Day 4259

I stayed busy today. We got a late start on our sunrise walk, but it was still nice outside. Dawn was eager to walk today. She was full of energy and enthusiasm this morning, even though we still basically just completed our basic one mile loop. The Rimadyl must be working because she showed little signs of discomfort today. The main problem with the Rimadyl is that we had to temporarily stop her allergy medicine and Dawn has started licking her paws again. It's always three steps forward, two steps back. If the licking started again when the allergy medication stopped, it must mean that the medicine works. We're going to stop the Rimadyl in a day or so, so hopefully we can get back to some semblance of normality very soon.

I took my long walk right after breakfast to avoid the heat as much as I could. We could have taken Dawn on her Sunday outing right after breakfast, but we wanted to give her time to rest after her sunrise walk. I completed my full six mile route and was surprised at how many people I saw out on the trails. People still like to exercise in the summer. They just do it earlier.

The temperature was warmer when we took Dawn on her Sunday outing but we stayed under shade trees while we were walking and only traveled half of our usual distance. Dawn was happy. She got to smell new things and didn't get overheated. As always, we finished our little excursion with ice cream cones. The price for the ice cream has gone up. I'm not surprised. The price for absolutely everything has gone up.

This afternoon I went and got the 2022 registration sticker for my car. You have to do the safety inspection first and then you can get the window sticker. You used to be required to put two stickers on your window, but now the safety inspection information is just transmitted electronically to the registration department, eliminating the need for one sticker. I remember when it was a major job to scrape the old stickers off your windshield. You had to use a single edged razor blade and there was still a lot of sticky residue when you were finished. The new stickers can be applied and removed easily and don't leave any residue at all. I appreciate progress wherever you happen to find it. The new stickers are much better.

I certainly don't see much progress whenever I turn on the television. I guess this is what woke America looks like. You've got a bunch of people more concerned about non-binary pronouns than about what is happening outside their little inwardly focused world. They talk a good game about climate change, while completely exempting China and India from the equation. They want everyone to drive an electric car, completely forgetting that our electric grid can't even handle the use of air conditioners in the summer. They think that removing performance requirements for math and science in schools will create a greater sense of equity. Dumb and dumber is what it will create. I could go on and on. The Afghanistan fiasco might be the last straw. We are no longer a serious nation and the whole world knows it. China totally wins the long game here and they didn't even have to fire a shot.

If I'm smart I won't even turn on the television tomorrow. We've got Dalmatians to visit at the kennel and there's plenty to do around the house. I'm thinking of writing an article about Johnson Space Center. It's one of the few places that I've visited extensively that I've never written about at all. 

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