Mehness

Long week.  Mostly good, but long.  Feeling sort of meh today -- not sure if it is the lack of sleep, the amount of work, the other stuff I have to do, but..blah.  I did get a good workout at the gym -- been a few days since I was able to go, and I was feeling it, but I got a good arms workout in and some bike time, and some sorely needed reading.  Only at 4 so far -- yes I have had some thick tomes, but I still feel as if I am behind.  That is one of the nice things about gym time; assuming I do not have blood sugar that is too low, I can get a good 15-20 minutes or so of book time, which I sorely need, given the book list.

I do have a pile of paperwork to get through, which I should do tonight, but I will do it tomorrow, as I intend to watch the J! episode backlog tonight and then to bed.  Exciting, these Friday nights.  Actually, I did have some excitement, as I tried to back out of the driveway, and I skidded a bit; I wasn't going that fast, but I was going fast enough.  I was halfway down the driveway, so I had plenty of stopping space, but it was odd to think of the warmth from a few days ago had turned the driveway into a skating rink.  I should have salted the driveway, or at least broken up the ice floes a bit, but...

I don't know; have the sense of mehness; maybe if I achieve some things this weekend, I will feel less so.  But I do not like it.  The pipe contractor got back to me today -- one we have a stretch of over 30-degree weather (in February, I know) they can get to work, and I can go and get the bathroom back.  Phew.

I have to admit, all of the kerfuffle about the spending done by USAID... funny; I was on a social justice call yesterday, bemoaning the cuts, and there was plenty of pushback from the attendees (all of whom were Catholic, I think, though some were some of the Pope Francis ilk) about some of the grants, the salaries, etc., and basically that how could you say that money was being given to the poor.  There was no answer to it, so they tried to move on, but... that didn't help.  Dare I say that they are correct, and that as faithful Catholics... there are some things we cannot support, nor should we, and thus I don't have any deep sadness about this.  Far from it.

I pulled this from yesterday's West Wing Playbook from Politico, and this is...impressive.
“He truly believes that God spared him for a reason,” said one longtime adviser, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. “He’s moving fast because he thinks this stuff is common sense. He thinks it’s going to work.”