THE NEWS

My husband is a news junkie.  He was a journalism minor in college and was the first PAID intern at the Press Enterprise in Riverside.  His college advisor became the major of Riverside.  His uncle was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature and from the time he was 4, he listened to his uncle and his uncle's friends discuss politics.  He remembers them offering him a swig of brandy at a very young age!  In fact, we drove to Pennsylvania right after we were married back in 1972 because hubby had a summer job with the legislature there.  Turns out, I was so miserable and we couldn't find any decent housing, so we came home.

ANYWAY...

He watches TV 16 hours... A DAY!  From about 8 a.m. until midnight (or later).  He watches MSNBC or CNN all day, then turns on MSNBC for the evening shows...Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and then the 11th Hour with Brian Williams.  Sometimes I even catch him watching them THE SECOND TIME AROUND!

OY!

Sometimes I pull out my hair and just go outside and feed the birds.  Other times I get in my car and go for a drive.  He is ESPECIALLY tuned in now that his back hurts (week 2).  I just drove him back to the chiropractor on Friday for another tweek and twist and pull.  He told me his back cracked and something popped down at the base of his spine.  He IS getting better, but at his age (67), it takes time.

In the meantime, we haven't driven anywhere except Temecula for over a month now.  The wildflowers are at their peak and we are sitting at home....sigh...Waterfalls are running in the Indian Canyons and we are sitting at home.  Between his chiropractic appointsments and babysitting the grandkids on Wednesdays, we only have a couple of times each week to actually go anywhere and lately he's been too tired to go ANYWHERE.

Ugh.

I guess I'll clean up my office today.  Actually, I need to get up to the horses this weekend and brush them all.