Rituals and Routines

 

Every morning, after feeding the cats and taking my thyroid pill, I use my Keurig machine and make a 12-ounce cup of coffee using McCafe coffee pods.  Into that cup of coffee, I pour in three teaspoons of Sugar Free French Vanilla Cappuccino Mix.  I usually have 3-4 cups of coffee while watching FOX News.

I watch Fox News not because I am a Republican but because I am an American who does not want to listen to biased news from the liberal media outlets.  I used to watch CNN and CBS but not since I found out that were censoring out conservative news.

I don't want to government or a media outlet telling me how I should think or what information I should hear or not hear.

You find it interesting to know that I am a card-carrying Kennedy Democratic who left the party after I did not like the direction the democratic party was heading into.

My views are LIBERAL while also conservative and I am not a fan of the Democrat Progressive movement.

After my morning coffee and intake of news, all of which takes about 90 minutes, I begin gathering material for both my blogs for the next day.  My two blogs are Reflections (poetry) and Journal (interesting news and stuff).  In my poetry blog, I may type up a poem from my past library or just write one that morning.

The journal blog takes a little more effort because in addition to finding interesting news articles that interest me, I also intersperse more creative stuff like videos and photos.

This usually takes me to the noon hour and will be the first time that I will eat anything.  It might be scrambled eggs, sausage and grits or a tuna sandwich, a pimento cheese sandwich, yogurt, or raisin bran cereal.

My afternoons are spent working my novels, watching some kind of mindless TV series or movie, or out working in the yard or talking with neighbors.

Bear in mind that my daily rituals and routines are interrupted with doctor visits that might include visits with:  Oncology, Dermatology, Cardiology, Dentist, ENT, or our family physician.  Sometimes, my wife has a procedure where she will need a driver - those are usually in the mornings.  

Ever since my wife retired with me in 2015, I have had the responsibility of cooking my own food.  So, my afternoons or early evenings could be devoted to cooking something.  When I do cook, I make enough to last 3-5 days so minimize my time in front of the stove.

I have prepared myself all sorts of soups, spaghetti, lasagna, casseroles, pies, cakes, bread, chilis, omelets, quiches, meatloaf, stews, etc.  I try to always incorporate onions, garlic, bell peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, celery, rice, noodles, and carrots in most everything I make.  Sometimes after cooking those items, I will use a submersible blender to create a soup stock of sorts.

At night, I will return to working on my novels while the cats sit with me on the couch, laying on either side of my legs.

While I might get a tad distressed over the national or global news, it is not something I stress out about.  I may write down my opinion and publish it on my journal blog but being 76 years old, I am simply too old to give a shit about the direction of this country.

I served my country in the military for 6 years and paid my dues in the marketplace for 45 years.  I pay my taxes every year and will always support whoever the President might be...  but, now that I am retired, I have no vested interest in what happens to this country.

I do not say this tongue and cheek because by the time something serious happens like China invading the USA, I will be dead.

As far as all the illegal immigrants in this country, I am convinced that they are not interested in EAST TENNESSEE...  and I doubt they are really interested in any region of Tennessee since most of the residents of this state own rifles and handguns and many of us have carry permits.

Tennesseans don't take kindly to STRANGERS...

My day(night) always ends drinking a cup French Vanilla Cappuccino...  and it does not bother me at all to have to wake up 2-3 times during the night to urinate.