I thought I wasn’t going to be writing today. I had a noon appointment with my psychiatrist which meant leaving here around 10:30. I was about to make myself breakfast when my phone rang; she called in sick. I can’t reschedule for a month. My therapist says that does not make me legally insane and give me a license to commit crimes. It’s just not fair, where is this cloud’s silver lining? Oh right, I get to write.
What exciting things did I do yesterday? I stayed home and never got dressed. If you get dressed you have not fully taken advantage of being home. What’s exciting was my lack of excitement. I’ve been on the go so much it was appreciated. Then to top it off I watched Game of Thrones. It took me a full season to fall in love with the show but now I’m enthralled. I care about these people and I care what happens. Am I the only one that doesn’t like Sansa? She’s my least favorite Stark. I have always preferred the two outsiders, Arya and Jon, especially Arya.
I gave myself a dinner treat, Brooklyn Bangers Cheddar Bratwurst. I often have cheddar brats but a brand that isn’t nearly as good. I had them with garlic mashed potatoes so it was bangers and mash. It was nice to have a home-cooked meal after spending a week at the WFUV member drive. I’m eating home again tonight. I have to take something out of the freezer when I’m finished with this. Maybe I’ll make whatever I see first. I’ll leave it to the fates. Not that I believe in the fates.
My friends are starting to choose their favorited candidates for the Democratic presidential nominee. Not me. If I could appoint a president it would be Warren but that’s not how it works. Watching from the outside is frustrating. People, and I’m a person, don’t pick a candidate rationally but rationalize their choices. The two front-runners are Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. The most common second choice for Bernie supporters is Joe and for Joe supporters it’s Bernie. Their policies are at opposite poles of the Democratic political space. Clearly people aren’t deciding based on the direction they want the country to move in. I’ll strongly support whomever the party nominates. One thing people don’t get is that the distance between the Democrats is miniscule compared to their difference from Trump. In the last election I had friends that thought that Hillary was closer to Trump than to Bernie. That takes a kind of self-deception that I’m not capable of.
Wise Madness 