Almost Friday

[altivo]

And a long weekend, thank goodness.

Formal word today, no raises again. Soon they'll be asking us to pay them to work for the city. Unionized employees get raises. No union, no raise.

Tess is OK, thank goodness. I went out early, before breakfast, to let her out of her stall and put her in her pen. She was fine, and remains normal this afternoon. The grass in the pasture is dry from lack of rain and therefore slow growing and not so rich in carbs, I guess.

Gary survived his root canal too, and so far has some ache but no terrible consequences. Good thing, going into a three day weekend, though I think the only added resolution they have might be to extract the entire tooth. He's gone to a Toastmasters meeting (ewww, but he likes them) at the moment.

Gusty high winds and red flag warning are unusual for us, especially at this time of year. If the predicted thunderstorms materialize tonight and tomorrow, though, that will take care of the problem.

Replacement Literati e-reader has arrived and is working normally but I haven't connected it to wireless and allowed it to try to update its firmware either. Will do that at work tomorrow, where the speed and bandwidth is greater.

Comments

[lhexa]

Honestly, at this point it's no longer a matter of inept or unethical politicians. We, the entire nation, are in a genuine depression -- you know, those things that (for the US) happened two or three times in the nineteenth century, and once in the twentieth century. That offer I made, of sending cheap goods: don't treat it merely as a result of loneliness (though that's part of the offer, I'll admit). Treat it as plain good economics. I'll export cheap stuff from Home Depot to you, you export experience and good sense to me.

Edit: also, I know where a good teaching ranch (establish as such for some twenty or thirty years) is located, on the outskirts of Dallas, in case you would like bulk equine goods too.