Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion

 For every Action there is usually an Equal and Opposite Reaction in Life... Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion.  Forces ALWAYS come in Pairs.  A Force never happens by itself.  Sometimes I just contemplate random stuff like that.  Today was a productive day, tho' I've re-written this Post twice, coz I rambled again and it wasn't a Good Read and I just sounded Crazy.  I got everything into Inventory at the Antique Mall and Socialized a bit with Friends there.  One of the Paid Staff just had a Baby Girl, born with a serious Heart Defect tho', that took major Surgery at only 6 Days Old, she's still Hospitalized but moving in the Right direction Thankfully.  I couldn't even Imagine.  Every Night after Work he goes to Phoenix Children's Hospital to stay with her until 2:00 in the Morning.  He and the Wife then switch out coz they have another Child at Home who is Grade School Aged.  Life has so many Issues sometimes.

They wanted me to Work this Weekend coz it's a Sale Weekend.  But I'm already doing Friday Night and felt taking on the Weekend too may just be Too Much, so I just said I'd think about it.  I try to pace myself, tho' that much comped Space Rent is tempting due to flat Sales so far at the beginning of this Pay Period.  I feel conflicted sometimes on how much is Too Much or Just Enough, you know?  My Friend Crazy Ed was working his Night Shift and we talked for quite some time, coz it wasn't busy and tho' folks were in the Mall, clearly they weren't Buying coz no Merch was being held up behind the Counter.   Ed says it's been like that for Days now, just Looky Lous and folks making a mess.  I spent quite a while tidying our Showroom again, it took me less time to put everything into Inventory than it did to clean up after the piggish Visitors. 

 I won't say Customers, coz I've only Sold Three Small things since the Pay Period began on Sunday, it was Wednesday Night!  The Mess Makers aren't necessarily Buying a damned thing.  Whaddya gonna do, the Economy is in the shitter and a host of folks are just messy Non-Buyers, not the Ideal Combo for Retail Sales.   But I took some Pixs and when I left the Showroom looked good and I stocked the Locked Case up too with Fresh Merch, all Body Parts Crossed it stimulates Trade?  The Son is being sent to another DOLLAR TREE for a Shift Tomorrow to help them out with the Department he works at his own Store to get it Organized better.  It's really not far from where we live either, but not exactly easy Walking Distance so I'll take him and pick him up.  He's Walked that far before, and could do it, but I told him it's just easier for me to take him there for that location about a Mile or so away. 

It gives him more Hours than his location has available, so at least his Boss is helping with recommending him for more Hours at some of the other closer locations if he can get there.  She knows he doesn't have his own Transportation, so he told her he'd ask me if I could provide it, and when I agreed, he accepted the Shift offered.   He has to be there at 5:00 a.m., they're preparing that Store location for doing Inventory, his Store already finished theirs.  Since they're highly recommending him already that's a Positive Sign.   He's trying to do better and that's all I can ask of him, at Work he's exemplary, on his Personal Time he Isolates a lot and Drinks too much, having trouble with Moderating intake of Alcohol.  His Sister does a better job of Moderation, limiting herself to Two Mike's Hard to take the Edge off and Cope with the Torment of her Mental Illness.  

I recommended he try to limit himself to do the same, to Two of his Voodoo Rangers to take his Edge off and Cope with his Mental Illness.  We'll see how it goes?  He won't take Psyche Meds anymore, they always try to put him on too many and of coarse there's no Cure for being Bipolar, having Adult ADHD, or being Autistic, which is his burden to bear for Life, and he gets depressed, hopeless and angry about that.  He tends to project that anger outwards when he drinks too much and gets too far inside his own Head.  So, I told him, don't try to get yourself kicked out, becoz I don't tolerate drunken behavior, it's a Trigger for me and a self-preservation measure to not have anyone whose drank too much or is High on anything except MJ around me.  

If you partake of some Weed, I have no problems with you... but Sobriety is a difficult Journey for anyone dependent upon Alcohol or Drugs and Copes with Life by the use of either or both.  Both Adult Kids got Clean from Drugs quite a few Years ago, but the Alcohol has been much harder for them.   I don't Drink and I don't partake of any addictive Drugs either, so I just don't want someone else who does and has a problem with it around me to where it Negatively impacts me and my Home Life.   The Kiddos all know, they're Grown, and I can't tell them how to Live Life, but if they can't abide by my House Rules in our Home, then they will have to make other Living Arrangements.  It's not an unreasonable request for any Adult to abide by or respect and it's non-negotiable.

