So, there’s a lot going on, huh?
Before I get heavy on ya, here’s Jerry Jeff covering Tom Waits because you deserve something nice:
So, I’m going on very little sleep because my kitty’s not doing so great. The good news is it’s mostly a lot of little things rather thing one big and very bad thing. When they’re 17 years old or so, you take what wins you can get. He’s got conjunctivitis in one eye, he’s got detached retinas (which we knew, but still) but there’s no pressure from anything nasty growing behind the eyes, so that’s good. But, he’s got hypertension and a little infection too.
The net of this is that he’s now on multiple medications and he’s not super duper happy about anything and he’s not terribly energetic right now. But, he’s doing better and starting to act like himself again, so that makes the three vet visits, including one to an emergency 24 hour clinic, well worth it.
The (other) old man in all his glory.
There was an election. Joe Biden won the election. We’ll see what happens next, but I would regard all threats as serious and keep an eye on things. I’m not comfortable yet that the result will be accepted.
In another good result, Austin approved the transit bill which means more trains. This is good news. It won’t do me any good personally, but it’ll be very good for a lot of people and well worth the investment. John Stuart Mill would approve.
I’m just exhausted right now. In addition to work (trending positive), the cat (same), and the nation (mostly positive with a chance of disaster), we closed on a house today. Somehow I don’t think I’ll be getting any more sleep for the next month or so.
Finally, I’d like to give a little shout-out to our car dealership, Roger Beasley Mazda. We had a slow leak in a tire and we’re concerned we needed new ones. We took it the dealership, told them we were prepared for whatever we needed (got a lot of driving coming up), and they took a look and said “It’s a minor leak…we’ll patch it up for ya. $28.” As my mother has said and will surely say again, “You can’t beat that with a stick!”
Yeah, that’s where I get it from. Sorry.
-RK