Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize and Other Nonsense

 

So ... anyone who rebrands their federal military department from "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" should be automatically excluded from the Nobel Peace Prize - sorry.

Also, bullying people into silence is NOT peace-making. 

But I digress (ahem).

Otherwise, it has been doctor-appointment week for Mark and me, thus the lack of posting.

All is well, just our yearly stuff. 

I was able to get the COVID booster.

(FYI, the FDA label just says "underlying health condition." It doesn't specify 😉)

So while coming home from one of these appointments, yesterday, we saw a Great Blue Heron, wading in a pond. 

(I don't have a picture from yesterday, so I used a previous one - pardon the fuzzy, it was my old phone.)

If you've never seen one, they are very regal and magnificent - you feel like you're in the presence of something divine. 

When we see one, Mark believes it's a good omen, both because his original Polish surname was "Czapla," which means "heron," and because some Native American tribes believe seeing a heron is a good omen/good luck/good fortune (particularly if flying, and especially if a heron flies over you).

Mark:  "What did you find out your actual maternal Polish name was and meant from the big  DNA reveal?" 

 

Me: "Glodek.  Yeah, so we don't have a totem, it just means "hungry." At least nothing cool like a heron. I dunno, maybe a Polish sausage or something?" 😂 

 

Mark: "Hungry? What does that mean, like they were cannibals or something?" 

 

Me: "Haha! Yeah, that's what it means, Mark, they were cannibals. No, though I wouldn't put it past a couple of people in my family, I guess it just means they were poor and hungry all the time? 

 

Mark: "HA-ha, your family were cannibals, nah nah, ptttthbbbt."  

 

Me: "I wouldn't laugh too much, if I were you ... because maybe they were only hungry for ... CZAPLAS (herons)! Mwahahaha!" 

😂😂😂 

Yeah, I know - twisted sense of humor, both of us 😂