more like the ones used in making pickles. Does anybody know if they're still edible?  I suppose they are as those you buy in the supermarket.

My lower back has been bothering me, so I'm going to go back on the naproxin regime.  It's been a quite some time.  Most likely I pulled something, or strained something.  Everything's ducky dandy after about 20 minutes with the heating pad, so I know it's nothing serious.

Evidently the Matty and MTG mini hatefest couldn't fine a venue wanting to let them spread their lies while they were in California.  They struck out 3 times.  Someone should tell them that after 3 strikes, your out.  Not that they'd believe you.  They'd claim you were lying.  This is what they desperately want to believe.  Any other truth would define them as seditious losers.  

And not surprisingly, China is now being charged with global hacking.  Duh.  I see these headlines and can not help but wonder how people could not realize this was happening.  I do hope our government is responding in like kind.  In fact, I'm even more surprised that we are not in the forefront of using this tool against our enemies.

What the hell is a smoking saw?

Wednesday.  I got up early this AM to do my cardio... and then went back to bed for half an hour.  Fun Stuff. 
The post office is closed today because of George H's funeral service.  A national day of morning, which is irritating because I'm still waiting for my Mom's final bills to arrive.
And speaking of George H's funeral.  I can not even begin to imagine the tension that will be in the National Cathedral when the Idiot Jerk arrives.  Sure, there will be those who will shake his tiny hands if he so deigns, but mostly, to his horrifying chagrin, he will be shunned.  No one's going to casually saunter up and say... oh... "my, your latest tariff Tweet nearly crashed the stock market yesterday."  Most likely he'll sit there silently Tweeting things like "what a really tremendous service, shame they didn't hold it closer to Mar Lago so I could go golfing after wards."  I mean, do you really think Jeb's going to shake his hand and say "Gee, I'm really glad you could make it."  If we hear anything from the Idiot Jerk it's going to be along the lines of "Someone get me out of here."
Oh, and the NRCC was hacked - that's the National Republican Campaign Committee .  I think they're the ones who are responsible for getting House members elected and re-elected... and it was happening for a several months.  OH... MY.  Remember when the Democrats were hacked and the Idiot Jerk criticized them?  This hacking, I suspect was worse.  Some foreign actor uncovered a treasure trove of Republican dirt.  So far none of the emails have been made public.  Of course not, because... well... you know what's coming... this... is ... what's called... Blackmail.  So, I wonder if the Idiot Jerk's gotten the phone call yet, the one in which a heavily accented voice says "kiss our ass, or we will destroy you."
Let's face it.  Yesterday was a real bowl of Chop Suey when it came to bad news for the Idiot Jerk.

Mueller signaled that those cooperating with him will most likely get light sentences at best.  That's works.
And Gina Haspel to the Senate, behind closed doors, that the Saudi Prince is guilty as hell.  Lindsey Graham was so convinced he pulled his lips from the Idiot Jerk's ass and said "this is not a smoking gun, this is a smoking saw...."  That's right, he said it was a smoking saw.   Can someone just tell me what the fuck is a smoking saw?  Everybody knows what a smoking gun is, but smoking saw?  I Googled it... no pictures... anywhere.  Just what in hell has Lindsey been smoking?  And did he light it with a saw?  Maybe he's just talking about a saw that cuts down trees really, tremendously fast.

The Day of Liquids

So, my  prep work for tomorrows colonoscopy has begun.  To be truthful, it started last night when I took 3 Dulcolax.  As an individual who normally eats a high fiber diet, I can tell you they did their job.  And for the rest of today?  Clear fluids.  Later today comes the MoviPrep and if that doesn't give me the shits, well, all I'll need to do is look at the Idiot Jerk's budget: everything gets eliminated.
A large chunk goes to the military; a clear indicator of how backwards thinking Republicans are - if there is a next World War, it will be over in a few minutes, and will be done with computers.  Anyone who doesn't understand that needs to leave the 1960's behind and come into the present.  A prime example is... North Korea.  Everybody wrings their hands going "oh me, oh my," at their ability to launch a long range missile, totally forgetting their hackers.  Remember Sony Pictures?  People said, North Korea's hackers aren't that sophisticated... oh, yeah they are.
He also wants to shut down the National Endowment to the Arts & the National Endowment to Humanities... which makes sense when you realize Faux News represents neither.
And that great Infrastructure plan:  paid for by private funds and your state tax dollars.
On top of all of the funding the Idiot Jerk wants to cut, the federal government will still need to borrow beaucoup buckos to pay for what they want.  Now, if that isn't enough to give you the shits, nothing... which means the Idiot Jerk is prepping us all for a really big colonoscopy, or a least some sort of horrible procedure in which Republicans shove something up your butt because they'll never be happy until they rectumize us all.
Anyway, you may be wondering what I'm going to be doing today since the only nourishment I'll be getting is Gatorade.  Well, some free weights, there's nothing like hoisting around 25 lb dumbbells to help you forget that you're hungry.  And at least 10 miles on the bike.

Oh, and probably a nap or two with the dogs.