Year 2 - Day 97 - Sunset

So, my Crazy-Ass Union is yanking us around again. ( my difficulty with unions or rather this union explained once again )

In other news, the storm passed and we got a sunset - and with it went my frayed nerves. It's not the chocolate or the sugar - it's the frigging weather. Last night we had an electrical storm - and I had troubles sleeping. And today, it rained all day and the barometric pressure kept shifting - I wanted to jump out of my skin. I'm highly sensitive to shifts in energy - any major shifts, or weather changes.

I difficult being a sensitive. It's kind of a gift and a curse at the same time. I can sense negative and positive energy. I avoid certain areas on instinct. And thunderstorms make me kind of ill. My mother told me that I was so sensitive, always had been even as a small child.

I've decided to ask my primary care for a referral for an endocrinologist (which I can't spell), due to the diabetes and hormonal fluctuations (which mother reminded me - I've always had to some extent - they were evened out with birth control pills for a bit). I need a specialist - enough of this GP crap. Just procrastinating.

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Mother is driving herself nuts over father's care. ( Read more... )

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COVID

I'm questioning the US's desire to open up. And the way it is doing it. NY is bragging about the low infection rate, but it's kind of about the same as it was last summer. Also, we still have cases and deaths - it's not 0.

COVID hospitalizations are at 485. Of the 58,372 tests reported yesterday, 251, or 0.43 percent, were positive. The 7-day average percent positivity was 0.37 percent. There were 114 patients in ICU yesterday, down four from the previous day. Of them, 62 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 10 New Yorkers to the virus.

I don't know, this does not make me feel warm and fuzzy and like frolicking with strangers. It makes me want to remain cautious. 251 cases - is still cases of COVID. And they are all variants now.

And 114 people in the ICU - is a lot of people. And ten people dying, means folks are still dying of the disease.

Am I crazy? I don't know. Apparently when I was a small child, I touched the grass before I'd venture out on it. So it's clearly ingrained in me.

In other news, mother is discouraging me from visiting until Fall. It's the height of tourist season down there right now. Very crowded. Also the American Airlines keeps canceling flights without notice - because they furloughed a bunch of pilots during the height of the pandemic, and don't have enough now to fly the planes. (Not that I'd take American Airlines - I hate American Airlines. I prefer Jetblue or Delta.)

I'm thinking the first or second week of September is a good time to go, school will be back in session - and less people traveling. I discovered that when I visited my cousin in 2018. September is a good time to travel.
No one else is. Another good time is October. However, we do have hurricane season approaching. I'm praying it skips the Southern Atlantic Coast and sticks to the northern Gulf. Leave my parents and Aunts alone, they have enough to deal with.

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Politics

I deal with so much politics via my work place that I find that I've little to no patience for it outside of the work place. I don't care for example about the Mayoral Race. I should. But I don't. And no, I didn't vote in the primaries - because I don't care.

I'll vote in the General Election of course - just to keep the Republicans out of office. That's all I care about, keeping the evil Republicans out of office. Anyhow, it looks like it will be Eric Adams, the current Brooklyn Borough President. Which I'm okay with. He can be annoying, but he's not as annoying as De Blasio or Cuomo.

Meanwhile Congress - specifically the Senate is taking on the fight regarding the Voting Rights Bill. The West Virgina Senator is on board. I think this battle may end up costing the Republican Party the filibuster. I think it's going to result in the Senate killing or changing it, so it has less power, and if that happens...the Republicans may end up being dead in the water. Please happen. I want that party powerless, and defunct by 2025.

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Other news items

* We have the first NFL Football Player who has come out as gay. (I'm betting there are more but in the closet.) ( Read more... )

It's late time for bed. Sorry for all the rambling about stuff.

Here's a picture of a little free library in my neighborhood. Mostly bibles, for some reason. I think people are trying to get rid of them.