A Year of Change

No snow up here, nice and clear too. Meanwhile Denver, Boulder and the rest of the front range got hammered. Tomorrow though, things will be warming up everywhere. I’m still waiting on two Fed Ex packages that were sent Monday for Tuesday delivery so that tells you how the rest of the Country is doing.

Lori had a long day. She had a bunch of doctors from Denver and other places up for a presentation in the cadaver lab where new techniques were practiced and presented. That’s on dead bodies in case you don’t know what a cadaver is. It wasn’t until 7:30 that she made it home. My back is slowly getting better. Hopefully one more day of no long drives will do the trick. I think we’ll try to go to the gym and I’ll see if I can loosen it up.

James is in Hawaii texting telling me how great the snorkeling and fishing is, super. Told him I’m jealous. He just bought a new house in Lake Creek which is about 15 minutes closer to us which is good. It’d be nice just to buy a little $5 million dollar house when you come upon something you want, right? Also told him next time we’re hopping on the plane and going with him and of course he said, great. I think he’s back next week.

Ty has a couple buddies coming up tomorrow for the weekend. Jag might come home for a week as he can just as easily do his school work here as there. He’s still working out hard and eating lots. Ty should be cleared with his ankle next week and will start working out then.

I was going to Aspen today but we’ll see. No politics today. What’s the point. It’s a joke. The World is laughing at us. Ugh, these four years or at least the next two are going to be tough.

Have a good day, God Bless.

Up here, you can get a shot if you want one. Lori came home yesterday saying a drugstore within an hour is throwing out shots daily as there are not enough people coming in for them. One of her workers sister is the pharmacist and said if I want one, just show up at the end of the day. So if you want one, come on up!

Nice up here, not much recent snow. We had some down valley but no real accumulation. Driving up and down the hill yesterday seemed to tighten up my back more. Hopefully no driving today will make me better.

Lots of delays due to weather, especially with Fed Ex. Most of the Country is in a deep freeze. How’s that green energy working out for everyone? Not so well in the southern States where windmills that provide power are frozen solid. I think people will rethink a ban on fossil fuels. Of course dem politicians won’t as this didn’t affect them. I love how John Kerry told all the Keystone Pipeline workers to go get a job writing computer code, ha. He’s also pro wind farm but fought to keep one away from his vacation home in Nantucket. Typical, right?

I just finished a book called People’s Republic. Glen from Arizona sent it to me. It’s a glimpse into the future where the right and left coasts are blue (democratic and progressive) and the center of the Country is red, like most of us. Needless to say in the land of the blue with President De Blasio and President Clinton, things don’t go so well except for the very elite and eventually even the people get fed up with them. In the middle of the Country, the red States, things are pretty much how they were when I was a kid growing up. So much in this book, in the blue States, such as the new “woke culture”, gun control, free money and illegal immigration, with them getting more benefits than you or I, and no more gender distinction, (we’re now all just known as “xe”, no more male or female), food and medicine rationing, are all happening now in some form or have been proposed by some democratic politicians. Funny thing is the book was written in 2016. Wasn’t hard for the author to foresee these coming changes as it’s been right in front of our eyes for years. If you think about it, it’s really unfathomable that anyone can lose their job whether you’re an actor or a lowly factory worker for your political belief or preference yet that’s what’s happening daily. The scary thing is this happened fast, basically in a year. It’s now ok to loot businesses and destroy things if it’s in the name of social injustice. Really? WTF? This needs to stop or I fear the prophecy in the book of two America’s could come true. Right now we do have two America’s, it’s just that we still all live intermixed with each other. But make no mistake, there are two America’s. If you don’t see this you’re like the frog in boiling water and need to wake up. Glad I’m not on a coast but Colorado is governed by democrats so that needs to change. Enough said. Too depressing but needs to be said even though it’s obvious.

Lori is in Vail today, I’m home and so is Ty. Our firepit is finally being built on the back patio. Only six months behind, ha. Blame it on covid right? That’s it, be well, stay safe and God Bless.

This is getting old, the lockdowns, the weather, the economy, Biden and the Dems, my back, ugh. And you thought 2021 was suppose to be better. We’ve seen this movie before and we want our money back!

I’m off to Denver today, Lori to Edwards and Ty will be here with the pups. They too are driving us up a wall daily. We love them but dogs are overrated, ha.

