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| Me & Darren Took A Hike at Silverwood Bird Preserve |
Judging by the dates on this post, I've been holding onto it all month, so what better time than Christmas to post, while everyone in the house is asleep and I binge watch a new series on Peacock. I really wish that I could've gone to Exile on Kettner tonight, but even with the offer of a safe and sober ride, I've been feeling like crap since Thanksgiving, so while I'm out doing hikes and the Zoo and Seaworld and shopping and living life by day, when I've opted for cocktails or a night out, it just feels like the cold/bronchitis/pneumonia whatever I have relapses all over again and I'm sick of feeling like shit. i don't know how my sinuses can be all clear all day long and the second I get home just completely stuff up and my lungs get back to wheezy. So I feel like I made the responsible and wise decision to stay home even though I know I would've had a blast and seen so many friends.
But it is Christmas and part of the feeling-like-shit-since-Thanksgiving means this holiday season just blew past me. While I do get all in the spirit when I'm at the Zoo or Seaworld or cruising neighborhood decorations, this year we skipped all the things. We didn't get a tree. I didn't even put out my tinsel and snowmen. I didn't do any Christmas shopping. My mom and my sister are getting small gifts from me, but only because they happened to be a product that I loved from Costco and thought I'd pick up for them because they were on sale. Darren, Toby, my nieces, my Godsister's incubating twins -- gifts just aren't my love language. But I do look forward to Christmas. I'm not sure if we're doing Christmas pajamas or Ugly Sweaters, but spending time with everyone while we pig out on snacks and charcuterie and desserts and skip the traditional dinner seems like a pretty perfect day to me.
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. And happy all the other holidays that are celebrated this time of year, too.
Stay safe out there.
- HOLIDAYS:
- How to Have a Happy And Sustainable Holiday Season - County News Center (12.5.24)
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- City of San Diego faces budget cuts, hiring freeze after voters reject tax measure - City News Service/kpbs (12.4.24)
- San Diego County’s GDP up to $261.7 billion — bigger than half of U.S. states. San Diego County’s GDP increased 1.4%, following big gains the previous years - San Diego Union-Tribune (12.4.24)
- La Jollans Are Trying to Divorce San Diego (Again). Since the 1950s San Diegans living in the La Jolla neighborhood have been uncomfortable with their semi-separate status. What they’ve really wanted is to be independent. Every effort thus far has failed – will the latest one be any different? - Voice of San Diego (12.3.24)
- Environment Report: San Diegans Are Pissed They Have Nowhere to Pee. Bathrooms have almost always been an amenity or purchasable commodity for the privileged class. Never a human right. - Voice of San Diego (12.2.24)
- San Diego City Council unanimously selects Joe LaCava as president - kpbs/CIty News Service (12.10.24)
- ZOO GOSS:
- I mentioned in other posts that one of my favorite monkeys died suddenly last week. I can't really say anything more because I don't know anything more, but this one hit me extra hard. Like losing a pet is so difficult, but then put on it that they're representative of endangered or threatened species and every loss is huge. It's hard not to project human emotions onto the others of the same species left behind. This one is super tough.
On the other hand, I've heard of a couple surprise babies born and I'm not gonna be the one to spill, but the second I'm either allowed or see them on habitat, you can be sure I'll be sharing. - SEA WORLD GOSS:
- [Paywall] San Diego reaches settlement with SeaWorld on pandemic back rent. Here’s what they’ll pay. The city tried to get SeaWorld to pay for several years and sued the park for more than $12 million in back rent and fees. - San Diego Union-Tribune (12.10.24)
- POLITICS:
- How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California - KFF Health News Op-Ed (12.5.24)
- NEWS:
- Federal judge blocks largest supermarket merger in history - CNN (12.10.24)
- The Illogic Behind the Drive to Widen Highways - Transform (12.19.24)
- OTHER READING:
- Not Just a Joke: Understanding & Preventing Gender- & Sexuality-Based Bigotry - SPLC
- Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics - Popular.Info (12.19.24)
- US GOVERNMENT:
- State Dept
- Taliban Bans Women from Receiving Medical Training - US State Dept (12.11.24)
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - US State Dept (12.11.24)
- COVID-19/AVIAN FLU/HEALTH/WELLNESS:
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC Data Tracker: New Weekly Updates on Fall and Winter Virus Season
- I know I haven't done COVID stats in FOREVER, but DUDE. Did you know that 172 people have died from COVID in San Diego County in the last 5 months? And there were 153 outbreaks within the county. That shit is still going around - get your booster and get your flu shot! You might not be high risk for death, but you might keep from spreading severe disease to someone who is more vulnerable than you.
- AVIAN FLU:
- How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic - KFF (12.20.24)
- Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency in response to bird flu - kpbs (12.18.24)
- Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming. Anytime the origins of an infection can’t be traced, it “raises a lot of red flags" - Salon (11.26.24)
- Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu. In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry and dairy operations. More than 50 workers have contracted the virus. - Wired (12.14.24)
- INFLUENZA
- Protect Yourself, Family and Friends from the Flu this Holiday Season - County News Center (12.13.24)
- OTHER HEALTH
- UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism - ProPublica (12.13.24)
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