Living in the Time of Corona

I can’t believe it but has it really been sixty seven days since I put pen to paper for a few weeks maybe 30 days?  OK so I exaggerate as I am hitting the keyboard but you get the gist, a lot longer than expected. I really don’t know if anyone is paying attention to my nightly rants but I told Techie I am going to write something every night until we can say it is over and done. Now I am really worried. Is there an end in sight? Will I run out of things to talk about when I am really not engaging with anyone except yelling at the cable news station?

Let me start over Good evening my Corona friends and hope everyone is happy and healthy, it is almost like a list they post after an exam and we don’t want to see our names on it, yes we are not there, we get to see another day. I had an even weirder experience today as I was picking up the weekly supply of booze, plus some extra as we are taking a road trip.  A woman I had never encountered before asked for my license. I said no one here has ever asked this of me before, and apparently she is taking this job way to seriously because she wanted ID. Well no problem I go digging around in my purse and check  may wallet but I can’t come up with a license, I don’t remember the last time I had it out.  Now I am getting a bit frustrated, and even though it has nothing to do with it, it seems to me that this mask is impeding my ability to produce my license. There is a waiting line behind me but I am going to keep digging until I can find it. I pull out my senior pass for the MBTA, it has my picture and name. She is not going for it, as I tell her it is not like they are going to give a senior pass to someone under twenty one, but she was adamant.  Well this made me dig in even more, I was going to keep digging until I found it but alas I finally caved, and said I guess you can put it back on the shelf I don’t have it.  Well she was not totally without sympathy and lectured me about the next time I would definitely need that ID. Let me just say this old lady doesn’t appreciate a young woman giving me shit about not having an ID and threatening my purchase. I will be sure to avoid that pink petal masked woman next time. Car is locked and loaded for road trip tomorrow and I have downloaded that app about clean restrooms. This will be an absolute first for me as I pack lunches and snacks and actually plan ahead for the ride, we usually just overload the car since we are driving plenty of room and just grab a bite on the road. My favorite snack for long car rides is definitely salt and vinegar chips. I eat a huge bag and those lips just pucker up no matter how much water. I don’t know what it is but I only have these when on a road trip. There is definitely some attraction about that vinegar that keeps us awake on the road. My son always loved those slim Jims which even I thought were gross. If you brought that up to Max today, he would certainly shun them as now he needs to know where all his food comes from. He may need to have relationship with the chickens on the farm and appreciates knowing the farmers as well.  They are all such healthy organic eaters I guess I shouldn’t bring up all those rings dings and devil dogs they ate over the years. We all have evolving tastes but I guess my evolution was stunted because I am going to binge on ring dings and salt and vinegar chips for the long ride ahead. I hope there won’t be a lot of pit stops but no worries I have stocked up on depends. I figured if that astronaut could drive for like 36 hours in adult diapers I can do 8 hours. I will let you all know how successful the ride goes I am sure everyone wants to hear about my pee pee pads.

Well we had some good news today in the neighborhood one of our ice cream places reopened after a few months’ hiatus. This place is called Taiyaki and I really don’t get it but it seems they like to really drees up their cones as that is part of the lore. I personally prefer just the straight up ice cream but this place involves a cone with all kinds of part dress up clothes, but hey beggars can’t be choosers. Until Ben and Jerry’s reopens with my Cherries Garcia or the mini nutty buddies from Trader Joes, I will have to suck it up with these dressed up cones.

Just sayin….

