November 12, 2023

Between my back repeatedly waking me up and the guard clacking the checkpoint right outside my door I must have slept twenty minutes at five different times with lots of stretching and grunting complaint in between. One dream was of me laying next to the couch while my daughter sat on it and talked about how funny an old drinking glass was that had a cartoon of two naked fat people on it and a caption which read "mission impossible" or something to that effect.  Another dream I had was of my boys. The taller one was pouting and sitting on a chair saying he wanted to call mom. I said; "Okay, let me get the phone." I walked up the stairs and my short son was running past and I scooped him up saying "Come here you little meatball," which he thought was funny and laughed and repeated it. Both of those dreams awoken by sharp pain in my back but I did get some stretches in that managed a few pops to indicate that it is starting to let go a bit. The pain is not just the usual throbbing ache of a knot but, perhaps, from the stretching, holds a sharp bite and accompanying burn. Hopefully the next time I dream I will make it back downstairs to scoop up my other meatball. 

Does anyone else agree that Terrell's potato chips are better than Lay's? Potato chips and string cheese, together, at the same time. Go! Your cardiologist will slap you but that happiness will linger much longer. I didn't go to school for economics but I feel like it would emphasize local goods and manufacturing while minimizing labor and immigration issues under a competitive free market framework. It's really simple. It's just not the way money or old people are accustomed to do things. I can't tell if its genius or foolish but if you can't sleep then reading about it might help.