Lori felt like she was having a relapse from her second shot last night. Her nose is stuffy and her throat is scratchy. Not sure if she has a fever or not.

They says cases are going way down, good. I’d prefer that before we all are forced to get shots, this just fizzles out. Not sure they can “force” you but I wouldn’t put anything past them. You know who “them” is. All the people that are suppose to be your representative’s but think they are your leaders. Hard to believe 500 something people can make the rules for 350 Million people. How’s that working out for you?

Time to hunker down, lay low and get ready for the shit show known as the new administration and their new coming laws and regulations that they’ve decided are the best for us poor little people. Good God, what a mess.

Pray, God Bless.

Ty’s on break this week, Jag is in Boulder where it’s like 15 below, I have a couple calls and Lori is off to Vail for an admin day. Dogs are fine and it’s pretty warm up here. Yesterday while near zero on the front range it was 41 degrees up here. Same today, cold down there, coldest in 103 years, and about 30 up here.

We were going to the gym but with Lori needing to be in Vail by 8:30, we’ll need to go later today.

This week I need to get to Denver for a couple meetings, make a trip to Carbondale and Aspen and probably stop in Boulder to see Jag.

Lots of uncertainty with politics and the current Pres. For a guy that spouted all about unity, he’s been anything but. Shit’s about to get crazy and I think soon things will come to a stalemate. As I’ve said before, we need term limits. It’s hard to believe some of these people who are our representative’s but think they’re our leaders, have been there for 40 or more years. How’s that worked out for us, good God.

Time to go! Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

Feb. 14th, VD Day! Also halfway through the second month of the year. Close to a year we’ve been dealing with this crap also known as covid too. Snowing up here, nice and fluffy and not that cold. Looks like 10 degrees below zero in Denver right now. Cold.

Ty is at Preston’s as it was his birthday last night. Jag went out for some dinner and then back over to a fraternity that had invited him over the day before. He said it’s not like what you’d think with a bunch of drunk guys but rather pretty quiet and nice. Even if he doesn’t join he’s meeting some new guys.

Harley had some more training yesterday as the trainer came over and worked with her and Lori. Tomorrow is President’s Day but I’m still working. Ty is out of school though. Lori is almost fully recovered from her second shot. I received a notice I could schedule mine but after reading the criteria to sign up, I don’t qualify. I could probably get one by saying I’m in housekeeping or medical but I’m not going to do that. Plus I’d like to wait for an actual vaccine as the two out now even though they are called vaccines, actually are not a “vaccine” by definition. Just to be clear for any fact checkers, here’s the definition,

vaccine[vakˈsēn]NOUNa substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.

You see they have zero actual covid in them and are actually gene therapy. In other words, they do not contain the causative agent of the disease. In fact, covid cannot be defined as a disease, they can’t pin it down, which is why they can’t get any to develop a vaccine with. What they do know is it’s a bunch of different symptoms much like the flu or the common cold only more intense.

The Moderna and Pfizer creations or shots send a strand of synthetic RNA into the body which then invokes, or makes the body create the S1 spike protein, which is a pathogen.

This is not only not keeping you from getting sick, it’s making your body produce the thing that makes you sick, so technically again, it is not at all like a vaccine, since “a vaccine is supposed to trigger immunity”, see the definition.  It’s not somewhat different, it’s not the same at all. It’s a means by which your body is conscripted to make the toxin that then allegedly your body somehow gets used to dealing with, which is suppose to hopefully then trigger the immune response. Hope it works but this in general is how mRNA shots work. That’s why these are the first ones to be approved. If there wasn’t this “national emergency”, these shots would not have been approved as of now. Some have been trying to get approval for mRNA shots for 20 years. In any case, I’m hoping for the best for everyone but will wait my turn and when it comes, then see how wide spread things are and weigh the risks. Thankfully cases nationwide are way way down.

Oh well, if you don’t agree, no need to comment. I’m sure everyone can find some article to support their feelings so we each need to go with what we want to believe. For me, I haven’t seen any time in history where there has been push back like this to any vaccine from the flu shot to even HIV or for that matter, anything. Makes one think. Just saying.

Enough for today, God Bless.

Up here we just have a dusting. It’s also in the 20’s while it’s below zero in Denver. Lori I think has kicked her fever from the vaccine. Lots of people getting the shot who shouldn’t be able to yet.

