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The biggest fantasy is that when you get old and retired, life is easy. People take care of you. You have all the time in the world to play. Bull! Reality is how on earth did we do everything when we did work!
I have two houses on the farm. The old farmhouse I rent and the main I live in with a boarder in the basement. He and a neighbor are pseudo sons. I rent the farm house cheap with the lease that they are part caretakers, do barn chores in morning, take care of what the house needs unless major. I have had the gamut of tenants. Ended up with one guy for 23 years who was like a brother. He was killed when the corn plant blew up and came down on him. He buddy took the house years ago. We got along well.
This tenant, a lawyer, grew up on a farm. Smoker and a bit partier. Ends up with lung cancer a year ago or two. Does chemo and radiation and puts it in its place. Regular maintenance chemo.
He gets health issues. Fluid in chest. Swelled arm. He went off chemo to get his hip replaced last spring. 6 weeks and seem all is well.
A week or more ago, he texts me he is having daughter take him to ER. Must have pulled arm and pain too bad.
He texts me he has major infection and a T12 compression fracture vertebra. Surgery is planned on shoulder, spine, etc. Daughter ends up texting, it is staph, he is in induced comma and bad shape. It ends up its in two heart valves and brain. He died a week ago or so. Hard to keep track of days.
She and I both blame the hospital giving him the staph. He had chemo the week prior. They couldn't notice it?
So now I sit with a vacant house that I have to deal with. I need that well for barn water. I am doing all the barn chores am and pm. I told neighbor he needs to move in. Oh..too big a bother in winter. Word of mouth to find a tenant. I am taping heavy vinyl over windows and pink insul foam. Try to shut house tight and keep gas low. 5% a week as of now. 50sF still. His daughter cant find info as to where he got gas. I called and found one that will bring it when I am at 25%. That is lower than I like.
So much for retirement. Good thing I am about the same as at 50..just a bit slower. Cause it is back at it for me. I will do an ad in spring unless neighbor decides to live up to the fact he will inherit along with my boarder so might as well start learning.
Can I run away from home?

Last nights Halloween party was fun! I went all in with the makeup, the mask and the costume, but it was apparent that it was a cheap afterthought, and not something that would last in a cosplay competition.

I was really only there for the food actually, which was excellent, if I do say so myself. My food of choice was an Alabama-inspired pork chop, sausages stuffed with cheese and some chicken. Lots of meat, and it was absolutely fantastic!

Also, remember that vote that was held yesterday? Where the best costume won a prize? Nobody voted for me. Remember that I was worried that the kids would be scared of me? Well, they weren't.. Good won over evil - this time.

Next year, I WILL go full on horror theme! Because that's what Halloween is all about! I'm thinking a clown - but horrific. Kind of like this


Maybe I need to take up cosplay making..

We're finally at the weekend! A long week of work has finished. It is now time to kick back, relax and make some fun memories.

In my case, I am going to a Halloween party tomorrow evening at my cousins place. We are encouraged to show up in costume, so that's what I will do.

The spookier/creepier, the better. There is a prize for best outfit. I am determined to win.

I have decided to go all in on the creep factor! How will I do that, I hear you ask? Well.. I'm gonna embrace the darkness that lurks within me, because even though my persona is upbeat, kind and fun, I have a dark side as well. It very rarely - if ever - comes out, because I am very good at suppressing it. Now, I feel, it's time to let some of that darkness come to the surface.

I have bought myself a mask. Not just any mask. This mask in particular:


The website described it as a "Halloween Demon Mask Kid Of Darkness Deathcore Band Mask Cosplay Halloween Props". Me, I know it as the mask from Slaughter to Prevail, a Russian/American deathcore band. Apart from the mask, I have bought myself a black jedi robe, so I am combining the two things into my very own character. Furthermore, I have bought some makeup, so I can paint my face where the skin color shows through the eye sockets in the mask. I might also have the time to buy some fake blood, for the full experience. Or maybe just do some form of makeup so it looks like I've come straight from the grave - complete with blood running down my neck. For that to work, I need to shave. I also need to make sure that my LED light is charged up, because I'm, gonna bring that with me as well, for the full evil experience.

If I plan this well, I predict that some will find it so creepy that they ask me to take off the mask and put it away. Kids will be there as well, and I predict some will find it too creepy to look at.

Yes, I am going ALL in on this! If I can get someone to take a picture of it tomorrow, I will show you how it looked. I guarantee it'll look amazing!

My Giant is a citizen of the USA and follows his Government policies (for the most parts). And Kalpataru is a citizen of Indonesia and follows her Government policies.

Regarding what's happening in the Middle East, my Giant is with innocents in Israel while Kalpataru is with innocents in Palestine.

Here is where Indonesia stands.


