The Blog of Michael Lee Mitchell

 Hurricane Ian is upon us. It is a dreary day today with occasional bursts of wind. Work told us we would be closed for the next 2 days. So I had to use my own Paid Time Off but that is ok I have plenty. I expect the weather will get worse later on today once the storm finally either goes north or makes landfall south of us. Luckily, we will not take a direct hit but will still get the effects except the storm surge. We still have power and internet for now. Hope all will come out ok with this storm.  This is the latest:

 Well it seems that we have our first hurricane threat of the season. Hopefully we will dodge a bullet but we will have to wait and see.  As far as me, I got my Covid-19 Bivalent booster shot and thought it would explode my heart. I went into A-Fib the first time that has happened in several years. I think I will be skipping any further Covid-19 shots. I also wanted to say my TV habits have changed with the different streaming services and I think it has gotten better. 

 I have been wanting to type this post for a while. I am just frustrated with how things are right now as in society at large. Inflation and what will likely be a recession next year and where have all the people gone. I know we lost about a million people that died directly or indirectly from the Pandemic but were is everyone else. Eating out right now is not a great option whether it is a fast food place or a causal dining experience. I know a lot of people left those jobs either voluntarily or involuntarily (because of shut downs and such) and went elsewhere. But the elsewheres are also having problems getting people. It just feels like people evaporated. Yet traffic has increased. Everywhere you look it looks like business are needing people but you also feel this uneasy feeling that huge layoffs are coming. I am not sure what is going on.  But to the employees in fast food. I know some of you probably hate the job because it is all you could get or you just don't care. Re...