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,

Good evening my Corona friends and hope we are are doing well as I may be under the influence of a bit much. I have to say the day did not start out on a good note as some relatives that often depend on us for support were not in a good way, but alas all is well and all they needed for me was some groceries. They know they can depend in Peggy to be sure to include some junk food.  I brought them what I thought was good amount of groceries with the right sodium content. I mean really I am a salt junky and used to the food network shows always claiming not enough salt.  I did the best I could with groceries that they could easily cook and then some dishes that just had to be reheated. The only problem is these girls can’t determine what they should eat now and what is ok a few days later and I hope it will all work out. I am really not that anxious to enter their abode and reasons not to go into tonight but trust me on this venture. This afternoon Donna and Jon came into the city for a socially distant visit. I was beginning to think our suburban friends were holding off for a visit. We went to the barking crab and we got Lobster rolls, which is growing rather tiresome. True story in the beginning of settling the cape years ago they had it in the contract that the workers, could not be served lobster more than 3 or four times a week.  Well times have changed and I am pretty sure that is not on the dinner menu and wonder where else we can get lobster rolls?  It shouldn’t be too difficult as lobster rolls at the crab are only a few feet away and I am sure a few rules have been broken as we were publicly drinking on the waterfront and because it was too cold to eat outside tonight we just let them inside and broke bread right at our dining table.  It was just a nice way to celebrate the end of a nice Memorial Day and makes it almost feel normal, great company and food, and WERS has been playing on all the music we may have seen and heard all weekend at Boston Calling had that happened .

Apparently I fell asleep at the keyboard for maybe an hour and my roommate just came in and said maybe  just pictures tonight so I guess let’s call it an end to today.

Happy Memorial Day and for all those who have served past and present we appreciate and honor your service.

Just sayin..

Hello my corona friends and I hope everyone enjoyed this glorious Sunday.  I thought it was going to be a bust. It didn’t quite get to 60 today and it was windy but alas it was very sunny. Even though I was up half the night first finishing the movie I slept through, and then a few episodes of Law and Order. I was not going to sleep late and kicked myself out at 7:30.  Watched a little bit of Sunday morning and then got right down to business on my Sunday papers, along with a really nice breakfast I made for my roommate and myself. Some very interesting reads today on the new norm of social drinking, “walktailing” is apparently the new thing and is enjoying a big following all over the country. I guess in the beginning people used to walk their neighborhoods with kids and dogs and then after three weeks into quarantine they just started carrying their cocktails and making no effort to hide or disguise them.  I wish I had known as I thought I was very stealth on my harbor walks in the evening with my “yeti”, no need to make any effort to hide it. Police are saying they want to limit their contact with people and if it appears they are not harming anyone they are willing to look the other way. You know what this means, they may have been willing to overlook it for a few weeks, but since this is looking more and more like months on end, they are never going to be able to take away that freedom, once back to normal. Apparently someone has even invented a mask with a straw holes, to make drinking more civilized.  I guess the “packies” as we affectionately refer to liquor stores in Massachusetts are experiencing the day before Thanksgiving every day, similar to Groundhog’s day. The word is if you pace you’re drinking out during the day kind of like breakfast, lunch and dinner, you won’t feel the slam of having them all in the evening.  Well that just doesn’t work for me because if I drink a glass of wine during the day that calls for an immediate nap and I would rather enjoy my cocktails at the end of the day, for a day well served. Another thing that is happening is people are drinking less sugary drinks, which could often lead to hangovers. I never went in for those cosmos, they just go down way to fast and feels like a sweet juice, before you know it you have downed more than a few few. Sad to read recently that Cuchi Cuchi in Cambridge is not going to survive the Pandemic and I can recall quite a few blueberry or watermelon martinis over the years, R.I.P.  Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, I switched years ago to my Ketel One or Grey Goose on ice and a splash of soda, no hangovers.  I pretty much have given up my beloved Chardonnay, my friend Celia and I could easily down a bottle or two, and shout how to our friend Linda who always insisted to the waiter just bring us one more glass we are going to split it and of course I can’t even recall how many we were splitting. Our Sorella Eileen and her husband John affectionately call it dipshit juice but hey what do they know? The same section of the Times also had a story of a young woman quarantining with her boyfriend after a sober January and how well they are doing and I say good for you just wait a few kids in, mortgage, and no me time, you will be right there with the rest of us, keep hiking and exploring young sober love.  Now that is not nice on my part and I wish the happy couple all the best and if you can get through this without the help of a little booze, you are a better man than I.

