Day 56

Good evening everyone and it is Saturday night. Hope we all had some big plans, even if it is movie night at home, and chances are that’s what most people are doing tonight.  Today was a beautiful day to be outside and it was also sad for us, as we saw our grandchildren off to Maine to the outlaws and not sure when they will be back. It was really hard as you can see that I get a lot of joy out of those kids, and now I don’t have much to look forward to, as I don’t know when I will see them again, but yes there is always Face time. Just not the same and because they are four hours away there will be no more Grandma drop offs of the junk food. Now they are back to eating Kale and Veggie chips. One thing I know for sure there is no cable where they are going, so it is a very safe place to escape the world as we know it today. I really wish I could go with them, but alas why didn’t I retire 2 years ago when I made it public, but damn I am still working. Well at least I am at the end of my career, and man oh man I do feel for this Class of 2020, and what the world has in store for you. I remember graduating from College back in the 70’s and we were in a recession and the prospects seemed dim, but at least it wasn’t life threatening.  I mean damn when you think of it, not just the economic damage, surely that is a big part of it, but the prospect of mingling in society could maybe cost your or a loved one their life is mind blowing. I have to say I have been very impressed with a lot of these young graduates for their positive attitudes for the future, once they got over Prom. I really had no idea that Prom was still a very big deal, but from all the reports I have seen it apparently still super important and we may see a lot of college kids having their own prom next year. I hope they can find a way and next spring Proms will be back in full swing.  These venues need to make up a lot of revenue, at least they had their dresses for the most part.

I did watch the Commencement of the Class of 2020 tonight and found it inspirational. I am not going to lie, but I literally starting crying when President Obama was speaking, finally a leader that can put sentences together, and asked them to do what they think is right. It wasn’t about him, but rather for these young people to go after their dreams and build a community that can work together.  The challenges are going to be difficult but honesty and hard work are going to see you through it.  If we had a leader in office today, that could inspire people and ask them to come together to win this fight against the virus, maybe we wouldn’t be in the place we are today. All I know is today we have an insane person, running the country. The latest deflection is Obamagate. Who dreams this shit up?  Must be the same writers who do Ozark or Goliath because I often wonder if these people are truly demented to come up with some of the scripts that they put out. I am sure there are even more that I haven’t seen. I stopped watching Criminal Minds because it gave me nightmares, now I just watch cable news to get my daily nightmare. It really was a very nice tribute to this graduating class and I even like LeBron James. I really didn’t know much about him, other than he is a very good basketball player. He has done so much to give back to his community.  He asked that the kids stay home or stay close to home, because they have never left home, and build their community. I hope these kids will rise to the occasion and recognize they have the power to make some changes and vote these old white men out of office.  I wish we didn’t have another old white man as the alternative. Here’s a quote on the topic from David Sedaris:

“On Undecided Voter​s: “To put them in perspective, I think​ of being​ on an airplane.​ The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat.​ “Can I interest you in the chicken” she asks.​ “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glass​in it?”
To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pause​ for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.”

I am going to end it right here tonight because I don’t want to get to riled up in a political rant, I will save that for tomorrow after I read all about OBAMAGATE and how he overstepped his bounds and spoke out about the President, well what is wrong with the rest of the retired presidents please speak out and save us, forget about protocol, this is a whole new ballgame, Stand up…

Just sayin …