Doldrums Season – 2015
Winter. No snow to complain about and the
temperatures have been mild. So why am I
feeling so blah?
Warrior
Queen attributes her moodiness to seasonal affective disorder. Actually I didn’t realize bitchiness had a
season. Perhaps that is what is
affecting me, but how should I know. Moodiness is part of my everyday demeanor.
Don’t
believe me? Just ask Warrior Queen.
We are now
in the great annual sports drought, for those of us who follow baseball and
only baseball. The Eagles season ended
about a month ago and both the Sixers and Flyers are having losing
seasons. The thought of the approaching
baseball season has Warrior Queen happily counting the
days, hours and minutes.
For those of
you playing along at home, the Philadelphia Phillies season will start in 28
days, 23 hours and 45 minutes.
While I can
appreciate Warrior Queen’s enthusiasm for the upcoming baseball season, I can’t
help noticing that her counting down just seems to slow the winter doldrums
season even more.
28 days, 23
hours and 40 minutes. See what I
mean?
Okay, truth
be told my mood is not solely home based. I cannot keep up with my case load at work no matter what I do. I could do small token actions on each case
just to satisfy management’s daily goals, but many times that would mean just
kicking the case down the road for another day, while not actually
accomplishing anything to resolve the client’s issues. And where does that leave you? A pile of cases blocking the road!
Fortunately,
the national political scene is rife with conflict and, therefore, an ideal
garden for blog inspiration and fodder. The story so far…President Obama has flexed political muscle no one knew
he possessed, issued a series of executive orders on immigration, raising
wages, sanctions against North Korea, and so on. This is the President’s way to tell Congress:
“Eff you, eff you, eff you!”
To which
Congress has responded “Executive over reach, constitutional over reach and
overriding veto.” Or, roughly translated, “Eff you, eff you, eff you, Mr. President!”
So nice to
see these two branches of government getting along as well as ever; in other
words, not well at all.
Gee, I’m
feeling more cheerful already...
(Thank you
for reading! That’s 28 days, 23…oh,
forget it!)
posted by todd gunther | 7:03 PM
4 Comments:
It is the eve of St. Agnes; the coldest day of the year; it is all uphill now.
currently 27 days, 22 hours, 12 minutes...
Happy 9th blogiversary! Thank you for your amazing wit! It is all up-hill from now on. The days are getting longer as the sun sets later and later. I make sure of that by faithfully looking at the last glimpse of light and my watch. I didn't watch the SOTU last night as I was at work but I am proud of our president. All he has to do is tell it just the way it is. Hell with the other Mofos!
Thank you Spo for the St. Agnes eve wish. Although our ground hog here in PA will probably get the last word on the season.
Thank you Nadege for the anniversary greeting and the compliment. We enjoyed seeing your photo on Ron's blog. Hope you had a nice visit.
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