Lather, rinse, repeat... it's Winter!

 Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A good way to spend today, when our "heat wave" took us above 0℉, to +1!  

I did go outside to clear the south side of the house's sidewalk, that my neighbor had blown clear TWICE, and it drifted back in yet again.  I did not go out on Sunday AT ALL!  Fingers were icicles coming back inside after just that brief session, in the afternoon.

Dumb question:  anybody else ever live in Iowa?  I ask because it's Caucus day.  I only lived in Iowa for about a year and a half.  Yes, I voted there, but when I think back on it, that would have been 1994, so there was no Caucus.  There were Presidential motorcades disrupting normal traffic in Des Moines.  Bill Clinton was President then, and he came to town a couple of times while I lived and worked there.

I decided to wave off Tuesday's trainer workout, in a prolonged "rebellion" against going anywhere in the cold.  It's supposed to be minus 6 at my scheduled time.  I have to go out on Wednesday, as it's my blood draw for medical stuff.  

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Another cold morning, but we knew it was going to be.  The show in Iowa was over fast.  I watched some of the coverage, and believe it or not, I kind of "got" the rationale of the Trump faithful.  No, they don't see him as Jesus... or at least not all of them.  They see him as King David (as in David and Goliath, David and Bathsheba, etc.) a powerful but flawed man being used for God's purpose.  But you know, if we're going to do Biblical metaphors, remember that King David took power, but it was his successor that rebuilt the temple.  Of course, history does not ever exactly match the past.

The disturbing bit, from my point of view, is that everyone is smoking their own stuff and talking past one another.  The words in the questions being asked are NOT interpreted the same by the pundit asking them and the respondent.  The polls are practically worthless.  I know I refuse to answer polls because I am "polled out"!

Like many, I long for the days when "People of good conscience can disagree".  And be civil.

Today's task, suited for such a cold day: cleaning and descaling the coffee machine.  The box on the descaling solution says do this every three months.  I am generally less frequently than that at getting to this task, but when the machine starts showing certain signs, it's time!

Meanwhile, with the sun shining brightly, The Prisoner demanded to be let out on the snowy deck.  He came to his senses once all four paddy-paws touched that frozen stuff and his fur allowed the wind to tell him how cold it really was.

Surely you jest!

Wednesday we have a heat wave predicted:  a high of 23℉.  I shall have to go out because it's that time of year:  blood draw and Medicare annual screening.  It might even break ten above by the time I'm due to have that done.

Thursday is the next round of predicted snow.  Onward!

Life is good.  Especially when there are at least a few things you can control?  Spark on!