My wife and I just used our under-the-weather-stay-at-home weekend to finally watch The Barbie Movie.
I did not need a movie to tell me that women are treated poorly in our society. I’m married to a woman who works in tech. I see evidence of the double standards every day. It’s disgusting.
To my wife and my step daughter I say that I am sorry the world we’ve given you doesn’t value you enough.
And if you’re one of those incel motherfuckers who thinks that the movie was an attack on you and America and whatever, you are the problem with our society, not the other way around. To you, incel motherfuckers, I say: Fuck you, slime.
My movie review? Great movie. Great fucking movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, get on with it. See it.
Today’s haiku is brought to you by both my wife and me feeling sick yesterday and how it’s affecting us today.
We both feel better, But neither of us feels good. Canceled our weekend
Yeah, we both feel better but neither of us feels particularly good. We’re getting there, but we canceled all of our weekend plans. We were supposed to meet with Harry for lunch today, but he’s a little under the weather too. We’re just missing out on everything. I suppose it’s worth it as long as we continue to improve. Hopefully we’ll be back to 100% by Monday.
There have been so very many road trips. Road trips to New York, NY, Washington DC, the mountains in NH, various Canadian destinations, Vermont, western Massachusetts, One crazy drive home from Indiana, and multiple epic drives to Florida and back.
So many road trips, but unlike most of these “pick one” sort of prompts, I am actually going to only pick one to focus on. It was fourth of July weekend in 2008 and Jen and I had tickets to see Rush in Saratoga Springs, NY. A road trip was required. It was our first venture into Vermont together as well as our first visit to upstate New York. We made a bunch of noteworthy stops including one extra special landmark on the way.
First was Quechee Gorge which is on Route 4 in Vermont, not far from the New Hampshire state line. The view was fantastic and we’ve been back a few times just to check in and make sure the sites are still glorious. They are.
Just a ways down route 4 you come to the second notable landmark. This one is super important. Woodstock, VT. We were so taken with this little town that we agreed we would move there when we retired (we probably won’t, but I’m still game if Jen is), and it ended up being the first stop on our honeymoon. We spent our wedding night in a bed in breakfast in town and it was everything we hoped it would be. I absolutely love this town, and every time we drive up to see the kids I want to stop and visit even if we just drive through. I love Woodstock, VT.
One other important spot from this drive was in New York. It’s a place we talked about revisiting at the time but still haven’t managed to return to yet. Lake George. We had one spot overlooking the lake that was just spectacular and put it on our vacation to-do list. Maybe this summer? What do you think, Jen?
Eventually we made it to Lake Champlain which, while maybe not as scenic as Lake George, offered us one touristy spot that we’ve actually gone back to at least once. Fort Ticonderoga. The fort played a role in both the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). The fort is a great place to visit (including the public gardens attached to it) and the views are pretty amazing. I am willing to stop there any time we’re in the neighborhood.
The final noteworthy landmark on this road trip, apart from the simple fact that road tripping through rural Vermont is just freakin’ gorgeous, was taking a ferry across Lake Champlain. We’ve done this for fun a couple of times since. It sounds silly, but I’ll do it every time we’re nearby.
Finally, there was that Rush concert I mentioned. It was on the second leg of the Snakes and Arrows tour and it was an amazing show. We sat in the back of the balcony (it was either the back row or the second to last row… I think it was second to last) and it didn’t matter that we were nine miles away from the stage. It was perfect.
Look at those crazy kids.
And there you have it, kids. Highlights from one particular road trip. I could have focused on a dozen others as we tend to road trip a lot. This one was special though as it was the inspiration for our wedding night location and I will always love it for that reason.
I had every intention of answering Friday’s writing prompt question on Friday, but I woke up sick and my whole day went down the toilet (literally and figuratively) and I never got around to it. That means that you get Friday and Saturday’s writing prompts on Saturday. I can see how amazed you are.
I will keep this one short and painful and hyper focused on the goings on in my stomach yesterday. The answer to the question at it’s basic level was I couldn’t eat a snack if I tried.
I woke up a little late and my stomach was a little sore. As I started to go about my morning routine that soreness became major pain. I tried to have some water, as I always do at the start of my morning, and had to stop after a small amount. I got my first round of vitamins in at least. I was curious if the pain was due to hunger, which sometimes happens, even though I knew it wasn’t. I tried to eat a protein bar but had to stop after a few bites.
That was it. I had another little bit of water later in the day but that went badly too. All in all I finished the day with about eight ounces of water (the goal is 64) and maybe five grams of protein (the goal is 80). I couldn’t have had any more if I tried. The very thought of food made me feel nauseous.
So the literal answer to the question of what snack I could have eaten at any given moment yesterday was none. Today might be a different answer, but I am going to take it as easy as I can. I probably will stick to protein bars until dinner just to make certain that everything is okay now.
I’m sure I will let you all know how it goes as the day rolls on. stay tuned?
Bad stomach pain, nausea, was it dumping syndrome? Maybe. I’ve felt like that twice before but the other times cleared up after 4-5 hours where yesterday took the whole day. At one point I said to my beloved bride that I had a feeling a good puke would do me well. A few hours later, around 8:00pm, I think, I did throw up a little and eventually I started to feel better. By the time we went to bed I was coming out of it.
It’s almost 8:00am now and I’ve already had more food and water than the entire day yesterday. I’m hoping to take it slow for now. I’m waiting out the hour after eating before having a drink. It’s a little tough as I’m still seriously dehydrated from yesterday. I’ll have it straightened out soon enough though.
My wife was under the weather yesterday too. We both rolled a snake eyes on our Fridays. She seems better now too. Here’s hoping we both keep improving. Wish us luck.
I have barely done anything musical in the past week. I told myself I was going to work on Quarantine Tunes Volume 7 this month, and I have done some work. I just haven’t done enough.
I have one song ready to mix, but it’s been ready to mix for about a year. I have one song ready for lead guitars but, again, it’s been ready for about a year. I have three songs ready for vocals and I have been trying to get myself into a place where I can record them (meaning in the car in an empty parking lot at the crack of dawn) but I’ve failed to get it done all week. Tomorrow, maybe? I also have two songs ready for rhythm guitars but I just haven’t been able to make the time to record the tracks. I will, I just need to get myself motivated.
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Motivation! Why do you vex me so? Get your ass in gear, Robert! Do something! Play the effin’ guitar, you bozo! Make some music!
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