Cool and clear, maybe a chance to dry out.
Yesterday was beautiful. Clear, sunny, blue sky.
I did get over to my secondary location and threw out a bunch of stuff. I filled one big dumpster, and part of another. Took three loads in the Ranger to shuttle it to the trash. I had to cut it into 2-3 foot pieces to get it out, since I didn’t want to spend more time on the forklift. I’m making progress. Slow but still progress. Of course today I’ll be paying the piper with sore muscles and scrapes that burn. Both forearms and my shins are scraped up. I’ll live.
Number one daughter gets her first orthodontia installed today. Oh my. Half way through 6th grade. Seems early to me but I’ll let the pros make that call. It’s come a long way since I had mine done.
I’ve got a bunch of stuff to pick up today and some to drop off. About four more bins worth and still barely a difference… but it’s progress. Pickups are mostly household and Christmas stuff, but there are some gub parts and accessories. Several boxes of 3m respirator filters. GOJO dispenser refills. Some other stuff.
Still need to get some Christmas lights and decor up outside. I got the ‘base layer’ up, but there is more cool stuff to do, if the weather will just hold for long enough.
There’s something wrong with the wuflu numbers coming out of Cali. If they were at capacity last time around, and now we’re double that, but still not maxed out, someone is lying, or the reporting sucks. Or, embrace the power of ‘and’. Not sure, don’t care enough to dig, but I’m calling shenanigans. Don’t get me wrong, I believe Aesop as ‘boots on the ground’ about the reality and severity of the problem, but something doesn’t add up. As I’ve said before, I’m treating this as the disaster is HERE, so do what needs doing to deal with that reality. No point in looking at storm tracks and models anymore, LOTS of reason to clean up the yard and fuel up the gennie, so to speak. The pebble is in motion, the avalanche is coming, everything moving will continue to do so until they all come to rest. I don’t see that happening for a long time.
The election and transfer of government happens next, or doesn’t. Again, nothing I can do to affect that, so work the things I can. The vaccine rollout and the surge are going to come crashing together for the next month or three at least. The possible mutation in Europe and round two of the CV lockdowns will be sloshing around for at least a couple of months, possibly followed by vaccine v.2… but in any case people are not going to stay home without a LOT of fear, more than anything to date. That fear is going to have to be based in at least the appearance of truth, and it’s going to have to be convincing. All this points to more extremism on every front.
If Biden is sworn in all bets are off. SJW will be emboldened and the cries for blood will be loud. The right will be very upset. Whether that will translate into action is a good question. It depends on the left and what they do. If Biden doesn’t survive in office past March, expect it to be turned up to 11.
If Trump is sworn in some bets will pay some very long odds. And the left will explode in rage. That much I feel confident saying. The right will say “come get some” and then we risk losing it all.
No matter which happens, it won’t be fun for most of us.
I’m thinking that we need to be ready to pull back, reduce our exposure, keep our heads down, but be ready for when that fails to protect us.
Whatever happens, having food in the fridge won’t hurt. Ditto for lawyers, guns, and money. And friends. And skills. And health. And stacks. Keep stacking.
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