DATE:  February 13, 2025

TRUMP

    I don't understand why no one is stopping Donald Trump. He is absolutely delusional! He is waging war on CANADA and no one seems to see that.  It starts with tariffs against our goods, designed to ruin our economy, and then he thinks he can waltz in and take over MY COUNTRY and make it a US State.

    He has sided with Vladimir Putin on the war in the Ukraine saying he is going "to end the war" - but he's planning on giving Russia and Putin what he wanted (or close to that).  He's decided to take over the Gaza strip.  People just sit back and go  "yeah, it's cool! He's going to make America Great Again!".  I just don't understand why people are not seeing through his visage.  He has done 65 Executive Orders since taking office (January 20 to February 13, 2025 is the time period).  It's just insane.

MOM

    Today would have been mom's 75th birthday. It's been almost 4 years since she passed and I still find myself shocked (for lack of a better word/expression) that she is no longer here. Mom was always a staple in my life; and now I no longer have that.  It's so strange.  I miss her so much.

WINTER

    I am so sick of winter.  We've had nothing but snow and storms lately.  We had a big one last night, and more snow is expected to come this week.  I'm so ready for spring! I need a break from this.

MY GUY

    I am hoping that my guy can find a time/way to come visit me soon.  I am starting to lose my mind a little bit.  The depression is taking hold of me.  I need some quality time with him.

 MY THUMB

    On January 20th I cut the edge of my right thumb off on the slicer at work. Thankfully it wasn't too deep - no bones damaged and no real tissue damage.  It was a "deep tissue wound" that has healed very well over the past couple of weeks.  I am still wearing a bandage on my thumb to protect it; but it's looking really good.  This week I returned to full duties at work.  I had been doing modified duties after hurting it.  The hospital and surgeon had wanted me to take two weeks off since it was my dominant hand, but work did not want to pay the WSIB premium to allow me to stay off work and forced me back.  It is nice to be back doing regular stuff again, though. I felt rather useless the last two weeks.  The surgeon said on Monday when I went back for my reassessment that he thinks my thumb should be fully healed in another couple of weeks.  We'll see if it will grow back my thumb nail and look normal again. It is looking promising though.