Sittin’ it out/cabin fever

Woke up with the sun, what little we have currently, and the outside temp was 5 degrees,,, inside temp 84, dawgum n kittehs sprawled about like they were recovering from a roman satyrnalia,,,

Supposed to get into the thirties today; will see. Should be able to go back to the J.O.B. tomorrow,,,

Will likely attempt that hot adjustment on the valves today, but not right now,,, Too damned cold,,, wait till afternoons and potentially warmer air.

River was up yesterday. about 4′ to go to be in the road, but it came up fast, Cold ground doesn’t absorb water the same as warm ground, and the trees is sleepin’, not drinking it up. Could be some wonderous kayaking for the white water types, if they are brave enough to deal with KOLD WATER,,, I’ll pass thankeebeerymuch,,, I may have the gear; I certainly don’t have the inclination,,,

If I were inclined,,, I’d make cookies today. Not much of a baker,,, can cook breakfast foods like a champ, but bakin’ stuff,,, notsomuch. But its that sort of day,,, too cold out to enjoy, even if clear and sunny (the sun does little on days like today,, but it is uplifting of the spirits.) not like when I was pre-teen,,,, The cold meant nothing then, it was a day off and a fun day with friends.

We get older, our friends get further between and fewer, My nearest friends are an hour away in drive time, and I’m glad as hell to have them.

So I deal with Cabin Fever. When the temps get over 15, I’m cranking the sounds up and jamming out for a bit. Cozzie be danged, he can go run in the snow; the little shit doesn’t seem phased in the least with this cold, though he does prefer to be inside if I’m not moving around. Young and dumb, atheletic, gas tootin’ Pittie that he is.

Elbs is of the right mindset though,,, SLEEPS!!! He’s curled up in the window in the kitchen,, totally draped over edges and relaxed like the dead. You could use his tail for a plumb-bob right now.

Some of y’uns might be wonderin’ why I don’t chime in anymore on things outside of the hollar. Well, I watch,, about the only thing going on that concerns me is the price of Precious metals. Watching that like a hawk as that is telling me more about the state of the world than some windup toy getting smoked in a cold city. What happened there? Far too many points where it could be spun in either direction, and seems that many are taking advantage of that, to do just that: Spin it up, make waves.

are we at war? as in Civil War? Dood, you know that answer, you just haven’t admitted it to yourself yet. When a majority of people start doing that self-admission, the cuffs come off.

Between the financial house of the world (about as good a shape as mine is in currently) and the civil strife that is being fomented world wide,,, Yeah,,,

Just gonna sit on this hill, watch the circus play out, attempt to keep my little world as intact as possible.

Selfish?

Ayup! but like I have told others, others that are of the service oriented nature,,, If you don’t protect yourself or your health, what good are you to the rest of the world? There will come a day where that ultimate sacrifice will need made, but is that day TODAY? think hard about that. I certainly am not seeing any call to lay down my life for a cause at this point.

And I have Da to take care of,,,

Cabin fever,,,, getting the melon-collies playin’. Damned bi-polar mutts,,,,

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