It's Gonna Be May

Hard to believe it is May already; we were joking at work today that we have a May 6 deadline, and it is...next week.  Oi.  I mean, we will make it but... phew.  I guess the weather finally broke.  Indeed, the skies have really opened up the past couple of days; we have heavy storms today and the power went out/flickered a bit.  I immediately went into "save every 30 seconds" mode which was annoying but the work losses were minimal.  Phew.  In the meantime, I have been quite busy with work, so... no posting til now.  I had a fundraiser dinner tonight, got home late-ish, and now I cannot sleep.  Sigh.

My sister and I had our monthly dinner Wednesday, and as it was Cleveland Taco Week, I suggested we go.  She picked Ghost Pepper in Berea.  Good; I mean, tacos and chips and salsa for $10.  We had to sit at the bar (which was fine, though it did not seem like the place one needs a reservation) and I think I would go back; I mean, it was good, but the restaurant list is not shrinking, if you get my drift.  I have to admit, it's not that expensive, but you are not exactly full, either; I guess, when I go out (rarely) I want to feel like Mr. Creosote.

Campus Reform | Gen Z flocks to Catholicism in search of 'truth' and 'order' as young people reject leftism
Interesting.  I am seeing some younger people at the Shrine; not sure if they like the pretty church, the more traditional approach we take, or something else... but it is good.  I am not saying I want a Latin Mass but...

Last night I stayed up to end out the emails for 1) Our East District meeting and the latest report from Downtown and 2) The follow-up from our quarterly food pantry manager meeting.  The latter was sort of funny.  First a lot of the people were aflutter about cuts to Medicaid, food pantry aid, etc.; it was all I could do not to remind them of the sign off I-77 that shows our national debt (total and per person), which...well, considering that debt service is approaching our #3 item in the budget...well, that is NOT sustainable.  Then they had some reps from the Food Bank to answer questions about produce.  I was somewhat sympathetic to their side -- they get produce that is mainly beyond ripe, they have to handle it some more, etc., -- but they seem to have time and money for all sorts of crap (including the CEO jetting off to the SOTU), so if they cannot solve this...well, I was underwhelmed.  The other thing that amused me is that... well, people still seem to forget that this affordability crisis was caused by Bidenomics, and I as I like to say...for once the people who voted for something have to pay for it, and for once, it is... glorious in its own way.