October 3

Post 966, Day 242 of 2013
- and 1006 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It is looking grim for my vacation to LA.

If the government shutdown persists past next Tuesday (five days from now), my vacation is toast. Today, I got this from my manager:

Just to be sure everyone understands:

There is NO LEAVE  allowed during the furlough period.  If you TAKE ANY leave, you will be furloughed for the duration of the shutdown.

I am already working for an IOU, which is to say, I will be paid for my work sometime after the government shutdown ends, but no income for the duration.

I cannot afford to be furloughed - all pay and benefits lost until the government is back in business - not for the length of my vacation, and not for the length of the government shutdown, which I now expect to last until at least October 24 (a week after the debt-ceiling must be raised, which is the next Republican fanatic suicide-bombing date) which includes the entirety of my one annual vacation.

Rant on:

I have never had a Conservative view of politics, and it is unlikely to happen going forward. I believe the government shutdown is unnecessary and immoral. I believe the shutdown is due to a minority of elected officials hating the government they swore to defend, whose laws they swore to uphold. I do not believe their problem is with the Affordable Care Act, either - not its mythical unpopularity, or its mythical danger to the economy - I think that the ACA is being used as an excuse to embarrass the President and to advance an extreme minority view. I do not believe the shutdown is a responsible action against the deficit - both the ACA and the current government spending and revenue status quo are reducing the deficit, while the shutdown is increasing it. 

I will sacrifice my vacation - a privilege, after all, not a right - as long as the President and the Senate do not negotiate with the extremists/terrorists holding it hostage.

Rant off.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         213.4 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     211.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 2.4 lbs

Diet Comment

I wish I had better news. Yesterday's cheats - the result of too many meals eaten out in one day - had an out-size effect on my weight today.

Food Log 

Breakfast
A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Smoked turkey, black beans, Spring Mix, cole slaw blend, and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal with blueberries, hemp seeds, coconut-almond milk, coconut sugar, and stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: Egg salad on coconut Paleo bread with cole slaw and black beans.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 112+ oz.

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