Jag is settled in at the dorm and we miss him already. I did some twisting exercises on Thursday, big mistake. My back is sore today, ha.

Biden and the Dems are out of control. They were caught red-handed yesterday manipulating video and tweets in the sham impeachment trial. They quickly said it was a mistake but a high school student could have called them out. Then lawyers played video clips of every dem saying things much worse that what they accuse Trump of. What a waste of time and money, our money! Vote them all out.

Today we’re taking it easy. Might get into Vail but am not sure. Was suppose to go to Aspen yesterday but had to run down the hill instead. Think I’ll just rest. Have a great day, stay warm and God Bless.

Jag made it to school, I had my call and Lori had her second shot. As predicted, she had a 101.8 fever last night, the chills and a headache. Not sure what it is this morning. This is what we expected. I don’t know of any vaccine in my life that makes you this sick. They say it’s normal but what else are they going to say.

When she went to get her shot she was in line with hundreds of Mexican people in their 30’s and 40’s using passports for identification. When she questioned how and why all these people could get the shot, someone told her their from housekeeping. Lori said “that’s funny, I’ve never seen any cleaners in Gucci snow boots with Louis Vuitton purses”! Lots of couples too. People cheat, always have, always will. I called Channel 7 News in Denver and told them, ha.

I’m off to Denver to go to the bank to sign some papers. Should be back by mid afternoon. I had another chiropractor appointment to move my neck around. This shit is getting old but I’m almost all better.

Time to get moving, have a good weekend and stay warm as it’s freezing cold in most of the Country, God Bless.

This morning around 9, Jag leaves for Boulder. His move in appointment time is 11:30. When he arrives he has to get a covid test before he can move in. He’s not taking as much stuff as he did last Fall as we’re not sure how long he’ll be there. Last night the washer and dryer was running non stop to get his clothes clean. I need to make sure he takes a heavy coat and gloves with the cold weather coming in.

I have my Company wide annual meeting today from 12 to 3. Ty has school, and Lori is getting her second shot this morning. I’m hoping to go to Denver tomorrow but we’ll see.

Now they want us to wear two masks! Unbelievable. I’ll stop there as I have nothing more to say after that. God Bless.

Better sleep last night. It’s about the first night in two weeks my neck hadn’t been sore. It had been feeling like I worked out too hard and strained it. I was so tired yesterday my eyes were red and burning all day. Mom always said, getting old is hell. Tom, Robi and I are still young so they say but we are all in our 60’s. Yes this is young but look out as the 70’s aren’t that far away. Knowing this, now is the time to do something. Be active, take up a new hobby, take a trip. Get out there!

We’re looking at chartering a sail boat in the Caribbean with a Captain and Chef for a week long sailing trip in June. Friends have done it and you’re close to islands and stop somewhere every day. it’s not like you’re sailing for hours on end every day. It’s just one of our ideas for a summer trip. We might go to the coast of Tuscany instead and rent a house on the beach. The only sure thing is we are doing something.

For now we’re trying to get through February and get to Arizona in March.

This morning Jag is working out at 8 and hopefully he can drop Ty at school. Jag was going to stay home and not move back in to his dorm but all his friends want him to come so he’s going to go tomorrow and see how it goes. Lori is in Frisco today and I need to go to Carbondale but would need Jag to pick up Ty at noon so not sure I can make the trip. We’ll see.

Cold in Denver, warmer up here. That trend is going to continue for a few days as there’s a big cold front pushing down from Canada right into the center of the Country. Looks like below zero down there this weekend, brr.

That’s it, think out of your head! God Bless.

I have to be at the distributor at 8 so time to get moving. Yesterday was a good day. I had a treatment at the chiropractor and it helped a lot. It took like 5 minutes and was basically nothing more than having my head turned left and right while being lifted up and down. Who knew.

We think Jag is just going to stay up here and not move back into the dorm as classes are still all on line. If so, what’s the point? The only downside is the University still charges us for room and board even though you’re not there.

Weather is strange as it’s colder in Denver than up here. Looks super cold down there this weekend but warmer up here. The middle of the Country is really cold and we (the mountains) are on the edge of it.

Other than that, we’re all well. I need to get in the shower and be out the door in 30 minutes. Make it a great day, hang in there and God Bless.