Happy Labor Day

How did I spend Labor Day?  Well, I couldn't do very much because I've just started taking a new medication for managing my diabetes, and - how do I put this politely - it's going to take my body a little while to adjust to it.  Let's just say I can't be too far away from a toilet.  So instead I've started going through some of the photos from my UK trip, and saving them to my laptop.  I might eventually post some of them onto this blog.  But this task is not easy, because I'm encountering the same issues that I did in the UK - in that some of the photos cause the file conversion process not to work properly.  Thanks Apple for using a specific file format for photos and videos that doesn't work with anything else.  It means I can't use something like the Windows Photos app to import the photos, because it just messes up.  Even copying and pasting the images doesn't work when one of them is "corrupted" (even though I can see the photo perfectly fine on my iPhone).  I've found ways to get around it (mainly via dodgy online file converters), but it's frustrating and time-consuming.  I'm also starting not to trust my iPhone either.  I could have sworn I took a video of the view of the London skyline from Primrose Hill, but there was no such video saved on my phone.  Am I going crazy?     

August Trail Cam Highlights

Finally got round to checking out my trail cam footage for the last month.  No sign of the bear.  My landlord had mentioned that he had been seeing a lot of deer, and the trail cam confirmed that.  Though rather than lots of different deer, I think it's the same family of deer that happens to be hanging around.   

Another One

Look what arrived today.  Another set that will probably never get built.  At least by me.  I don't think I can even justify this as a good investment.  I'll just add it to my pile of boxed sets that are gradually taking over my third bedroom.

A quick one

I'm feeling like I need a break from this blog.  But that is tough to do after nearly 3,800 daily entries.  But I don't think I'm going to spend much time on any entries over this Labor Day weekend.  Starting with this one.

Liberty

Trump's official $1 coin says it all, with his sourpuss expression accompanied by dates suggesting liberty started in 1776 and officially ended in 2026.  That sounds about right.  The sad thing is that these $1 legal tender coins are actually being sold for a lot more than $1, if they're not sold out.  And of course they are entirely illegal - the law prohibits the likeness of any person who is alive to appear on currency.  But when has a small thing like the rule of law ever stopped Trump from doing anything.

Sick

I've had a splitting headache most of the day.  In fact, it's probably accurate to say all day since I had it when I got up and I've still got it as I write this just before 10 pm.  Lots of possible reasons for this headache, but I think the most likely culprit is lack of sleep - because I simply haven't been sleeping well since I've come back from the UK.  My body clock is still all over the place.  I've been dozing off in front of the TV in the early evenings, and then have short but deep sleeps in my bed before getting up very early in the mornings.  These strange sleeping patterns are affecting my diet as well - I'm finding I have absolutely zero appetite in the evenings, so I'm not really eating properly either.  I should really have taken this week off work, because I've not been feeling anywhere near 100% and I'm getting absolutely nothing done at work this week.  At least it's a bank holiday weekend coming up.  All in all, I feel like I'm a bit of a mess right now. 

Palace

I haven't talked about the Premier League and Crystal Palace this season yet.  Mainly because I've made a conscious effort not to follow football so much this season.  I haven't seen any highlights of games yet this season, nor any live games.  And I haven't been following all the transfer news - so I don't know who is playing for who nowadays.  None of this stuff particularly interests me.  The games are just less interesting than they used to be - an over-reliance on set pieces and tactical safety, and very little open-play flair.  And it doesn't help that I am extremely worried about Palace this season.  I think we will be deep in the relegation battle.  Not so much because we've started 0-0-2 (losses against our bogey side - Everton - and Man City is not really a surprise) but more to do with the fact that our squad has definitely taken a step back in quality.  Many of our best players have left or want to leave.  I don't think our ownership is giving our new manager a fair chance to prove himself.  There is just too much negativity around the side right now.  Not good.