We went on a nice bike ride today and we were very happy that our friends Howie and Lisa called to suggest a bike ride, they are our quarantine buddies as it is just the two of them in the city, and I kind of feel that my suburban friends are more leery of us, but it could be just me. We went on a glorious bike ride maybe thirty miles, no hills, and ice cream break in between so don’t sign us up for a triathlon yet. We are in Lexington center and we spot people with ice cream so of course we want some. Lisa and I leave our bikes and go in search of ice cream. We find it and we walk in but turns out not allowed. Go back outside and order online, and anyone reading my blog knows that is not my forte but for ice cream I can do this and I get out my phone and with Lisa’s help enter the cc correctly and they say 45 minutes and of course I want to open the door of Rancatores ice cream and say what but I remember the incident at the Cape a few weeks ago so I wait patiently. We find out form other ladies outside later looking to order ice cream that the sign says if you are over 60 you can call on the phone and order it, finally a vendor I can relate to even if I can’t understand the sign. The ice cream came soon enough and I did manage to place the order wrong but no matter we all go a treat and our day is made. Funny how these little things in life are now the ones that bring you so much joy, my friend Donna gets so excited about Kelly’s Ice cream or a hot fudge Sunday , she wants for nothing else after this she will die happy.

Our hello Fresh box arrived tonight and my lover cooked a delicious tilapia dinner, following all the instructions and if this keeps up he may be onto something, what do I need her for?

Just sayin…

Hello my Corona friends and hope once again everyone is happy and healthy. Boy what a difference a day makes, and I am talking about the weather of course as it was a good twenty five degrees cooler than yesterday, so that was just a tease of summer. Today I did a Facebook live event, and was teamed up with Gary, a person who is just as inept at technology as I am, and together we flubbed it up pretty well. It took a few times of losing the internet coverage before Techie texted that we should connect to the Wi-Fi, and then we had it down. I actually have to give points to Gary, as I don’t think I would know how to start in the beginning, let alone keep going for an hour. I wish I could report that we were a booming success but we think we can practice a bit and will do better next time, since we are on curbside pickup for the next few weeks. Retail may be opening on June 8^th so we are keeping our fingers crossed. For those who work in retail, it has to be kind of weird that you find yourself not working on Memorial Day weekend and of course the real bummer is that you can’t really enjoy it in the same way. I came home tonight feeling a bit blue as here it is a nice long holiday weekend, and I wouldn’t see my kids or grandkids.  I made a nice big salad for dinner and really missed that I didn’t have a place to grille outside. I know it is a first world problem but that is one of the things I miss the most from the suburbs. I had grilled fish the other night and I swear I can still smell it whenever I walk in the loft. I am glad I still have my sense of smell because when I stop smelling what I cooked for dinner the night before, I might have to get tested as losing your sense of smell is one of the first things to go, so I guess I can be thankful for the fish smell. Tonight Techie and I sat down to watch our first movie at home during this time of quarantine, that’s right after all this time we never watched one movie. I have to say we have always been ones that prefer seeing movies at the theater, and after tonight I can confirm I slept through the whole thing and woke up at the credits, and that is why I like the movie theater, as I usually stay awake. Now I can tell you, techie is going to go to sleep and I am going to start the movie and be up for all hours.  Totally OK as tomorrow is Sunday, and I have nowhere to be, just a date in the morning with my Sunday papers. Watching the news this evening I wonder if I am living in another universe, as I saw people waiting on line for a water park to open, Myrtle Beach was packed, as well as other beaches around the country. I know I live in a state that likes to say we lead the country is so many regards but frankly I would like to give up this lead, in a heartbeat. This of course would have been a time that there would have been so many celebrations going on around the city, with so many schools and universities. What a difference it makes when the vitality of so many young adults are absent from the city. Many a weekend I would hear the remains of the late night partying outside my window, not to mention the sweet smell of a now legal substance, and now we wish hard for those little celebrations to return. I hope I can remember that when things return to normal, whenever that may be and I may go back to bitching about the wake up noise. Please bring it…

This would have been the weekend that we were to have a celebration dinner for friends who were making the trek cross country, and start their retirement in Palm Springs. We can’t let our friends move without the proper send off and for now that is delayed, as well as the move. Funny at this age the biggest worry about the week long drive is what about the rest stops?  Will there be a safe place to stop along the way and until they are assured there are they will wait. I think this could be a new service of triple A, where they plan out one of those triptik maps with guaranteed clean and safe rest stops. I believe depends can only go so far, so knowledge is key.

