Monday, July 14, 2025

I'm Back...Sort of...

 I spent the morning after 3AM prayers looking at investment properties in Caithness, and the Orkney Islands...Found a couple of good investments, but my children would profit from the investment, and well, those two give ME investment tips....And real estate in one of me homelands ain't in their suggestions....

But I digress. 

A couple of people asked.....

We're doing pretty good. I try and post every couple of days on Facebook. Let y'all know I am still alive. 

I've gone into sort of a news "blackout" as it was really starting to get to me, and have cut back on YouTube watching. 

The Israeli/Iranian War just did a number on me.... 

All this said, I am still concerned about the Western World. 

I made the mistake this morning and looked at the British newspapers and it is all "gloom and doom." Part of it is I read the Daily Mail, nicknamed the " Daily Hell" by many in England and Scotland. 

And to be honest the rest of the world, talking about Asia, ain't doing so good either.  

I'm concerned about what the United States, heck all the Western world will look like in 20+ years.  Then again, I guess I shouldn't. I probably won't be around in 20 years. I do turn 68 next month and when I was 18, well, 68 was ancient......And it sorta is.....

I am concerned about Gen Z. 

I am too a lesser extent concerned about the Millennials.  Read this before I went into a news blackout of sorts that less than 50% of them are having children. 

That's not enough to repopulate the US. 

Who knows what is going to happen with Gen Z?

On another note......

Damn, looked at the calendar, school is just around the corner. 

Teachers, get those last trips in, read that last book, watch that show on Netflix.....

Sooner than you know, you'll be going to that waste of time known as "Inservice." And don't tell me how valuable inservice is.....In 30+ years, I learned nothing and couldn't tell you a damn thing said at one.  As I have said for years, I'd much rather have the kids in class. 

This coming school year, I will start year number 15 retired.....The farther I get from it, the more I do not miss it, and realize, I could not teach today's kids, no matter how much baloney I could come up with. 

Thanks for letting me take a break from writing. I had gotten so much negativity that well, I needed to step away for a little.....We seriously have looked at moving to Europe more than once, but, we'd just be looking at the same problems there as here...Is that going to keep us from traveling there? Of course not. But us going there permanently? No....Part of it is, we should have moved years ago. 

Okay, back to my sabbatical. We plan to be back posting regularly in August. 

When I do come back next month, I'll write a disclaimer, and we'll start year 15 writing the blog from there. 

Again, let me reiterate, thank you for letting me take a break, my mental health needed it.   

( Of course if something dramatic happens, I'll post.) 

 

 

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I'm Back...Sort of...

 I spent the morning after 3AM prayers looking at investment properties in Caithness, and the Orkney Islands...Found a couple of good invest...