a better tomorrow

Well just god bless FB for sharing Lamar Alexander's latest piece of old school Republican good ole' boy crap via his statement about our state's failure to expand medicaid, in effect turning down millions in federal dollars for healthcare assistance in one of the poorest and THE most corrupt state of the Union. Not that we're in a contest or anything. Tennessee is a beautiful state bordered in its' entirety on the west side by the Mighty Mississippi aka Big Muddy. The eastern border is in the Smokies and all that North Carolina has to offer in the way of scenery. I remember driving home from a vacation one time on that highway from the Ocoee river toward Gatlinburg. Gawjus' ya'll! We have a long growing season and very unpredictable weather lying right at the end of tornado alley.

The plumber came early this morning and spent all day chasing junk out of the drains and installing a back door. That snake thing is pretty handy and we joked about his "shitty" day. I was so happy to have water that I would have hugged him if he wasn't covered in poop. He's a good lookin' thang but I bet even his wife wouldn't go for that. He said she can smell him coming! Daddy has an appointment with the eye doctor tomorrow which I made or be damned, and Miss Faye and Mama helped me convince him he was gonna' end up in ER if he didn't go. Of course we had to change the time because of his "lunch" schedule. Holy.Moly.

Sometimes in life you know that Big Ernie puts people there as a test of your faith in mankind. I've known many like that and one of them was a really pitiful product of the angry God syndrome until we talked about how he (or she) can be loving instead of wrathful. This individual was so afraid of not doing things the right way that she adopted a really strict set of standards for herself and others. We all know the type...nothing is ever enough. When dealing with this type of personality it's best to just find a comfort zone and hang on for the ride because you will never be right. Or enough. Thank goodness sweet baby jeebus did what he did to level the playing field.

I see rainbows and unicorns!