Ageism And Other Non-Perks Of Living Too Long

 Gawd was I in a Deep Funk on Friday!   I ended up going to Bed by 5:00 in the Afternoon, for an alleged Nap, that I just never woke up from until Saturday Morning!   Since the Bills for my Meds have overshadowed me paying a Home Improvement Bill that is also due, I opted to make sure Express Scripts got Paid on Time.  *LOL and Le Sigh*  It's not as if the Lender can repossess the Ductwork and Insulation that Loan was for.  But, I never pay anything Late, so, it's a blow to my Ego to have to, it's out of character for me to be financially tightrope walking.  I. do. not. like. it!!!  But working my Hustle can only take us so far when debts pile up that are unavoidable, like Health Crisis or Home Repair Crisis that MUST just be dealt with immediately whether you have the Money for it... or not!

I know with the Incoming, the Nation is Financially gonna drop off a fucking Cliff, since that Fool has Financially been reckless and irresponsible with his own Money, let alone ours!   He hasn't been able to get an American Bank to Loan him Money in a very long time so goes for the Dark Money, and now he Owes those kinds of Lenders BIG.  Talk about a dangerous Conflict Of Interest, you don't Owe folks like that without serious consequences to everyone's Safety and Lives!   But, clearly we're no longer Vetting Candidates, just the pretense of doing so... and his whole Cabinet is Proof of that.  Are any of them NOT Sex Offenders, at the very least?!   Don't rush with the rhetorical Question's Answer, I'll wait... Yet, apparently that's not even a disqualifier these days in High Positions of National Security and the DOJ!  Who knew?  Well, the Chief Sex Offender and Convicted Felon is choosing them and Strong Arming that they be Appointed... 

I guess any potential to obstruct it, have decided they don't wanna be on that Hit List of those he bragged he could Shoot and Kill on 5th Avenue and get away with?   And the New American Oligarchy, well, what can I say except when MAGA World realizes what they installed and how much it's gonna really hurt them too, ain't gonna be so celebratory as they are right now.  Should be Interesting when they have to move out of their Alternate Reality lull they've been Slumbering in, and be Woke enuf to HAVE to Face and Confront their actual Reality and the Truth for a change.   Does anyone on the Far Right REALLY believe that the Uneducated and Undereducated, Misinformed who run with Low Information and naively Believed the Lies, who got Conned into thinking the Elite 1% are "Just Like Them", won't revolt and go Mental when they realize they've been Played?  Pretty sure they will...

I'm personally just awaiting that Marie Antoinette Moment to hit.   Coz desperate people do desperate things and nothing will reek as much like total desperation as when the 99% are getting Financially Fucked Over and Hosed, to where they can barely Survive... and they realize all Hope is Lost with this Incoming in Charge.  Since, America will be in a Free Fall. I'm just waiting for the Orange Moron to utter a "Let Them Eat Cake" response when the bottom falls out of the Economy and see how that Works for him... didn't Work out so well for Ole' Marie Antoinette.  Mebbe they'll have the Consequences of his Folly on Pay For View?  *Winks*   Anyway, I personally have decided that once the Incoming are installed, I'm no longer watching The News.  When everything goes completely Sideways, you won't have to watch TV or listen to a Radio, Tik Tok, or where ever you stay Informed... it will be Playing Out in Real Time for us all when anything Unthinkable comes up and Word will be hitting the Streets like Wildfire.

I'm starting to gravitate towards the Attitude most of the Younger Generations tell me they have, they just don't Care anymore.  They figure their Nation and their Future has been Fucked and there's no longer any reason to Hope for things getting better, given what they're Witnessing playing out now.   They already can't afford to Rent or Buy, so have had to either burden their Aging Parents or Grandparents to take them in, or have so many Roommates Sharing limited Space in overpriced accommodations, that the American Dream has now become their American Nightmare no matter how hard they Work to provide for Independent Living.  Most couldn't afford College or got into so much Student Debt to go that unless it's Pardoned/Excused, they'll be in early created Debt to just TRY to improve Life and Hope to get a better Job, forever.  So the Generation of my Kids and Grandkids said they have no more Fucks to even give.  Me too. 

Today I have decided to be more Chipper and not mired in being Gloomy tho'.  Yes, I could just Sleep this Day away too, but, I think I might just hit The Gym, my Neurologist suggested 30 Minutes Daily of Measured Exercise to help with the Chronic Post-Stroke Fatigue, which is brutal.   So, off to the Gym I trotted after 9:00 a.m., which is "Lifetime Fitness" new Ageism Restrictions for Members who are Seniors.  *Eye Roll & put them on Blast before for that*  Well, I get there and there was already an Older Lady Arguing with Staff and demanding her New Membership not only be Cancelled, but, that she receive a Full Refund.  Interesting, whattsup Wondered I?  Coz she was Emotionally HOT, Lava Livid, and a very affluent looking Senior, but, not your usual "Karen".  I soon found out, they scanned my Membership and said, Oh, you're Restricted until AFTER 2:00!!!   IN THE AFTERNOON says I incredulously?   Yep.  I thought it was until after 9:00 in THE MORNING?  Nope.