I did have a bright spot in my day when my friend Pam, who was watching on FB live texted that she could meet up for short visit. I have not seen her since this all started as she is a full hour away and I have to get out more often, probably 45 minutes with no traffic. Anyway a nice treat and she brought me flowers, it’s the little things that matter.

Just sayin…..

Hello all my Corona friends and hope everyone is feeling well and safe at home. We were actually out late tonight and didn’t get home till almost 10 pm, I am pretty sure we broke curfew as it was after 9.  I am not sure if it is still in place but I think so. Never mattered before we were always home well before 9 pm. Today was a good day as after work we decided it would be a beautiful way to end the day and take Charisma 3 out for a sail. First we had to get the sails on after a winter of repair and that was a feat in itself, as I a first mate I am kind of useless, more of a rail meat kind of position on the boat. Luckily our friend Howie has a boat nearby and he was able to assist, socially distancing, as you cannot bring anyone other than immediate household members in the marina. We had some fits and starts but now we get moving out onto the water and what happens, alarms ringing and engine is overheating. Anyone who owns a boat knows the drill, something always goes wrong at some point. Luckily there was a beautiful and steady wind and we could sail around the harbor with our jib and it was just wonderful, except we had no beer or water. We hadn’t planned on going out so definitely not prepared, that is another thing about boats people just like to sit on them. In our case it is a nice half hour walk over, has a place to pee, so we can hang a while and walk back. It just reminded tonight of years ago even before techie and I were married , on Sundays he liked to go fishing with his Dad, who lived on the North shore.  He would say to me on a Sunday morning, do you want to go out on the boat today, and I always said yes but knew there would be no boat ride, just went along and sat on fisherman’s beach. I knew there would be no boating as they always seemed to be tinkering with it, something always was broken, and every once in a while we got a ride. They claimed to go fishing but I am pretty sure they were the worst at it, hardly ever came back with anything. I even remember one day something weird was going on in the harbor and the fish were literally jumping up out of the water and people were just going out with nets and scooping up so much fish, this crew maybe got one or two, but no matter they all loved it. Since it is looking bleak for his crew this summer I am going to have to brush up on my skills and practice my knots if we are going to get away at all this summer. I realize how fortunate we are to have this escape and I wish we could share with a lot more people.  Someday when it is safe you all invited for a sail and my roommate loves nothing more but to be a tour guide of our beautiful city from the water. Today was the unofficial start to summer and I am not sure when the official start is, but since they all blend into one, we can say that is officially unofficial. I hope everyone has some plans to garden, hike, beach, boat or work and it looks like the weather will be somewhat cooperative.  I can’t imagine how we are going to be masked up at the beach but the good news is they are not required to wear them while we are in the water swimming. I am sure that right now as we speak someone is inventing some kind of aqualung face mask, that is going to start showing up on my Instagram feed and I will probably buy it. I have ordered all kinds of cooling masks, suitable for beach or biking but have yet to receive them, sucker.

Well I am signing off early tonight because I am beat and after a great bit of time on the water, tradition has to be Pizza at  Regina’s and those carbs are sitting heavy right about now.  Tomorrow is my son-in laws Hugh’s Birthday so want to send him early wishes and also share a video his wife, my daughter, sent to me this morning and wonder if she is speaking about you, Hugh.

Just sayin..

