Open for Lunch

The closed and open sign, the shutdown, is a wonderful way to take something off the "do list". Things that are not necessarily needed to be done become part of some schedule, and there you have it, one more piece of a puzzle you think is necessary.  A week ago the shutdown closed Lake Georgetown, and I was signed up to do the Dare to Ascend marathon, so that got cancelled until our US is taking calls again. When it is rescheduled I probably will not be able to make the new date, and am prepared for the loss. I also did not jump into vigilante mode and run the mileage and instead attempted to do the "honey list". I decided to respond to a facebook Political comment from a friend from Virginia, and his friends are probably the old funks, using shit this and that about the Prez. That in itself might be understandable, we can see shortcomings( and using that adj. would immediately start various party sides to just have to make things right). But I stated it was something both sides of the Congress should meet in the middle, and did he really not agree? Mistake,  then began his slamming. Whatever! At 16.7 trillion dollars in doubt, maybe they realize we will never make this up. Tensions are high, and everyone hangs tightly in their bubble. It is easy to get things tangled, what you interpret sometimes is nowhere close to what is stated, knee jerk reaction takes hold, and it's a good time to hang up. That is wrong. Our social background has shaped us into a facade, maybe shutdown gives things a break, but it surely will never solve anything for discussion.