Anyway, so he's working on Moderating his Drinking so that our Arrangement can continue without termination.  He's a lot of Help around here and he knows we need the Help and he needs a place to live and that is so close to Work he can Walk there and Home.   So, it's a good Arrangement he couldn't beat anywhere.  There is no affordable Housing, period, and he knows very few Single folks anymore, all his Friends are Married with Families or have Girlfriends and Kids.   So it's not like when you're a Younger Adult or Teen and can find decent other Single Roommates to share expenses with and cohabitate to make Life affordable.  Multigenerational Living with Family is about the only way to go now for most Single Younger Adults, Middle Aged Single Adults, and Older Adults now on Fixed Incomes or who require some Assistance to Maintain and Keep in their own Homes.   Se la vie in America 2026.

I have a New Neighbor in the large Booth directly across from my Showroom, I don't think they'll make it tho', I can tell already.  They don't have enough Inventory and what they have is Meh Underwhelming Inventory that I'd pass on if it was at a Yard Sale and really not even look at.  They're wasting a lot of the Booth's Space, it's a large Booth and with what they have, and how they have it, they could have and should have Rented a much Smaller less Expensive Booth instead IMO.  They've set it up long enuf now that if they had anything else to put in it, I'm thinking they already should have, but haven't.  The only good thing about them Renting that Space is it's so empty that I can park my Cart there while I'm bringing my Merch in and it isn't blocking the Aisle.  It's not blocking anything in their Booth either, coz, well, the Space isn't utilized well enuf to have a Cart be in the way of a damned thing. 

 And I've yet to see a Shopper even not just walk by it without so much as a glance.  If I added up the Price of what they do have For Sale, even if they Sold 100% of it, they still wouldn't cover just their Rent!   I have to Wonder if some folks can even do Basic Math not to run the Numbers and see that with the Cost per Square Foot, and what they have For Sale, it just doesn't Square.  And what they have For Sale, matters... and what they expect to Sell it for matters.   Has ANY Thought gone into any of it, any Strategy, any Idea of Value of what they have?  It's hard to have your Finger on the Pulse of the randomness of Shoppers selections these days, to be sure, but when I see a Space with no Appeal whatsoever and looks Clueless, I just know it will be a quick Tenant Turnover.  They are fortunate it's low Risk and Month to Month Rental with no Lease required.   So that if they quickly see they're not gonna make it, they can Tap Out and put in their Notice to Vacate.

Anyway, we had a slew of Move Outs and now some Newbies coming in. And some of the New Vendors are Good ones and I do Hope they do well and remain, they have decent Inventory and Showcase it well.   There is always a huge Turnover during Spring and Summer Months, which are the most difficult Seasons to get thru and Turn a Profit.  The Tourists and Snowbirds leave and don't return 'til Fall.   And we still don't have the International Visitors we used to Welcome, some returned during NASCAR and the WORLD CUP recently, so that was encouraging.  But now he's slapped more Tariffs and made Visiting America even more difficult, unwelcoming, Xenophobic, and Crazy for Foreigners from any Country, even Allied Countries!!! 

 So, I wouldn't blame the International Community for going somewhere else rather than coming to America for Visits or Vacays to spend their Money.  Our best Trading Partners Abroad are being treated like shit by this Administration.  And even American Businesses being Shaken Down. So why should they do Business with us either or have a Business here rather than somewhere else?  Small Businesses in particular are really having a very difficult time staying Solvent and not being reimbursed for any of the Illegal Tariffs imposed and they Paid already that Courts ordered Restitution of.   Shoppers will never be Refunded what was Illegally imposed, but I doubt Small Businesses will ever get what's Owed them either, frankly.  And even tho' deemed Illegal, it's still being done and just hiking some of the percentiles now against some Countries.  It's all Extortion and Transactional Pay to Play now basically, Shake Downs and total Corruption and Illegal Practices.   

The Rule of Law and any Decency clearly means Nothing anymore when Corruption is Supported or Enabled and is now the Status Quo in how America Operates at all levels of Government it has taken over and contaminated everything they touch and make decisions about.   I would like our Country back, but I am not sure now that will ever happen?   We've had over a Decade now for consequences to have been imposed for what has been done that is Criminal, Illegal and Immoral, and to correct Wrongs... how long should it take?   I'm tired of Waiting for Justice when none is remotely forthcoming and they're in Support of Career Criminals at the top of our Food Chain becoz the Corruption is now all the way to the very Top and it's being Rewarded instead of Punished.  And we've now become like the largest Banana Republic Style Led Country on the Planet.

