Well, it's Sunday here on the West coast of FL. Biden is now Obama's VP running mate, the Democratic convention begins in Denver in a few days, the Olympics are almost over, our troops are still in harms way in Iraq and Afganistan and Nancy Pilosi, one of the richest people in Congress and Speaker of the House is looking mighty sexy to me on NBC's Meet The Press with Tom Brokaw.Yesterday, the weather folks kept telling us that "remnants" of Fay were passing through our area moving north. They told us to expect high winds, lots of rain and thunder and lightning. What we got was what we had all week with Fay - nothing.
We did not have the big rains, the flooding, the winds or anything else, other than awfully high thick humidity. So inside my house right now it's about 73 degrees (low humidity) and outside it feels like 100+. I just don't feel real motivated whatsoever to venture outside to do anything and sweat. I did find it hilarious that with all their high priced "technology" and tall towers with big balls on top labeled DOPPLER radar, these "meteorologists" had no clue what Fay was doing. The maps and stuff though are mighty pretty.
With the empty threats of impending bad weather coming, Mrs. Grumpy drove me back over to the KW dealer to pick up the truck. The bridge over the bay was backed up with traffic (we never found out why) and we had to drive in reverse back off an exit ramp and find another route to go with the clock ticking. It was about 11:15am and we had until noon before they closed. Yes, we did call them and Mrs. G. made arrangements to leave the key with the parts desk which stays open all day. We got there at 11:57. I got the keys and of course it wouldn't start.
If you own a dog you know sometimes he-she will just give up and roll over on its back with 2/3's of "its" paws up and the other 1/3 curled over. That's just about how I feel right now. I just don't give a crap. My company is going to have to deal with their equipment needing to function efficiently and the fact that they have wasted about 4 days of my not earning a dime. I'll have to deal with this Monday morning. Another day of waking up and within 5 minutes, I'll the weight of the world on my chest, again.
After getting a jump start the second time in 48 hours - actually the first time it wouldn't start until we popped the clutch - I drove the truck back over the bay to the house. I kept it running until about 9am after Mrs. G. checked with our neighbors to see if they minded. No problem. I'll go out and see if it starts a little later.
The photo is my gal Nancy with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad taken by Huessin Malla of the AP/Associated Press.
