Another Week

I got sent some cute videos of Charlotte at her Thanksgiving show with her little classmates.  So cute.  I love the dress that my niece picked out for her.  Naturally she's the kid that stands out when they do their turkey dancing, twirling around.  Yeah.  She might have a gene or two from me.  

Weird that my days now have various TV shows or movies playing in the background.  All this time I had streaming and I've been playing the damn news. I do wish there was one channel that I could tune into from time to time, but I'm ok. I listened to Lawrence O'Donnell's show this morning.  Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow make you scared witless.  Lawrence breaks it down like it's not good but here are the hoops that need to be accomplished.  It was interesting listening to him explain how it won't be so easy for Elon Musk to do what he needs to get done.  I don't want to be an election denier, but he makes me wonder what trick did he pull?  He just looks like a super villain so therefore my mind wanders and thinks he has some evil powers to make this nightmare happen.

Matt Gaetz will be slinking out of Congress like a Santos.  It doesn't sound like his new attorney general pick is any better except she might have a brain.  That could be dangerous.  This will be a yes person and well that's what Orange Foolius wants.  I read that he wants to investigate the 2020 election.  For what stupid reason???  He won this election.  Yeah.  I have to remind myself when I get tired of the news, think of these moments.  I signed up on Substack and I can read some news there as well when my brain is fried from scheduling all day long or figuring out expense reports.  

When I walked to the grocery store at lunch, I saw a homeless guy wearing an animal print coat throwing stuff.  I kind of picked up my walking a little faster.  There was this little circle where people could sit and rest . I would cut through the area on my way back but not anymore.  It's filled with homeless people and they're kind of rowdy when I walk by at lunch.  Kind of makes me sad.  Today I was kind of just scared.  I liked his coat though.  Is that bad to say?  

I kind of looked forward to the Thanksgiving weekend for a really bad reason.  The online shopping.  I used Rakuten to get money back which made it even better.  It was a fix for loneliness.  Buy some new pajamas.  Get some skincare products that are too damn expensive.  I justify it by telling myself I'll get 25% back for using the Rakuten app.  Sigh.  I will shop this weekend but for streaming bargains.  I am hoping that I can get HBO Max for $2.99 for 6 months.  I have to find a new deal for Peacock because that will go up from 1.99 to $5.99.  I'm on a budget.  I have made up new email addresses to get my discounts.  There may be hope for me in the bad finance department.  Maybe.  

I wish we had some overtime opportunities or I actually got rid of something on eBay.  It would be nice to have a little extra money right now for Christmas.  eBay was such a life saver for me 25 years ago.  Now I feel rich if I make $25 in a month in sales.  I have a second cousin who makes a living doing it.  How?  How do they do it?  

I'll do my thing tomorrow.  Listen to a podcast or my book and go for a walk.  Good walking weather.  

Hopefully I don't see anyone with a fur coat on throwing stuff.  I'll be ok with the turkeys by the lake.

It's been a week.  I made it.