The Day After The Day

 Yesterday is gone.  I am older.  Now is all that matters.  

I can look forward to events scheduled in the future with anticipation but I can’t hurry them into existence.  

I can see it but it isn’t here.  What do I do while waiting?

Elon Is a Boss

 It has been a minute.  Just checking in.  Nothing really burning in my thoughts.  Elon Musk bought Twitter.  He has a plan.  He is a boss.

February 12th

 Today is special.  I guess every day is special to someone in the scheme of things but today, well you know is…special.

February 12,1998 was my daughter’s date of birth so I am celebrating her coming in to my life.  I remember holding her.  I never held a newborn before, ever.  She changed my life.

I now have three more daughter’s by marriage and the oldest shares my daughter’s birthday.  That’s right  February 12th is special.

Trust

 Trust is important.  In every situation, it is the bedrock that all personal interactions are built.  Once trust is lost or broken it can be repaired or re-earned but only if the offending person or entity is willing to put forth the effort.  

If only…

Saturday Morning

 Saturday mornings are great.  You can do whatever you want.  Sleep in? No problem.(unless your dog wakes you up to go out.) Get up at your leisure and start the day with no worries.  What to do.  What to do?  

Blade Runner Today

 I watched Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner again on Netflix a few days ago.  I have a few thoughts about one of my favorite movies of all time.  Visually spectacular in my opinion.  Okay here goes:

 Here civilization sits three years later than when the dystopian action takes place in that movie.

 Life portrayed as our possible future isn’t quite here yet.   Or is it? 

 Big Tech is closer to being the omnipresent corporate overlord than should be allowed.   How long will it be before our reality matches science fiction?  We are speeding towards it.  What do you think?  

 

Bacon vs. Peanut M&Ms

 A question.  Which do you prefer more?  I know.  I like them both.  Each one is unlike the other but still a decision must be made.  Which one do you choose?  No matter the time of day or any other qualifier.  One versus one.  Choose wisely or not.  It’s not likely you have to give up one for the other.  Both in their time.  Okay.  Bacon.

Allergic Reaction

 Okay.  2022 is off to a not so good start.  As I blogged earlier, I was sick to start the New Year after being exposed to Covid on December 31, 2021.  I tested negative and was prescribed Bactrim and a course of oral Steroids which I started taking on January 4th.  I missed a couple of days work and muddled through with sinus congestion from the infection.  I kept experiencing a metallic taste after taking the two medications together and I thought it was the after taste of the steroid pill since I had taken Bactrim before.  Again I muddled through and finished the course of steroids on Sunday morning.  I still had several days of the Bactrim left.

I wake for work on Monday morning, take the Bactrim and sit down to put my work boots on when I notice itching on inside of my biceps near both elbows.  I take an allergy pill and don’t give it another thought.  I take the second Bactrim that evening with dinner then off to bed.

I awake to my hands itching between my fingers and get up to use the restroom when I notice allergic whelps all over my body especially on my legs and torso.  My hands are bright red.  I take another allergy pill and fall back to sleep until I can get in to see the doctor.  I go get a steroid shot and was told to discontinue taking the Bactrim. 

So I am allergic to penicillin and now sulfur based antibiotics?  I am just now feeling well.  I am glad it isn’t the Shingles.  

Red vs. Blue

 I recently started reading books about Stoicism and following Ryan Holiday via his daily emails.  I have enjoyed reading his views on Stoicism.  However I haven’t enjoyed his injections of his political leanings or views a couple of times.  

As you probably know, the news media has made a big deal about the January 6th anniversary.  They carry the water for their political heroes.  To compare that cluster____ to September 11, 2001 or to Pearl Harbor is insulting.  To claim that was an armed insurrection is too.  

We live in a country that is being divided into Red states vs. Blue states.  Personal freedom vs. nanny state.  I trust in my ability to discern what is in my best interest as opposed to some unelected bureaucracy telling me how I should live. 

The political theater has encroached on every area of our lives.  I no longer trust Washington, their mouth pieces in the legacy media and professional sports. 

Okay enough for today.  

Covid or Not

 I was with a friend playing golf before New Years.  It was quite windy and warm for late December.  A small group of friends, brothers really, but anyway a very enjoyable day outside. 

After finishing our round of golf we went to nearby restaurant for a Margarita or two before returning to our homes.  Some had plans for New Years Eve and some of us did not.

New Years Day started with my usual coffee and conversation with Gail.  After a while I checked my phone for any emails or texts when I saw one from my golf partner for the day stating that he began running a fever overnight and went to get tested and you guessed it- Covid positive.

I was feeling okay.  I decided that if I had any symptoms that I would get tested as well.  I had a little sinus congestion and a headache later that evening.  Uh-oh.  

Sunday morning I feel about the same maybe a little scratchy throat due to the sinus drainage but a persistent headache.  I stayed in bed and checked for a fever throughout the day.  No fever.  I had very cold hands and chills from time to time even when covered in bed.  I am starting to think the Rona.  I kid myself and say I am going to feel okay and get up for work the next morning.  

I didn’t.  I felt pretty ragged. Okay so it’s been a couple of days since “my exposure”. So I call my doctor and set it up for later in the day.  I get swabbed for Covid, strep and the flu.  During my vitals check in the parking lot I am asked if I had symptoms.  I had four of the six.  Uh-oh

I get the call about 20 minutes later.  Covid negative.  Huh?  I should have been relieved.  I was sort of.  Another sinus infection.  The third one since Covid began.  The first was the day before the initial outbreak.  The second was when Delta arrived and now this time with Omnicron.  All around me people have been sick some positive some negative.  I think we are all sick and tired at this point.  I think I may have had it.  I find it interesting that I haven’t had a cold since the arrival of Covid.  Makes you think.  Stay well.

New Year New You

 Whew!  2021 is done and now we go into the new year expecting good things to develop and our future to be bright.  The truth in my opinion is that we want things to be different but we seldom make lasting changes to our daily lives.  In reality the only change we can make is how we spend each moment.  This moment.  How do we think about ourselves?  Are we beating ourselves for our “failures”.  We remember every stumble, every failure.

I think I will think about myself and what happens in a new way in each present moment.  I will wipe the imaginary scoreboard clean each time and go forth to be better.

Be better.