Celery Stalk Day

I might buy one or two donuts from them – never another dozen!

Well, poo. How did that happen? I missed the deadline for putting my hat in the ring to attend the November Stock Holders Meeting for Tesla. I had to wait until I had a statement from my brokerage firm proving I held stock at the time designated. I got that only a few days ago. My brokerage didn’t have the necessary document ready when I first checked. I checked and downloaded it later, around the 15th of October. But I didn’t check then to see the date by which I had needed to apply. Since the meeting was in the beginning of November, I thought I still had time. I didn’t. Poo. Not that I would have gotten a space anyway since I don’t hold very much stock and I think the number of entries one got in the lottery was equal to the number of shares held. Whatever. Saves me a long drive. I can just watch it on TV with the hoi polloi (from the Greek meaning “the many”).

Today has been another vegetable day. Maybe a stalk of celery. I had thought I would be helping JC to visit with TC but I got a call saying that he (JC) wasn’t feeling up to it. I am going to try to get down there this week sometime. I think Wednesday might be good. The week’s schedule is unclear at this point. First, I am hoping that I have enough rides stored up to dash anytime. If not, I will have to use one of my “dash anytime for a week” passes. I have three. And secondly, SM ought to be returning soon. Not exactly sure when. Or how. I guess she will ping me when it gets close.

So, instead of heading to Auburn, I got to stay in. Woo hoo.

Tomorrow, I am going to ask my erstwhile contractor and friend to help me with two emergency issues. If he won’t help in a timely fashion, I will have to find someone else to help me. First is the nest thermometer. Last night it heated the house to 75 degrees! It lost internet connection and power. I wonder if the wiring needs to be looked at. The second is a dripping faucet in the blue bathroom. I have replaced one of the faucets already. (Though that was a while ago – and I didn’t like doing it) I don’t really want to replace the other. So, I am going to ask JM to installed shut off valves for the two lines into the tub. Neither job should be too onerous. Or take too long. I hope he can get to them quickly. And if not, as I said. I will find someone else. There must be many handy people around. It is a good gig sort of job.

Augustus for President: K+ asked me to put my picture back on the badge. Which I did and sent to him.

I am already thinking about my second country wide sweep next year. I hope by that time to have some funds coming in from donations. Anything is possible. What I am thinking most about, though, is what proportion of time I plan to spend in each state. Mostly population driven I think. Have I mentioned lately that I love spreadsheets? Did you know that a little more than half of the population in the United States lives in just 10 states? (CA, TX, FL, NY, PA, IL, OH, GA, NC) So half of the 3-4 months that I am allotting for that tour will be spent in those states. Or at least thats what makes sense to me right now.

As for getting on the ballot in all the states, the rules aren’t up on Ballotpedia yet. But from the 2024 information, it seems that we want all of our ducks in a row, all of our i’s crossed and our t’s dotted by June 30, 2028. I would love to download that information, but I couldn’t figure out how. And there didn’t seem to be a way to contact the people managing the site. Google gave me an email address and a phone number. I sent an email and will wait to call until Tuesday. Give them all of Monday to respond.

Vegetable Day!

Woke up in my own bed and that is not a bad thing. I did, though, wake up thoroughly depressed. And not just a little depressed. I mean, thoroughly. Not wanting to get out of bed depressed. There are lots of reasons of course. Here are a few:

• The Country’s problems with Drumpf and Co.
• The World’s Problems (Gaza, Rise of Authoritarianism, Greed)
• My problems (not going to list them – too depressing – actually, I just don’t want to as they seem small compared to the other problems)

And that’s just the point. All of my problems, though real, are actually small. And they will get dealt with one way or another. I just need to keep on trudging along. And, as I type this, my depression has lifted quite a bit. It is still there, but it is no longer debilitating. Woo hoo!

So, I decided today would be a vegetable day. And I have, for the most part, succeeded. I have done a few things, made a few tortoise steps here and there, but mostly, I just let the day slide past. Despite time being the only thing we really have a finite amount of. I guess part of me is just waiting to get started campaigning for real. It will give me some more focus. Until then, just putt, putt, puttering along.

One of the things I did was play with Wick Editor a little on the iPad. I was excited because I could create stuff there. Unfortunately, it looks like I am having the same problem with Wick and the iPad that I was having before. Sure, I can create a file in Wick on the iPad but I can’t then open the file. Or so it seems to me. So, I guess I am back to waiting to see if I can do what I want with Powerpoint. Or back to Swift again. Probably Swift is going to be the answer. Though, I did have a thought as to how I could fake the one page thing with Keynote…Maybe I will try that later tonight if I don’t get too fuzzy.

Augustus for President: I don’t want to start accepting donations until my bank account is hunky dory. And I can’t do that until I get a response from the IRS that my name change has been acknowledged. And that isn’t going to happen until the government starts working again. If then. I know that Drumpf and Co have gutted the IRS. Sigh.

Meanwhile, I keep coming up with questions, looking for answers, and trying to figure out things. For instance, I found out that both Zazzle and Vistaprint can make campaign buttons. And I keep playing with apps to try and build a sound machine. I know I can do what I want with the midi device, but the utlimate goal is to be able to do the sound machine stuff from the iPad. It is either that or the midi device. Though the midi device requires a computer to work.

I also came up with a design for name badges for people who want to support my candidacy. I would love if everyone who supports me would wear a badge similar to the one I wear when I am out and about. The new one has their name at the top: My name is Xxxx. I choose: Augustus for President. With the website at the bottom. It’s a start. I amhoping some people choose to wear them. Eventually.