This n' That

Up at 5AM, (Hazy, Hot and humid again) actually I did not sleep very well. Tossed and turned probably until 2Am or so, my back has been killing me of late, the kind of aches and pains I used to get when I worked...slept during the day then worked all night so rest wasn't actually a dep, refreshing, relaxing thing...now it's back or so it seems to be becoming add that to the fact I'm not sleeping and you can see where I'm headed...sighhh

Being "retired" isn't all it is cracked up to be, especially when you get more and more people demanding your time...to teach this...to track that...to go here...to bounce ideas/problems off of...to fix this or that...sometimes you can lose sight of yourself and what really is important in the world. Especially if you have a hard time saying "No".

Oh well, I have gotten some wash done, Thelma's sheets are hanging out on the line...washed them to freshen them up for when Dorinda arrives. They had been packed away in a closet in a plastic back for months. Plus I have cut my coupons and made my lists and checked them twice, so I will soon be out grocery shopping and going to the bank and of course buying my Lottery tickets (gotta have those!).

I did look at the paper...and I should not have been surprised...the letters to the editor page was filled with letters calling for President Bush's impeachment, calling for immediate withdrawal from Iraq, etc etc etc. I knew it would be, after his speech as the Syracuse Post-Standard is not impartial in it's coverage nor it's stance on things. Highly critical of the Bush Presidency and so forth. What amazes me is that everyone seems to criticize, tear down, anything the Bush Administration proposes yet the very same people don't have any solutions either, they know they hate the current track the country is on, the current policies and so forth, but when asked they have no alternatives. No solution to how to leave Iraq, yet leave behind a stable government and not chaos, no solution on how to fix the looming financial crisis with Social Security and Medicare, and so on and so on. If you won't talk to the other side, if you won't offer alternatives and willing enage in a civil debate, the polarization will just get worse. Too many it seems have closed their minds and no matter what Bush or anyone in his administration says or does it won't satisfy. Too many are content to sit on the sidelines and criticize and say I told you so rather than offer a helping hand or engage in a sane discussion.

Sad, so sad what this nation is becoming.