It is only seven o’clock in the evening; nonetheless, Potatoe and I are snuggled up in bed. He is fast asleep and has been for about 30 minutes. Kristen, Yvonne and I went out to dinner last night. I just looked at my Life 360 app, and according to it, I was home by 9:30 last night. Crazy that I have been tired all day after going out only until 9:30 the night before.
I got up this morning to find that Potatoe had once again torn up his pillow that lays under my desk. I suppose he did this in protest of me leaving him alone last night. What is he going to do when I return to the office or start traveling for work again? He is one spoiled pooch.
Going to dinner last night made things seem ordinary when they are anything but ordinary. Yesterday, rioters overran the White House. It appears that Trump encouraged the attack, and if this is the case this is deeply disturbing. I don’t know that we will ever know the truth. The media paints the story that it wants to paint. I tuned into the news this evening for the first time in a long time, and it was almost entirely and editorial.
The democrats now have control of all three branches of government, and we are headed to socialism. There are a great deal of democratic initiatives that I am a strong supporter of. Socialism is not one of them.
COVID cases are spiking all over the country. This is likely because of holiday gatherings. According to the news the rollout of the vaccine is going much slower than anticipated. I fear that we are headed to another shutdown. The idea of that seems absurd, but it seemed absurd last March just as we entered the shutdown. The difference this time is that we are mentally prepared.
The world is a scary place right now. The division in our country is deepening, neither side is listening to the other. What I hate is that we are turning on each other rather than the career politicians that make themselves richer and our taxes higher. The problem isn’t Republicans or Democrats, the problem is career politicians and special interest groups are running our country.
Oddly, today was one of the biggest days in stock market history. I personally saw my best single day gain ever.
My sister is worried about the world that we are leaving to our children. I am worried about the job market that Brainy Bird will be faced with when he finishes college. I am glad that he has decided to take the “no debt” approach by going to a school that offers him a substantial scholarship instead of MIT or an Ivy league school where there are no merit scholarships. If he faces a tough job market when he graduates, the stress will be much less if he does not have loans to pay back.
I am not sure if it is simply a matter of being a year older, or if it is COVID or the chaos of the world, but Brainy Bird’s mindset changed so much over the course of 2020. He truly wants to do things 100% on his own. He also does everything that he possibly can to help out around the house and take care of Kyle to take the load off of me. He turns 18 is 28 days. He is ready to fly on his own. I am excited for him.