Books, books, books

 And here it is Tuesday and the weather outside is cloudy.  Showers are in the forecast until early afternoon.  Temps are supposed to  hover in the upper 60s (F) to lower 70s (S).  Tomorrow, however forecasters are expecting the day to be good, lots of sunshine, lots of warm mid 70s (F) temps, and quite possibly the start of Spring as we expect it to be.

Yesterday was slow.  I spent 8 hours at the flooring desk, well, that's not quite true, at a certain point in time I began walking laps of the building.  I got in over 20,000 steps.  Believe me, that's a lot of laps.  I did manage to get a measure.  That means I'm now an active participant in their measure contest.  Woohoo!

There are noises from the house next door.  I have no idea what they're doing.  Perhaps mudding the walls, or possibly laying the vinyl plank flooring.  For once they are not cutting or hammering anything.

When I did get home from work yesterday there was a box waiting for me on my porch.  My author's copies of The Body Under Ice.  There was a problem in getting them; software issues on Amazon's end kept the order for going through.  The delivery was a surprise since I was not expecting them until Saturday.

A gag order was put on Trump in regard to his rape trial to keep him, or one of his attorneys from posting things about witnesses or evidence.  Will he follow it?  I'm thinking not.  That would me doing something adverse to what for him is normal attack mode.  He will blab and if there are fines he will go to court to keep from paying them, and he'll lose.

Two Republican Representatives in Texas rattled the roof by joining a group of Democrats to push a bill raising the age to 21 for purchasing certain guns.  That was brave of them, but the legislation will fail.  For it to pass, it would mean that Texans Republicans would understand how their total abandonment of gun control is having tragic consequences, it was also mean that Democrats were correct, and they will never let that happen.

Hot Stuff

 And yes, another work week has begun.  Even for me.  I'm scheduled for an 8 hour shift.  Can you read the excitement in my words?  That's because Mondays, after the contractors have paid us their visits, tend to be slow.  In hopes of driving sales, corporate has decided to run a "measure contest," for the month of May.  To reinforce this our Specialty ASM has had our store sign maker paint an large (3' x 4') sign which lists the prizes.  And because they want every one of our customers to know our main goal is to get a measure, it's being hung by the Flooring Desk.  Now they will know we are engaging them in order to get free donuts (this is me being sarcastic).  

Weatherwise:  we were supposed to get rain yesterday and nary a drop.  Yep, there was this great green blob on the weather map, however as it approached Harrisburg, it fell apart.  So, we got no rain.  Today it's supposed to be nice.  Tomorrow, the weather's supposed to be cool and rainy, and then Wednesday warm and sunny, and perfect for yardwork.

I received an email from the Wine Store, my order of Lambrusco has been cancelled.  Evidently I'm not supposed to drink any.  Probably no loss.

My new red socks arrived.  Hot Stuff!

And, of course, Trump was a no show after telling the world on Social Media that he was leaving to come testify.  His buffoonery is quite the joke.  I think it's really rather funny that he and his ilk believe the represents a viable opponent to Biden.  Trump doesn't understand that the loyalty he's bought isn't worth the paper it's printed on, and in order to save their own hides, those loyalists will flip so fast America will think the Republican party has turned into a pancake factory (thanks Jon).  Those who don't flip will stay loyalists mostly because of stupidity than anything else.

I saw an interesting bit this am about Ronnie D and his feud with Disney in Newsweek, which is not know for being too astute.  They said it appears to be working for him and may actually give his campaign the needed boost it needs.  Well, that's hogwash.  I see that as a puff piece written one of his cronies to give Puddin' Head Ron's ego a lift since he just isn't that popular with Centrists and Independents.