Now, what's gonna happen to Giant-Kalpataru relationship?

I like Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Watch this video and I am sure you will like her too! Feel free to leave comments and questions. Oh, Go Blue!

Really?

I often wonder if our fair ladies realise what they stand to lose in attaining equality. Think about it. Nobody to offer his seat on a bus or a train anymore, nobody to open doors, and nobody offering to carry parcels. These are just a few of the perks they stand to lose.

I can still understand why men would want equality for women. We're just want to be done with those silly gestures like giving up seats, opening doors and carrying parcels but I cannot for the life of me understand why any woman - unless totally insane - would strive for equality.

It does not make any sense. Hell, I would never relinquish the upper hand if I had it.






I'm including a pair of rosy glasses for those who only see the bad things in life. There is so much fun in life if you just look at it in the right way.

Usually, Friday is the quietest day at work. Not much happens, and we're pretty much done by 3.15 pm.

Not today.. Why not? Because a trade exhibition was on, which resulted in a LOT of orders. So many that the logistics manager called and said that we didn't have to pack those orders today - they could wait until Monday, which made me a very happy employee!

Usually, I am out of the door at 4 pm on Fridays, but today I had to stay for a further 20 minutes. I don't mind it, I just wish they would have told us that we would be swamped with orders from the exhibit. If we would have been notified about that, we would have started packing up orders way sooner than we originally did. The coworker I was closing with was stressing because he had a reservation at a restaurant, and us being swamped meant, that he would be in danger of missing his dinner date, so when we were all done, and the carrier had been sent on his way, I told him to just head home, and that I would be closing up by myself. I know I'm not supposed to be there alone, but I felt like I had it all under control. All I had to do was go a round to make sure everything was closed up, and that everything was on charge for Monday morning, and activate the alarm.

This marks the end of another work week - one that has flown by. It seems like it was Monday yesterday, which is how I like my weeks - quick. I also got my payslip today, which made me even more happy!

The Governor of Arkansas has signed an executive order banning woke words in State Government. The only humans that give birth are Women. Thank you Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I hope other States follow your lead.

Yesterdays blog was a bot of a downer one, I admit. The comments on it ranged from "get a massage", "call a lady of the night", "join a club" and "learn a new language" to "delete this now because it doesn't look good for you if you want to meet someone from here" and some random nonsense from someone else.

Learning a new language is pointless - I speak two languages fluently, and I know a few words in 15 others, so I'm good on that front. Also, I never joined this site to meet up with people in real life. I joined for the blogs. Not ruling out the possibility of meeting someone here in real life, but I am not actively seeking that. Not at the moment.

Anyway!

Yesterday, I heard from my brother for the first time in two and a half months. He phoned me up out of the blue to ask me if I could look after my niece for a few hours on Saturday. Naturally, as the good brother and uncle that I am, I said sure. It's been a while since I have spent some time with my niece, so it should be a good one.

Then, today, he phoned again. "What's this, two phone calls in two days?", was my immediate thought. My niece just wanted to hear if we could get spaghetti for dinner with lots of cheese. "Of course! but we also need sausages and bacon", was my reply. So now, I have to work my magic to create the ultimate spaghetti dish! I have had some practice, so it should be pretty dang good. I need three types of cheese: Mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan. Mix those three cheeses together in a bowl, throw in some paprika, or if you're really adventurous - throw in some chili. Possibly some cayenne pepper as well. Before you know it, you have a cheese blend that taste amazing and is good with everything. Well.. Maybe not everything, but most pasta dishes.

As you can probably tell, I am in a far better mood today. Yesterday was a rare one, where I just felt so alone. I guess we all feel alone at some point in our lives.

That feeling you have, when nobody wants to spend time with you. When nobody reaches out to you just to ask "How are you?" That feeling of being lost and alone when everyone else around you and online are in relationships.

Yes - the feeling of being alone, and it sucks - so much!

Who or what do I have? In honest: Not much. I have my video games, my movies, my music and endless scrolling on Tinder/Bumble/OKCupid/other dating apps, random conversations on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram and the occasional message from a few friends.

I want to feel loved as well. I want what other people have, relationship wise. Money doesn't interest me, neither does social status. I just want someone to confide in. Someone to spend hours talking to.

I do try to meet new people, but 99% of the people I meet are scammers. The 1% who aren't scammers, well the conversation dies out pretty quickly. No response on my messages. I once started a conversation with someone, and after a few days, the conversation just.. died.. I didn't say or do anything that warranted the conversation to end, so I am not entirely sure why it ended. Maybe she decided that it wasn't really going anywhere? Or maybe she just decided "nah, not for me.."

At this rate, I am absolutely sure that I will end up alone forever. It's a bit of a frightening thought, because I am the type of person that just want to find someone to settle down with.