Yesterday was much like any other day—got out of bed, stumbled into the bathroom, plodded into the kitchen, glugged down a glass of water and 2 baby aspirin, made a cup of coffee, came into the livingroom, turned on my tv to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and shook my head in disgust at the latest going ons in Washington. This was a particularly memorable morning as Joe & company angrily reported the GOP’s tax bill had passed overnight (by a weaselly GOP Senate at 1am no less), just another knife in the back of America—well, every American who isn’t a zillionaire in this perverse, twisted Kingdom of Trump.
As much I wanted to sit here and bask in their outrage, I had to clean myself up and head up the street to my dentist’s office. I was having a mold taken of my wonky lower jaw for a new oral appliance ($370, not covered by insurance, why not!) as my TMD returned shortly after Thanksgiving. It’s not quite as bad as last year where I was checking myself into the ER, but it’s still putting a real damper on things. (For the record, it sorta feels like a couple pennies have been shoved up my nose while I was busy chewing on a couple of roofing nails, pointy side in.) I’m actually not surprised it returned, given it’s the holiday season—it’s the gift that keeps on giving. ANYWAY, I got home from the fitting around noon and turned on my tv just in time to see Speaker Paul Ryan talking about Trump’s White House being an “exquisite presidency”. As I stood there slack-jawed in shock & disbelief—my God, this man didn’t just sell his soul to the devil, he gift-wrapped it! I heard a loud THUMP at my front door and thought “if that’s a Republican, I’ll kill them.”
No one was there, but on my doorstep was a package from my sister Donda, all the way from South Carolina, with a holiday tin of homemade fudge & other goodies—cooked up by her happy fudgemaker husband Bobby and my niece Drew. Thanks very much, guys. It’s a nice reminder of happier holiday seasons and makes everything happening right now a bit easier to swallow.
Merry Christmas & God Bless Help Us, Everyone