Good evening for my fellow Corona friends and once again wishing you are all healthy, happy and sane. Today was an absolutely beautiful day and I hope everyone had some time to be outside and enjoy some sunshine. I hear it is very safe to be outside, just keep your distance and wear your mask. Things seem to be looking up but we can’t get to ahead of ourselves, one step forward two steps back.  I was on one of the many infamous Zoom meetings this afternoon and decided to go along the harbor and find a quiet spot, to be on the meeting. Now it is a regular occurrence to be around the courthouse with everyone having their own happy hour. All very civilized.  Walking back home later came upon quite a police presence with crime scene tape and all, lots of photographers and reporters. My first thought was it was about the College admission cheating scandal since the hallmark TV star settled her case today along with her husband. We have grown used to the Perp walks outside the courthouse, but I was puzzled by the tape.  As it turns out one of the reporters told me they found a body near the Barking Crab, big doings, as generally we only get to see the criminals walking in to court not anything actually happening here.  The speculation was maybe an overdose or Covid related. Well I quickly went home and showered and laundered my clothes, can’t be too careful and how wacky is that?  I mean the clothes were getting in the laundry for sure because I was sitting on a public bench and I guess that is the “new normal”. As it turns out the word up tonight was no foul play, so the Seaport can sleep easy tonight and they will be open for lobster rolls tomorrow. It’s funny how quickly the crowds will appear and the social distancing is forgotten when there are 12 police cars and the press out and about. I can report that all the policemen were wearing masks. Boston abides by the rules, sometime.

I was listening to NPR on my way home today and they were talking about reaching out if you need help for your own mental wellbeing. It is extremely stressful for couples, who are both working from home and trying to home school their kids at the same time. I can’t even imagine because I only have to share my space with one person, and most days he is well behaved and contributes to my wellbeing. I know he is dependent on me for all his meals, well that dinner in a box could be a game changer and maybe he will want to give me the boot.  Besides I need him to help with all my technology. Happy to report I did zoom on my own today. As it turns out they have been doing some surveys on who is doing what while quarantined at home and not surprising men feel that they are doing about 50%, and women feel they are doing 80%.  I am not surprised by this because they probably feel if they brought their dishes to the sink that is as good as doing the dishes. Dirty clothes make it to the laundry with all the colors mixed together, done. Doing the home schooling with the kids probably a game of Fortnight or some sports stats, lessons completed.  I know that they really are trying to do their share but let’s be honest rarely does it ever work out to be fifty/fifty. Now they are realizing there is really a lot more to it. What they were saying is when this stay at home work thing, started years ago, it was to accommodate working Moms more or less in the tech field. I am sure that they found that they could get the work done if it was flexible, and women got used to managing the home front and putting in the time. We can do it no sweat, but we aren’t used to having another person around as well and sometimes it may be like another kid. You know I am kidding right, today it is a lot different and the Dads are much more involved than ever before. I grew used to seeing the dad’s at the Children’s museum on Sunday mornings, must have been Mommy alone time, they loved celebrating the achievements in the bubble fountain or putting all the golf balls in a kind of skeet ball contraption. I wonder what everyone has been doing the last 8 weeks since the museum and the Aquarium have been closed. Apparently you can stream movies on Disney. I believe my grandson has watched Trolls three or four times. I hope they are tinkering with Dad or Mom, maybe some science experiments. MacGyver here used to tinker with Max when he was a kid. He was often blowing things up, albeit on a small scale. There were times when some of those bangs got pretty loud out in the backyard and we would have to shut all the lights off quick and pretend no one was home, while the police drove down the street, but thankfully never did any true damage.  I know much hasn’t changed for Max because I saw on his Instagram account today that he was gluing his wife’s coffee cup to the kitchen island. I am not sure if he was trying to make a point that she leaves these cups full of water around the house and it annoys him or if he was just being an Ahole. Knowing him I am going with the latter. I know my Maxi is definitely contributing more than 50%, as I often call when he is cooking, or cleaning or walking with Tilda, just doing it all. I am becoming like my mother when she used to tell my brothers when they were going on dates, don’t spend all your hard earned money on the girls, and then if the girls were going out she would say make sure the guys pay. She hung the moon on her boys and we were always expected to pick up after them and she would not have gone for this equal sharing or would she?

