May 1st

Here it is, hard to believe, May 1st. Time to get moving as we overslept. On top of that, our email is down. It appears to be a Company thing as our internet is fine. That doesn’t help things. It shows how dependent we are on electronics and computers when my whole morning is upside down without email. It’s a wonder we accomplished anything before the internet, hmm. What’s sad is our kids never knew life before email, the internet or cell phones. Life was different then and some, including me, would argue it was better. Nothing we can do about it now though, you need to adapt and keep moving forward with the times. My Mom and I were talking about this very thing the other day. We as a society have advanced so far technologically, which is further than our capacity to handle it. Someday this is really going to come to a head and be a problem. Most people don’t even understand the capability some powers have to manipulate our thinking and basically, our entire way of life, all with technology. Just as an example, everything any of us writes on the internet, says on the phone, or where we go in our cars, (unless your car was made 30 plus years ago) is monitored and logged in some computer or cyber space. Everything you buy at a store, especially if you use anything but cash, is also tracked. Things you say in your own home, not on the phone, are also tracked as everything from your tv to your refrigerator or microwave, and especially your computer, have the ability to monitor you without you even knowing it. So, welcome the Big Brother. This is George Orwell’s 1984 a few decades late. The sad thing is this is all done in the name of protecting us or somehow being good for us. Look, any time the govt. says they’re doing something because it’s good for you, you’d better look out. I’m sure the founders of our Country and authors of our Constitution are rolling over in their graves. Oh well, it’s the World we now live in, sorry for the rant.

Today Jag has two baseball games, Ty a bunch of work, along with Lori and I too. It’s pretty outside and will warm up this week. Lori’s birthday is Thursday!  She’ll be 53, whoo hoo! Looks like we’re cancelling Hawaii reluctantly, even though I have a winemaker coming over from Slovenia. Kristin from Oregon will also go and handle things.

I think we had our last snowstorm until this fall but you never know. Yesterday it was warmer with no snow or rain but still cool. We drove down to Eagle and looked at a place where Grandma Dixie could move. They just opened a new adult retirement center (new is always good!) and Eagle is about 1500 feet lower in elevation than here. It’s really nice and is basically a new apartment building with all kinds of upgrades. I guess her doctor said she could try coming to Denver, and should be fine, as long as she brings her oxygen. Eagle is about the same elevation as Denver. It’d be nice for her and us if we could somehow get her to move out here as then she’d be closer to the boys. In any case, we need to get her out here for a visit and see how she does.

It’s now 7:15 and no one, meaning the boys, are moving. Time to go, have a great first week of May. I always liked May as it’s the gateway to summer. The snow melts, the rivers fill up and the trees, shrubs and flowers all burst with colors. We like summer much more than winter, ha! GB, which Tom reminded me, also stands for Green Bay too!

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