What Force, by Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion, is gonna happen, to resist the Force exacted against the American People?   When one thing pushes or pulls another, the 2nd thing pushes or pulls back with the exact same strength in the reverse direction, Two things interacting.  How much something moves depends on it's Mass.  Metaphorically in Politics, it describes how Bold Policy Changes, Aggressive Rhetoric, or Shifts in Power by One Political Party, routinely Trigger a Matching, Resistant Backlash from their Opponents.   As the Political Left or Right pushes hard towards Ideological Extremes, the Opposite Side Reacts with an equally intense Counter-Force, deepening Political Division.  I already see this happening.  And Executive Overreach causing unilateral actions via Executive Orders or sudden dismissals of Opposing Appointees routinely sets a precedent.  Inviting the next Administration to retaliate with matching or magnified measures.  It's gonna get messy.  And it has to.

    

I've been trying to immerse myself in Positive Energies becoz so much is Negative and Toxic and Unstable out there in The World and especially America right now.   We Need some Stability and Energy that is Good to Balance things out some and not be totally contaminated, infected or corrupted by what is so Wrong that is going on.  I want to remain standing on the Right Side of History and not grow weary of doing what is Right and resisting what is Wrong.  Yes, it can be exhausting to Fight the Good Fight of Faith, I want my Journey to be Guided by the First Scripture and End with the Second. {1 Timothy 6:12 and 2 Timothy 4:7}

1 Timothy 6:12 instructs to Fight the Good Fight of Faith

2 Timothy 4:7... I have Fought the Good Fight, I have finished the Race, I have kept the Faith.

Nostalgic looks back to Positive but difficult times help me to keep Fighting the Good Fight, and know that if I am relentless about holding my Ground against Opposition, I always prevail.  In 2015 is when I finally prevailed in Court to Adopt my Grandkids after Years of Fighting The System with the Odds heavily stacked against us, I'd Raised them from Year 2000 for him and 2005 for her since Birth.  Above is a Summer 2015 Blast From The Past of The G-Kid Force with our Adorable Friend Minnie at an Event, they've Grown Up and look way different, Minnie looks exactly the same now as then, she's Ageless.  And looking at us you wouldn't think the Trials were so daunting we were up against as a Family.  The Man had Catastrophic Brain Injury since the Summer of 2013 and we were rehabilitating him on our own coz all Medical Experts had long given up on him by 2015.  I remember this was the Year that The Young Prince got Taller than all us Gals, he was almost 15 and was growing at the Speed of Light then.

He had by then been Denied an Education, no School would take him anymore and so involuntarily he had to Drop Out.   Princess T had a Tumor removed from her Throat that had caused her to always have to Sleep sitting up until then, was on 5 Breathing Treatments Daily and was only a Year from being out of Pull-Ups coz of severe Physical Medical Issues and complications that were very complex and caused significant Developmental Delays.  The Man had only just gotten out of Pull-Ups too coz he had to re-learn to do everything, even basic things like Breathing, Eating, Swallowing, Walking, Talking!  Things didn't look Good, but we didn't give up, give in, or give out.  So, we won't now either.  We've been thru the Fires of Life and came out not even smelling like Smoke.  Nothing had Appeared like it would get Better, but Faith is the Substance of Things Hoped For, the Evidence of Things not yet Seen. {Hebrews 11:1}  Remaining Up by Faith and knowing it will Hold, it's therefore certain in my Heart before it Physically happens.

I don't know what will happen with the Outcome of America as a Nation, I really don't, I can't even begin to give any firm Predictions yet.  Tho' I've had some very disturbing Premonitions, which I won't even Speak of, becoz if I can't Change one I receive, it needn't be Voiced, becoz the Outcome cannot be altered, it will just happen.   I do know we're gonna make it thru and remain Up by Faith and know it will Hold, that's all I know.  I can't say that for everyone in the peripheral of our Lives tho', but I do Hope they can find their way to.   In Real Time it's Two Days before The Grandson's 26th Birthday, by the time this Publishes tho' it will be past my Birthday too and almost the Birthday of his Cousin, that Granddaughter will be turning 25.  They get Old and drag us along with them.  *Winks*  I've been dredging up some long Forgotten Images out of the Photo Archives and re-sharing them on my Social Media coz I know some Friends don't have a Copy or mebbe never even saw the Pixs before.

The Son's Shift at the other Store went well, he said the Employees there complimented him profusely on his Work and how much it's helped them.  He got everything whipped into shape.  So, I wouldn't be Surprised if Management at that Store asks for him again when they need additional help.  He said it was a good Crew to work with too, all very nice, mostly Younger Women at that Store.  They don't need as many Spanish Speakers for Customers there, even tho' it's only a Mile from the other Store nearer us.  He said it is interesting to see demographic shifts in both Staff and in Customers at various Stores.  He said at his Store most of the Staff are Hispanic and so are most of the Customers, at that Store most of the Staff are Black and so are most of the Customers.   Becoz The Son is part Hispanic, people assume he's a Spanish Speaker, he knows some but isn't fluent.  So he said there were less Customers coming up to him Today asking for assistance in Spanish.  He said almost all the Customers at that Store only speak English.