Just sayin

Good evening my Corona friends and hope everyone is doing well, and staying sane and healthy. A lot can happen in sixty days, but under lock down the most obvious is everyone is sporting longer hair, and a bigger pouch. Personally I always liked longer hair on guys, when I met by roommate back in college he had long hair and a big smile. Now he has hair growing out of a lot of different orifices, just not the top of his head. It wasn’t that long ago, maybe 40 years or so that I picked up this cute hippie boy hitchhiking to campus one day at UMASS, and the rest was history. Flash forward to today and we would never allow or encourage our kids to pick up a hitchhiker, but are we forsaken their future partner?  Let’s face it no one hitch hikes today, and why would you? We have Uber. We thought the world would be a scary place if we picked up hitchhikers, but nothing can compare to what we have today with this Corona virus. Who would have ever thought that going to a restaurant, bar or store would endanger your life?  Remember those D.A.R.E classes about the evils of marijuana?  True story, my cousin’s young daughter once caught them smoking pot, on the back deck years ago and she started packing her bag to go live with her grandparents because they were drug addicts.  They really had to calm her down, and promise to change their evil ways. I remember my cousin was so mad about those damn D.A.R.E classes. Well today I can tell you that the whole family will enjoy a bowl together now and then, after all it is legal in Massachusetts, and I hear the Pot stores can reopen for curbside pickup. Almost the same when I was back in college just meet up and do a quick curbside pickup. Now it is all so much more proper, and the sheer beauty of capitalism comes through. We can even get all kinds of little gummy treats to take care of all our little aches and pains, so much more civilized.

Speaking of Capitalism on my bike ride yesterday it occurred to me the people who are cleaning up on this pandemic are the sign makers. Everywhere we go there are signs posted about wearing a mask, keeping 6 feet apart, disinfect your hands, maintain cleaning of surfaces.

You need a lot of these signs and have to be posted all over places of business and even on the bike trail. Of course my favorite” OPEN FOR TAKE OUT” limit two to go drinks. We are all in this together and we may still be here tomorrow if you support us today. I really do applaud the people who the first few days of the shutdowns went right to work making masks, hand sanitizer stations, gloves etc. I purchased them right away and guess what? still waiting …………… I rarely purchased anything online before this whole shutdown, but I can tell you it really pisses me off when it says in stock, and you hit that button, here it is 6-8 weeks later and nada. It is a big thing for me to make a purchase online takes me a minimum of three times to put in CC because I always screw up the numbers or the zip code. I know I have set up accounts over these past months but I can’t remember the passwords and just sick of redoing the passwords.  I just want to go to a store that isn’t CVS or the supermarket, I want to talk to the person and not behind Plexiglas. I don’t want to do a live chat with the person at Flamingo face wax kit and tell them how much their product sucks. I still have chin hairs like a goat, and yes the packaging was nice but that doesn’t remove the hair. I am still working on my nonstick frying pan, last one didn’t work on induction stove. Atheleta has totally screwed up because they must have made changes without bothering to mention it, and the sizes just aren’t the same and all had to go back.  They really should warn people when they make changes on the sizes without telling you. I did order these cooling masks yesterday, I think they are like a gator that you put in the freezer and keeps you cool. I was in a panic as I already struggle with getting overheated. It hasn’t even been over 65” yet, so summer weather has me worried.  I can’t imagine what it will look like at the beach this summer, bringing tan lines to a whole new level. Memorial Day weekend coming up and I have no idea what that will look like, I guess I can watch it unfold on TV, because a lot of places seem to be unaware or unaffected. I don’t know if anyone saw it on the Fake news tonight but Mike Pence and the Governor of Florida were in a crowded restaurant in Florida today, sans masks, but they were filling their cups up at the soda dispenser. First of all that is a laugh in itself like they really fill their own soda cups but no way in hell I would drink from a public dispenser in today’s time, but wait it could have been mixed with Clorox bleach so I guess that makes it OK. I will stick with my Kettle One and I will do the pouring……..

