Jeez louise, Maria! You guys need a break.

Oh Maria. That really is a deluge. Yikes. Many virtual hugs and adult beverages!

I went to Costco today after the doctor visit to stock up on stuff to keep me dieting. I was impressed with the compliance to distancing and general respect and good nature of people. Masks are mandatory in this area. The worst example was a guy I saw going into a CVS with a plastic grocery bag for a mask. But overall the people in my county are taking rules seriously.

Oh, Maria, I'm so sorry, that sounds like too much to deal with.

I am disgruntled and unfocussed and as a result I took the afternoon off from work. Took a nap and a long walk with the dog. Could have been worse.

I gave another set of rides to a resident who subsequently turned out to have Captain Trumps (we thought she had a UTI), so the upshot is that I'm 'isolated' from work for a week (with pay) to see if I get it. It's fairly low-risk (we all had masks on, good hygiene on my part) but it was a small, enclosed space for I'd guesstimate around 25 minutes total, plus Tuesday was another short car contact.

I suppose I should be all kinds of apprehensive, but mostly I'm just annoyed. Worst staycation ever.

Maria, I am sorry things are so difficult.

msbelle, you are a saint for not setting this person on fire. My work is processing documents (to other ends and means), and I'm currently cursing previous cataloger for not cataloging stuff in the way it should be done so I'm opening a file after another in a 34 boxes archive and correcting their catalog. Thankfully the archive in itself is interesting and my boss is understanding, but whyyyyy putting together things that don't belong together/should have been thrown out in one file and adding a random year to each file, why.

I also met with my parents today for a short while after a month of them asking me to and promises that they'll wear masks and be diligent. Guess who didn't wear masks correctly and were less than diligent? I kept my distance and mask at all times, but it was a good reminder why I kept this meeting from happening for so long (we're currently in a somewhat good COVID-19 situation in my country so I allowed it).

Heh. Captain Trumps. Why have I not heard this one before? At least it will be a week cooped up at home with pay.

I somehow missed the video from Gris. I've got to go find and watch it.

Wow, Maria. That's so much. I hope your mom feels better soon and wish you and MedicGuy some boredom.

msbelle, I think that person is now my nemesis too.

Shir, I am glad you got to see your parents. I remember how they wanted to make plans for Passover. My mom didn't know her (cloth) mask was supposed to go under her chin, but a neighbor in her building clued her in.

Little things like that are one of the problems with not being able to see our older parents. It never occurred to me that she wouldn't know that.

Ugh, sorry Theodosia.

Things with my son are shakier than ever. He is pretty off the rails. To further complicate issues, last night, while he was at work his apartment water heater blew up. 18 years old and rusted out. So his roommate called us and we rushed over and got the water turned off and helped push the water outside. Fortunately, there was a door to the outside nearby. His roomie picked him up at midnight and told him what was up. Then later the roommate messaged me to let me know he was having a huge blowout fight with his girlfriend. Of course I didn't see this until morning. It looks like they broke up. I stopped by but didn't wake son up, just coordinated the management company going there with the roommate. Drama.

My doctor, who had me take a zillion tests for cardiac and pulmonary issues, tells me my chest pain is stress, all tests look great. He was actually super sweet as he has a daughter with issues similar to my son and said there just isn't anything harder than helplessly watching them self-destruct. He did give me scripts for my blood pressure, which sucks, and anxiety, and something for the chest tightness. He promises to get me off them asap, and I have to go back again next week. He didn't even abuse me about my weight gain, although he reminded me that the bad cholesterol and BP issues would go away with the weight.

I somehow missed the video from Gris. I've got to go find and watch it.

Yes you do! It is uplifting and exhausting at the same time.

Yikes. A good reminder that all existing stresses pretty much get stressier under these conditions.