All Things Odd And Silly

 Being a little uniquely different is genetic, I guess.  Grampy was very unique in a good way.

 Curiosity killed the cat.  Maybe this is why we human beings (or at least cat ladies) get along well cats.  Sometimes we are too curious for our own good.  That can’t change though for humans or cats because being explorers is who we are.  So on we go to life’s next adventures and misadventures.  

 I have never had a gym membership in my life.  I only have a fruit and cookie resolution.  And I hated gym class growing up, except on the rare occasion when we got to do something fun like play with parachutes or push ourselves around on little scooters.  In college, though, I loved to get lots of exercise by walking all over the city of Boston.  If I was going to a babysitting job and I could get there in a half an hour or less by walking, I would walk instead of taking the subway a.k.a. the T.

 I was just lying here listening to my thoughts and for some reason “Weekend At Bernie’s” entered my mind.  I had to Google “Weekend At Bernie’s” to find out what it even was.  So I found that it was a movie and I read the description and the story sounded a bit warped.  Leave it to a comedy to come up with the idea of comical hijink with a dead guy.  

 I will never forget this little gem that was tweeted by the 45th president of the United States of America on his presidential Twitter account while he was in office.    https://www.youtube.com/live/LTcd-78DNcA?feature=shared

Wow.  Not only do we share our lives with artificial intelligence but we also ride around in driverless vehicles.  Ha ha, that’s like the stuff of some futuristic science fiction novel to the me of most of my life.  What a crazy point in human history to exist.  How did we go from science fiction to science reality in such a short period of time?    

 Our country’s president elect, who will be inaugurated as our 47th president next January is a convicted felon.  Wow.   The only term that I can think of to adequately describe this is a curse word that starts with the letter F and is followed by the word up.  The fact that his first verdict and conviction might be reversed or scrapped is equally ****ed up.

I don’t know what is at the top of this drink, but to me it looks like melted butter.  And then it doesn’t look right for there to be a mint leaf in butter.  I think I prefer that butter not have an added flavor and minty butter just doesn’t sound appealing to me.  But then there is a voice in my head that says, “What dip shit would think that there would be melted butter at the top of a drink? Do you really think that a drink would be toped with melted butter?!!😂” And then another voice says “No one would ever know if minty butter might be something good unless someone decided to give it a try.” Well maybe that’s a story that belongs more in a ridiculous category. 🤪  

 Today I attended a Veteran’s Day ceremony at the Veteran’s War Memorial of Texas.  I got to sit with the VIP people.  So at one point during the ceremony, someone’s cell phone started playing Annie Lennix music.  Ok, the one point was actually during the talk by our State Senator Juan Hinojosa.  It sounded to me like the music was coming from behind me and to my left.  I thought to myself, “Oops, I’m glad that isn’t my phone”.  But then a few seconds later, to my horror, I realized that the offending cell phone from which the music was playing was in my own lap. 😲 I was the dip shit that I thought was behind me.  I had neglected to think to turn my cell phone off before the ceremony.  But what’s the deal with Apple Music suddenly being able to play itself through my cell phone when I was not even touching my phone.  There is a lot to be confused about in the wilderness of technology.  Making memories as they say. 

 I knew a lady who was a member of the Daughters Of The American Revolution and I very much believed that if she had been living at the time of the American Revolution, she would have been a loyalist to the king of England. 😂

 I ❤️this! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBAnvIcN1Yb/?igsh=bTBlbm54bDVxeHNq https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCTwLlNJub3/?igsh=MWp2N3hha3lwZ292NQ==

Question to my higher self: Why did you think that vice president Kamala Harris would win the election? My higher self:  Never underestimate the power of a seed planted.  Plants will grow and flourish when the messages are ready to be comprehended.  The country was not ready for the ideals represented by having a successful, qualified, and empathetic female woman of color as our commander in chief. Me: So why did you think this was going to take place.   Higher Self:  We all have to hope for the best but uncertainty is the point from which direction is best found.  It is the place to be open to new insights.  America’s currents of forward movement as a nation will not be stayed or permanently reversed by bumps or trumps in the road.  History has been made as far as what can be achieved and every step in a right direction will have created a foundation that can be built upon. Me: Someday all of Trump’s voters will have to reflect back on whether or not he brought about change that benef

 This is a question I find myself contemplating.  I did not read Melania Trump’s book but I did hear that in it, she expresses that she completely supports women’s right to have control over their own bodies and for this control to not be taken from them.  So I wonder what would happen if Melania expressed the importance of her convictions to her husband and asked him to push to have the Roe vs. Wade decision restored?  Would he firmly maintain the position that represents his best interests politically, or would he care about the feelings and convictions of his first lady that he professes to love?