  Since he got along so well with everyone at both Stores and does such exceptional work, I know he's developing a good rapport and reputation with the Company and fellow Employees.  He really does like working there and hopes to eventually get full time Hours.  That Store location is near so many other Commercial Properties, especially Restaurants, so there's more variety for him to go to Lunch too.  Spoiled for Choice he settled on "Smashburger".    I've never been to one and chose "Robeks" for my Lunch while he was having a Hamburger, I got my usual Acai Sorbet Fruit Bowl.  When I got Home I was glad to see that my Lantus Insulin Pens had arrived from Express Scripts.  They had informed me they were out of them and asked if I wanted them to ask my Doc for a replacement Med?  I had said if they didn't think they'd be out of it for a long time I'd prefer them to just fill it when it comes in, so, Luckily they did right away and long before I would have run out of Insulin.  *Whew*  And the Cost of the Lantus is still very reasonable. 

So, at least I've had no interruptions in Medications received, which is a relief.  And, even with what has gone up in Co-Pay Price, I can still afford it too, also a relief.  *Whew*  Even tho' The Man was Promised, Contractually, the EARNED Benefit of Free Meds and Medical for Life for his Years of Service and now we have to Pay for both.   Becoz our Government is no longer Honoring the terms of the Contractual Agreement they made with Military Personnel that it was a Legally Binding Contract of and the Servicemen and Servicewomen Honored their part of the Contractual Agreement.   That still bothers both of us, but the Government just does whatever it wants to do and has broken Contractual Agreements and Treaties for as long as we've been a Nation.  So, can't say either of us is Surprised either.

 

We've been getting Spam Calls continuously all day every day on both our Landline Number and our Cellphones, it's terribly annoying.  Our Phones screen Spam Calls as Spam but just the Phones ringing incessantly back to back is annoying as fuck.   Even utilizing Federal Registries and Spam Blockers hasn't stopped these Calls getting thru and some days you get an Avalanche of them, mostly Medicare Fraud Calls, so they are Targeting our Demographic and got that Information from somewhere that was probably Sold to them.   When DOGE was compiling all sensitive information I knew they'd make Money off Selling it to anyone who Pads THEIR Pockets at the American Public's Expense. 

    

 And they make it so complex to keep pace with the Scammers to Protect yourself, even The Son and The Grandkids have tried helping me set up barriers and they get around it every fucking time so quickly, it wasn't even worth all the time and effort.  Now when a Call comes in I know is Spam I blow a Whistle or answer saying WHAT THE FUCK loudly and just hang up.  I don't know it does any good but it makes me Feel better.  *LOL*   It is usually some Bot anyway.   I don't want Bots or AI contacting me at all, I barely want Human Beings contacting me actually by Phone.  I get enuf Tech Contact I do want via my Blog and FB Page, that's more than enough Positive Contact that is by my consent, for me.  *Smiles*

The Above Meme just shows how low Standards have gone in this Country and what rates as Newsworthy.   Of coarse even if they made it News there would still be Supporters who would try to justify it or wouldn't Believe any of it even given all the Proof and Evidence that would and has Convicted him and made him a Serial Felon.   He was spot on about the kind of Base that would Follow and Support him, he'd studied his Prey well as a Career Predator and they were the Easy Marks he always said they would be.  The fact the WHOLE Nation is not embarrassed and outraged by all of this is definitely catching Global Attention tho'.  

And now our Stockpile of important arsenal is low and he's wasted it on his Ego War in Iran, that only served to enrich him and his Family and served no real purpose and never was approved by Congress... and that's out there as common knowledge now too, Splendid.   I think ALL of Congress should be replaced, every last one... they aren't Serving their Constituents, any of us.   I only like and Support our Senators from Arizona, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego.   Congress as a Collective have proven themselves completely impotent and aren't doing their Job to Protect the People from an out of control White House and Prez.  Clean 'em all out and Start Over is my best suggestion to get their House in Order there in Congress, there's no Point in a Congress that is so dysfunctional, so impotent, and does not do it's Work.  They've Surrendered their Legislative Authority to the Executive Branch and just engage in Political Theater and further Partisan Polarization.  We don't need that shit pretending to be The People's Voice, when there's no Functional Governance.

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And that's all I have to say for Today... Dawn... The Bohemian