5:09 A.M., Educators Screams, Weddings, Mandates, Checks, and Balances

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
— James Madison

Good morning, 5:09 A.M. here; it’s dark, my wife is asleep, I need to head to Golden to meet 20 or so friends to help develop each other’s business. We meet in a church, a sacred place to be conducting business.  We are growing; it’s a good collection of people.

I hung around the house yesterday; the deck project is moving along; I’m not much help but am here as needed.  We had a couple of meetings with our team and then our management meeting with our operations manager.

My cat has decided it’s ok to come downstairs; ever since the arrival of PVHT, both cats have gone on strike, vowing to no longer visit the lower area of the house, they stay up, and when PVHT visits, it’s a battle.  But today, she’s sitting by my side purring; I wonder what changed?  Is it possible that the world is starting to come together?  If Tee Tee and PVHT can be friends, that’s a good sign for society.

Speaking of society, how are we doing out there?  Are things going well?   I had a friendly chat with a friend in the Midwest.  He got a call from the school; his daughter had a stomach ache.  He went to pick her up, and as he approached the administrator, he was told to wear a mask.  Being vaccinated, he didn’t have a mask and did point out to the educator he was more than 40 feet from her station meaning, social distancing was working.  The educator screamed, wear a mask, or I’m calling security.

We talked about vaccine mandates, the liability associated with forcing people into a poke; we are both a little reflective on the idea; we will see how the courts view the mandates; I suspect mandates are unconstitutional. However, I like our system of government; checks and balances work over time.

We have a wedding this weekend, a few weddings this season. Although it’s fun watching long-time couples get hitched, I was asked what I was proud of this past year, and number one on my list was getting married to my long-time mate. Although I had an extensive list, this has been the year of investing in ourselves and our properties.  We’ve spent some money this year, but looking around; I’ll share it was worth it.

A couple of weeks here, then back to the Midwest for a few days, then back to our mountain top chalet before making the drive to live in the Midwest most of the winter.  Our daughter is getting married in November; it will be a good time with family and friends. 

Well, this will be a short little soup; I need to get in the shower to make my meeting; I’ve got to arrive early to set up and stay late to tear down.  We’ve got company coming in tonight from Breckenridge; he’s in our little group and wanted to hang out; we will have dinner, and then he will stay with us. I suspect Bay will join us as well.  She got her second poke yesterday. I hope she’s feeling good; the second shot knocked me out for a few hours.

We saw a friend who was not vaccinated and got COVID; he claimed he was tired and had flu-like symptoms, but it was not too bad.  He bounced back as I suspect most people do; I’m not diminishing the power of the virus, just sharing that most folks, if not all the folks I know that have been stricken, liken it to a bad cold or flu. It sounds like Lying Tony wants everyone that flies to vaccinate; we will see how that plays out; I see another court challenge. So I’ll leave you with these words “Don’t Tread on Me.”

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
— James Madison