 What is long in front of us and short behind us? Time I think of for example a child who has their whole life ahead them.  To think of them having 50 or 60 years before they even reach the age of being an older adult seems like an amount of time that will take a very long to pass.  Once a person does live this long though, it is remarkable how easy it is to get there.  Well maybe not easy as in life experiences but easy as in how assuredly decades do pass by.  I hope I still have decades left.  I always gauged how long I could live based on how long my grandmothers lived which was 92 and 93 years.  I realize now, though, that every person’s life story is unique and there are no guarantees.  No one really wants to become old but at the same time being old is a gift of good fortune.  We have a sweet lady who is a DAR member who is 94 years old and she is still doing very well and getting around very well.  This year we have lost 2 active members that were younger than she at ages 69 and

 Waiting for a medical appointment and in the waiting room Fox News is on the television. Yuck. 🤢 🤮 

 Bitty Jilly.  It turns out that my bonus kitty jelly may be a few months older than I had believed.  The vet believed her to be a minimum of eight and up to 12 months of age.  This means she is just a very petite cat.  How cute is that?  I also found out that the fee the at our vet now to have a female cat spayed is an estimated $600-$900.  I have already been thinking about how exorbitant this price increase seems as well as any possible reductions in the quality of care for animals during these procedures at low cost clinics where there is undoubtedly an excess of demand.  And then I’m thinking, “Is Jilly worth $600-$900 for the best care.  And, you get what you pay for.  And you are worth it Jilly.”   And I hadn’t even yet looked into availability of appointments at the low-cost clinic, and my thoughts are jumping ahead and thinking this stuff.  I shouldn’t be making any assumptions that low cost clinics don’t take good care of the animals. What the heck?  I guess this is overthink

 My thought for the night.  My stories are true be they weird or not. They just are what they are.  I need to finish reading my great Uncle Everett’s writings.  This makes me think I should get back to my geneology hobby.

“Smile, it’s going to be a great day.”  My pep talk to myself.   

He could have had this.  Instead he wanted to begin a new 4 year term of presidency at the age of 78.  I am glad that I am not a type A person or a seeker of power and glory.    

 I wonder if President Biden is still mentally cognizant enough to actually responsibly execute the office of the presidency.  Does the wording of that sentence even make sense or sound correct? This question was just in my mind and that was the wording that my brain came up with.  Oh yes, the latter part of that sentence sounds like the presidential oath of office.  I am the worst with history and politics.  I need to work on having better knowledge and understanding of both.  I guess I shouldn’t feel too bad.  I was talking to one of my fellow DAR members who is a supporter of Republicans and Donald Trump and she was confused and confessed that she could never remember if Republicans and Donald Trump were the left or the right. 😲 Truth be told, I have to admit that there are Trump supporters who are good and nice people.  They are evidently just very much unaware and blind to all the terrible truths and realities about him. 

 Wow.  After the unbelievable comments made at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, I would say that Trump’s campaign is quite the hot mess! 😲 This was of course, just the icing on the cake.  Can we close this chapter of Donald Trump’s insanity??!!

Waddle and Ping. Thank you brain for the idea of two baby ducks named Waddle & Ping. 😲🧐

 Well, I actually did it.  I had seen lighted evergreen trees decorated for each holiday or season of the year in a dentist office, a doctor’s office and a car dealership, so I decided to do the same and I made myself a Halloween tree.  Of our two recent kitty additions, Jilly was first to climb up into the tree.  You go Jilly! Girls rule! We love you Philly.  

I think I have always believed that most people are smart.  This is my thought for tonight.  I guess I will have my belief confirmed or disproven in just a little over a week.  I know that makes me sound very arrogant or narcissistic to be making a statement to the effect that only those who agree with my opinion are smart (at least in regard to one particular topic).  I do understand that this could cause some people to have a less favorable opinion of me.  I’m not actually blabbing this, though, so this is my own thought and I place full confidence in my opinion.