Just sayin

Good evening my fellow corona partners and I hope you are doing well staying sane and healthy. Mental health seems to be teetering on the edge for me this evening, and I have to pause a moment, while I go make a cocktail, and don’t worry I will make it a double, better yet a triple. First thing I have to do tonight is apologize to my friend Rozzie, because she didn’t like her depiction of her as a cradle snatcher when she married her husband. No offense was meant and you must admit at the time it did seem to be a big spread, but as we aged and became more mature the difference disappeared. Besides we were all jealous of your cute, adorable and now very maturely handsome husband, enough said.

Well today find that we have another Birthday to celebrate in Jordan, one of my besties, Donna’s son and also one of my son Max’s bestie. I have always felt that Jordan and Julia were more like my niece and nephew, as we grew up very close, and I often referred to them that way. Let me just say to know Jordan is to love him, and I have often referred to him as Ferris Bueller and Julia, was his sister Jeannie. This kid could talk his way in and out of anything, and she often was just disgusted with his behavior.  Jordan is still stuck in The Big Lebowski, Office Space, Super Troopers and many more movie lines that he quotes religiously as his bible. I am not up on what lines he is quoting as he has moved to Seattle and we don’t get to see him as much on a daily basis.  When I think of this kid I can’t believe he is a father of two incredible kids, Sam and Kyla, and a gorgeous wife Elayna, Its funny I could never peg her for the type that could put up with his shenanigans, but it all works. I can remember once when he worked for us during college and we were driving around while he was crank calling people and offering them a special Dildo in an English accent and it was almost midnight when he called his mother. I was dying when he was going through his routine and then at the end she says Jordan is that you?  I mean who calls his mother’s number and offer her a dildo, and why was I in the car and techie was driving. We once took a trip to Spain over Thanksgiving with his Mom, Max, and myself to visit his sister who was studying abroad and we stayed in a family hostel. I actually was annoyed with Donna for months after this because I am pretty sure I picked up a Kennel cough from this Hostel, similar to a pet staying in a kennel. I mean I agreed to a budget trip but she really stretched the boundaries on the budget, I was freezing every night. These boys were on more of a trip that resembled The Hangover and we were fed up with their partying every night and not waking up for all the cultural excursions we had planned every day. I can assure you Jeannie was not happy with their behavior, and was more than a little bit annoyed that her friends wanted to hang out with Ferris. On what was probably our last night at the hostel, we were awoken in the middle of the night of all these police running up the cement stairs, tap, tap, tap making all that noise. I poked my head out and saw them, and when Donna woke up I said it was probably our two idiots that were in trouble and just locked the door.  Well lo and behold, wouldn’t you know Ferris once again talked his way out of that little incident and they just got sent off to bed and I am pretty sure they all parted as friends that night. My son got married a little over a year ago and I remember Jordan calling me  to say that he had found the perfect gift for Max, he was over the moon, and had scoured the internet for it a T-shirt that I can’t remember the significance and a ralphs card. Funny now when I think of Ralph’s and you’re most modestly priced receptacle, I will wonder how many of these recent backups in the morgue are going down in a Ralph’s coffee container. I know that is cruel and but trying to find the humor wherever we can in today’s environment. I love this kid like he is one of my own and want to wish him HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

Tonight my roommate prepared another meal out of the box and it was quite delicious and he also did the dishes. I am not speaking to him tonight and the temperature is very cool in this loft tonight. It can be wearing under any circumstances to be locked down in a one room loft, but add that to working together, and things start to get pretty ripe. I know I am pretty lucky to have him as he is very patient, can handle all my technology, greatest Dad, Grandpa and now we have to add cooking to his resume and he is just too incredible to be believed. My mother would be turning over in her grave right now if she knew I was having him cook and do the dishes.

Just sayin……….