Day 66

Good evening my corona friends and hope we are all happy, healthy and sane. Obviously I was in a bit of a fog last night and wouldn’t you know it when I woke up this morning, the city was draped in a very heavy fog. As I was driving off to work this morning I was grateful to see that yes it was a real fog, not just Vodka goggles. I think our taking the bold new moves on the walktails got the best of us and we may have enjoyed our flouting of the law a bit too much. According the article on Sunday it was about day drinking, or anytime drinking, so as not to consume to much all at one seating, so going to have to practice social spreading of cocktail hours. I did notice last night as we were perched on a stone wall facing the harbor that we passed by a lot of little gatherings of people, spreading out with their glasses of wine, and it is all right out in the open, so score one of the positives of the pandemic. Open containers are not just for Mardi Gras or Texas any longer. Since we aren’t travelling for a while, we can at least give a shout out to our friends, as we are all in this together. Before I get too crazy about all this drinking in public all the time, I would also like to add that there are lot more benefits of this pandemic.  We grew to realize that importance of always having at least a months’ worth of toilet paper in storage ,as most stores were totally wiped out in a matter of days. I am warning you all out there never turn down an opportunity to buy the TP when you find it, showing up more and more in stores, second wave could be coming and you don’t want to be caught off-guard again. I am sure everyone has figured out the hand sanitizer recipe by now and didn’t realize you are all budding chemist. Now don’t go Breaking Bad and try to become Mr. White with all this free time, and thinking you could bank some cash. We are all headed to becoming vegetarians with the meat shortages and price increases, so hone up on those kale recipes. I notice at Trader Joes there are all kinds of meatless products that are supposed to look and taste like meat, but haven’t been brave enough to try them yet. Maybe phase two. I bet that a lot of us are doing a lot more of the housekeeping than we ever did before and I hope it is getting shared equally. My roommate has done more than he ever did, although he really isn’t very good at it, but I give him an A for trying. Cooking is one thing I know that everyone has been doing a lot more of than they ever thought possible, and I think they are enjoying it. I know for myself it is just me and techie, but if I had to plan for other family members or kids it probably would grow old very quickly. Our new Hello Fresh in a box delivery, has inspired Techie to cook and not just hot dogs. He used to say the only appliance he needed in a kitchen was a telephone to call for takeout. Now he is in there chopping and dicing and using more than one pan at a time, but still makes a mess. I have the feeling this box thing is not going to last but we can enjoy it while it does. I know a lot of people are doing puzzles of all shapes and sizes, and there is even a puzzle exchange in our neighborhood digest. I never really tried puzzles and it’s a good thing as I would have no place in here to keep one going and we need that table to eat and work at so can’t fit anything else.

Who can forget about Zoom and how important this tool has become for everyone’s life, work, school, happy hours, yoga, fundraisers you name it and it is happening on Zoom. Today I heard from someone that she was on a zoom of 1400 people, and all I could imagine is how do you get the gallery view to work on that one?  I prefer the smaller ones with more of the Brady Bunch type of gallery. Of course we cannot forget the many budding fashion designers that have sprung with all the mask making and designs. I wish I could say I did something productive during my time in lockdown but I am already regretting the things that I should have accomplished. One thing I can say is I haven’t watched as much Law and Order as I thought I would, but that is mostly due to program changes and it is not on as much in middle of the night, really have to surf to find it. I recently learned now that I can speak into the clicker and it pulls up the show, way too easy. I was going to call it an early night but I just thought of it I didn’t see this week’s episode of Billions will go talk to my buddy the clicker.

Just sayin,