Updates on All Things

Having hubby home this weekend was great, but in my typical pattern ... worried Friday as he drove, happy Saturday to have him home, sad and worried Sunday as he drove back.

I have to find a way to stop this rollercoaster.  It's too much.

I also find the interruption of my new routines to be hard ... particularly hard to get back at it.  I also need to do better on that front.  I expect I'll figure it all out after a bit.  I'm working on solutions -- especially for Sunday.

My DIL had another coworker test positive so she's on isolation for another 14 days.  Ugh.  Her FOR PROFIT hospital is behaving very poorly in the policies for employees and COVID.  They have a unit meeting this week to discuss.  They currently have 5 employees with patient contact positive in a small GI unit and they have NOT shut down.  Patients are coming for routine procedures thinking they are in a relatively safe environment -- meanwhile, the unit is having an outbreak.  Be careful assuming medical areas are doing the right thing.  It all about the mighty dollar.

My niece who is an ER nurse in PA became symptomatic yesterday.  She's getting tested today and heading into isolation pending results, etc.  She lives with her husband, 3 cats in my sister's basement.  My BIL is on round 3 of chemo for rectal cancer.  They've been careful, but this is scary.  She is easily suggestible though and has allergies ... so maybe it's not COVID?!?

I spent about an hour last night on the phone with my sister while we answered back to trollers on her Facebook post saying Trump needs to go (BTW, she voted for him in 2016).  Unbelievable haters and so aggressive.  Name calling, etc.  We both hit back and then she blocked them.  What the hell, people.  I'm not going to lie ... it felt good.  I needed to EXPLODE a little.  I wasn't nice -- I met them where they live and I have ZERO regrets.  She is STILL getting people trolling that post.  Maybe a round 2 later LOL (probably not, I'm back to "normal" this morning).

I can't wait for fall and this heat to be finished.  I'm starting to go stir crazy with quarantine and outside limitations with the heat.  We had a rainy winter and spring, but no no rain to be found now.  An overcast rainy day is such a joy in the summer.  Come on rain -- I need a break from this hot sun.

I have a Trader Joe's run on the calendar today, but I'm questioning going.  I feel extra blah this morning.  I have this unspoken rule that I need to go first thing and that means leaving by 8:15 -- and I'm not feeling it.  I have an hour to see if I get more inspired.  I might punt it to later this week.

We are only on Tuesday and this week feels HARD.  Wonder if I can turn it around ...

Enough complaining and doom-n-gloom.  Stay well.  Later gators.