Oblivious

 Well, it's going to be another warm sunny day in Central PA.  Temps in the mid 60s (F) is fine with me, though I do wonder what this summer is going to be like.  Possibly hot?  Who knows.  Last year we had a similar spring and the dog days of summer were anything but steamy.  Hitting the upper 90s (F) was the hottest it got, and that only happened a few times.

So, Lily is once again a downstairs dog.  She went downstairs this morning and began panting heavily again.  Now, she's laying down and her breathing is normal.  This happened to Biggie, too.  There's a certain point in an old dog's life when stairs are no longer possible.  One of the things I didn't know about boxers is that they are prone to heart disease and either climbing a staircase, or going down one, leads to undo exertion.  My first boxer, Gertie, died of a heart attack when she was 5 1/2 years old. Is she becoming an invalid?  Probably.  And so I'm going to have to start asking myself at what point has the quality of her life deteriorated to the point that we need to make that last trip to the vet.

Yesterday, as is the case on most Tuesdays after I work the weekend, was a day in which things were done, but not everything on my to do list.  The kitchen windows have been cleaned, inside and out, and the new valances arrived; they need to be washed before they're hung.

Late this afternoon I'm going to an informal Marriott reunion of sorts.  This is the 2nd one I'm going to and will probably be the last.  The days I spent in that accounting department were 40 years ago and, except for seeing one or two of the people, I really have little desire to reunite with most of them.  

And I thought this was appropriate now that Trump is the official GOP candidate.

This has long been a problem for Republicans.  Seriously.  They believe their opinions are the only ones that count.  You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know the truth in the above statement and yet Republicans seem totally oblivious.  Now keep in mind, in their tiny minds, the only fair elections are those in which they win, everything else is fake.

And Ken Buck, another Republican in Congress is retiring... next week.  That's fast.  Usually, unless there are health issues with either themselves or their families, they serve out their entire term.  When he leaves, the razor thin Republican majority will be sliced even thinner.  This is how it goes.