The last thing I posted was Somara’s return from her vacation abroad (Netherlands, Qatar). Besides candy, pictures and memories, she brought back bronchitis thanks to a discourteous traveller on the flight to London, not from, to. Thus, her trip was plagued with fighting off the effects and being pumped full of over-the-counter medication.
Not completely clear if I was infected yet I’ve been under the weather across the board.
One thing I hate being right about is how Trump would lead the US into the toilet and the early symptoms are starting.
- Federal Reserve keeps jacking up rates due to their irrational fear of inflation.
- Stock Markets are down by 20%. Even though they’re NOT the economy, they’re often the proverbial canary.
- “Growth” forecasts for the first quarter of 2019 are down.
- Even Right-Wing news outlets say we’re headed for a recession, the question is, how bad?
- The “bump” from the unnecessary and unbalanced tax cuts is over. The One Percent used the money to give themselves raises, bonuses, stock buy backs and bring overseas earnings to the States.
If there were a divine being, it would make sure that all the assholes who voted for Trump lost their livelihoods first. Teach them a lesson. Alas there isn’t.
My bigger problem is getting through stuff I cannot control which would be EVERYTHING. I wish I could share others’ fatalism, better yet, I wish I could be a bigger risk taker like my brother Brian and friend Jeremy. They always land on their feet. I’ve been reluctant to gamble on what may happen ever since I was caught (mostly) off guard when the bottom fell out at GDW. Knowing what I know now, going back to school to earn a second BA in French or just packing up all my crap, bailing for Austin, would’ve been the better options. As I come up on 25 years in Austin, better late than never right?
Anyway, welcome back and as a heads up, the end of 2018 is coming so I want to get all the obituaries out of the way. Then other things should follow more easily.