  Not on Saturdays... was the response by the perky Youngster staffing the Front Desk with a plastered on Toothy Smile!  Like any Senior is up to starting their Workout until after Two in the Fucking Afternoon, we're too Goddamned Tired by then!  I take my fucking Naps after Noon now!  *LOL*   I can let you in to use the Cafeteria she says, since at least I wasn't melting down and going Mental like the Senior Woman to the Left of me was.  She was going Postal by being told she's Restricted!  *LOL*  "I didn't come here to eat, I came here to Work Out and improve my Health", was my deadpan response, "I can eat anywhere with no Restrictions, so, no Thanks...", and with that I just left.  All dressed up for a Workout with nowhere now to go!  *LOL and Eye Roll*   I'm venturing to Guess that the "Lifetime Fitness" Staff are going to be confronted by many Hostile Seniors who are Members... just a Guess.  *Bwahahaha*  Ageism is never pretty, but like Racism & Sexism, it has always existed.  So, you choose your battles wisely.  Not a Hill I'm Dying on.

  So, I stopped at "Sprouts" so that it wasn't a total wasted Trip into the City and got my Milk & Eggs.  Which, BTW, Eggs due to Bird Flu, are an expensive Commodity in Short Supply... so get yours while there's still some left!   They even have Signage up at the few Grocers that still have any Eggs in Stock, that Supplies will be limited and going up in Price a LOT.  Some Brands were already at $13 a Dozen!... and Gas is steadily going up a lot too... so much for MAGA World Selling Out America in Hopes of getting their Cheap Eggs and Gas.  *LMAOROTF*   Their Boy ain't likely to improve an already dire situation with his cockamamy overpromised under-delivered Policies that will only serve to make a Bad Situation Worse.  Hold On Fuckers, we're going for a Wild Ride, but America bought the Ticket, so we're on for the whole damned Ride!  Wheee!  My Blue & Brown Happy Eggs were at their usual Price, so, I stocked up.  And, most of my Neighbors have Chickens.  We're Good.

So, we're stocked up with Essentials while we can still afford them.  Don't know how long it will be 'til we can't?   I'm glad I have a Mini Farm and have been stockpiling Seeds to grown our own Food if that becomes more necessary.  We grow some now, but, we could grow it all on our Parcel of Land and have Chickens if we wanna Raise some... or any other Farm Animals, we're Zoned for it.   And, we could Sell off our excess to people we know, and our Community does Share and Barter what they grow.  Some have Orchards as well as Livestock.   So, they grow all kinds of Fruits, Nuts and Veggies.  Some have Milk Goats.  Some even Raise the Animals they butcher for their Food too.  One Neighbor has a Double Lot, and he Raises Beef Cattle on his Vacant Lot next to the Lot he built his Home, Barn, Bunkhouse, Work Shed, Stables and Swimming Pool on.  And we're an Oasis in the Heart of a City Metropolis.

So, no Workout Today, at least not at the Gym, so, I may take The Man to do some Environmental Cleanup instead to get in my 30 Minutes of Light Exercise and Activity.   The Kids took care of Housekeeping and Yardwork for me, Rob got involved too, and Mando, which I appreciated them acting as Volunteers, coz I can't pay the Friends as I usually would.  They like to hang out here with my Family and they often join us for Dinner or to sit around our Firepit Outside in the evenings Visiting.  They've been chopping up the last of my Old Pine Tree we had to cut down last Year due to the Bark Beetle Blight that killed off a lot of Mature Trees.   We Donated a lot of the Wood to Neighbors who have Wood Burning Fireplaces, to help Heat their Homes for the Winter.  It was a huge Old Tree and a lot of Wood.   It's our version of Urban Camping.  *LOL*

I watched a good German made Mini Series called "Dear Child", the acting was marginal but the Story was a good Thriller so I watched the whole thing, which, they had converted to English for NetFlix viewing.  I've been watching some of the European Films and Series NetFlix has had and some aren't bad even tho' dubbed for the English version, so just ignore the Lips not matching the English.  *LOL*   It is interesting to see the European locales they're shot in and the differences from the American locales and how things are done.  The Adorable Female Child in the Movie, Naila Schuberth, is a better Actress than most of the Adults in it.  *Smiles*  But the Story and Plot was captivating and suspenseful.  The Kiddos watched part of it with me... I sucked at guessing who the Villain was.  *LOL*

I watched another good NetFlix DocuSeries called "You Are What You Eat, A Twin Experiment".  It was a Scientific Study they did by putting Identical Twins on different Diets to measure benefits.  One was on a Plant Based Diet and one on an Omnivore Diet.  The results weren't surprising that on the Plant Based Diet all of those Twins did far better in an astounding way.   I did a Plant Based Diet for just over Two Years and have been deciding to mostly go back to it, since, I didn't really miss Meats, you don't go thru any withdrawal with like other stuff you might cut out of your Diet that are Addictive.  I was surprised that Meat wasn't Addictive at all, I could quit eating it, and even once I reincorporated it, I don't eat as much of it and would choose other Plant Based Options that I like as much, if not more.  At my Fav Thai Restaurant, for example, I always order my Tom Kha with Vegan Chicken ever since.

 

Environmentally and for Humane Treatment of Animals, as well as Health Hazards, I also chose to eat more Plants.  Since, most Commercially Farmed Animals are not Farmed Humanely and aren't Environmentally conscious... same with Farm Raised Fish.   The Health of those Animals and Fish is not good and it's not regulated well by the FDA as to what they can Sell that has contaminants in our Meats.   One in Five Chickens for example has E. Coli present in it's Commercially Raised Meat that is in your Grocers, that's abysmal odds to potentially make you Sick.   Anyway, it was an informative Series with Science backing the results, but, I knew already most of the outcome, it's kind of a no-brainer really.  Sadly, America has some of the worst Nutrition and Health related issues associated with our Diet than any other Country.  Since I have comorbidities, Diet is the one area I can always improve upon to reverse or slow down some Issues.

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Be Well my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian