PART CXX
We motored on into Ottawa for what's become an annual trek to Joe's urologist. Happily, his quarterly injections have been here in town. His PSA tests will be once a year, as well.
We had to leave at 7:45, which for a couple of retired old farts results in a bad sleep the morning of.
Imagine my surprise when we had to divert due to construction and a closed road. Not so bad in rural Ontario! Gillian GPS wanted me to cross back over the river and I refused, knowing where I was. Not only that, but once around that construction, I realized I'd programmed the Civic not the General Ottawa Hospital. Oh my. We're not failing!
The wind blew. The clouds were delightful as I sat there in the park.
This dude decided he'd do business on speaker phone. I was trying to read. I put the key in the ignition and turned up the radio, hoping he'd get a hint. I couldn't concentrate!
There were lots of dog walkers!
By 10:45 the road was packed. Parking is expensive at the hospital, and they were beginning to get people to move their cars from the roadside parking. They left me alone in the park parking lot.
I made a huge mistake driving home, the road I usually took south was closed with construction. We ended up driving across the city on Baseline Rd. It was truly ridiculous. It was nice seeing the canal, though! There were several car incidents with police and flashing lights. I'm glad I wasn't one of them.
Anyway, home by 12:30, and we tried to unwind.
Original Sin
I sat at the park and tried to read Jake Tapper's new book on former President Biden. What a tale. Many have dissed it. I was amused by those complaining about him flogging it on every CNN show!
Joe read it first, and then told me about it. I thought I'd give it a go.
Biden's family tragedies seemed to be the beginning of his decline. The premise is, that the president was unfit to run in the first place, but the party faithful and his family blinded them to the fact that the man was in decline. His cognitive issues were covered up by all. There was a powerful group who controlled his actions, wrote his speeches, and kept his public visibility hidden.
People misjudged whether to convince an 80-year-old to cede power, and put the country before the president himself. The authors write of the Biden White House administration believing that he was the one to defeat Trump. Until the debate.
But he's not the only politician. There are other people in power whose cognitive decline was covered up, or the individuals, like President Biden, don't know what they don't know. We have all heard of people who are trying to convince adult parents to stop driving. What irks me is that Kamala Harris had no chance. As with many presidents, they fail to mentor or give their vice-presidents a chance to shine.
Back to reality today. We've 21,000 people evacuated by horrific forest fires. Things in California are on fire, as well. It is truly shocking.
Speaking of battles, I may have won with miniFreds 1 & 2. I'll have to do the lawn today. I hope it doesn't terrorize them!
