A Miserable February Morning Rain

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It's 8:00 and gray outside, the raindrops on the window, gutters dripping. It's warming up, unfortunately, 34º at the moment but will get up to the mid 40's late in the day.  For the first time in a couple of weeks, there are no ice fishing shacks out on the lake.

Yesterday was decent, some sun, fairly mild temperatures for February.  I wrote the blog, had breakfast and went to another good Yin Yoga class on President's Day.  We needed a few things from the store so I stopped at Walmart to pick them up, milk, a rotisserie chicken, some Bob Evans mashed potatoes, for our dinner Monday night.  I also stopped for coffee, a crowded place because of the holiday and they were giving away free coffee to the regulars. So I enjoyed a coffee, talked with Dave before heading home.  

Evie had been taking it easy, having had a bad night.  For lunch, I heated up the leftover beans and potato soup, the Slovenian sausage with sauerkraut, both still tasty.  We watched an episode of Breaking Bad, as we are heavy into Season Three, as Walt tries to put the drug cooking behind him to no avail.  

Fishing On President's Day

I was tempted to get outside, perhaps hike or ski, but I was too lazy, alas, so I stayed in, envying those who were out enjoying the afternoon, the many ice fishermen, and instead, I read and napped until it was time to start thinking about dinner.  We had a glass of wine first, waiting for the last fishing tent to close, then decided to have dinner.  

Enough

Evie cut up the chicken, fried up some zucchini, heated up the mashed potatoes and made a salad. That was dinner as we decided on a Breaking Bad marathon.  It's a sad commentary on the present when the world of druggies, narcos, and violence is preferable to listening to pundits discuss Trump, his enablers, and their fascist tendencies.  Less you think I exaggerate, see the definition of fascism below:

Fascism:

- a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.

- a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.