I swear, I have things I care about other than viral Twitter threads that are less than correct on the internet, but...okay, fine, this falls under my irritation with "NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS!" posts that link to, like, front-page NYT or WP articles or, like CNN. ANYHOW.
Does print media just not count in people's minds when they talk about collective mourning and honoring/talking about the COVID-19 dead? Literally every major paper and magazine I read is reporting their stories. (I'm pretty sure our local TV news is doing the same, though I don't check those on the regular like I do print media.)
Sigh.
I have to go to campus sometime this week, and I really don't want to. (This past year, we've been in temporary offices while the regular math building had the HVAC system replaced. The plan was always to move back this summer, and that's still the plan. The original plan was that we all had to put our office stuff into boxes and label them, and the movers would move them. Then the new plan was no, we shouldn't go to campus, the movers will pack up our stuff, and we should only go to campus if we had stuff in our offices that we didn't want the movers handling. And then the new new plan is that the movers will pack our professional items, but we have to move our own personal items, and we've been given zero guidance about how the movers will determine what's personal and what's professional. So, I've got to go to my office and collect anything that I think the movers might call personal.)
So, being in a campus building with the air circulating through all the offices is freaking me out a bit. I have one N95 mask (which I bought about six months ago, because my allergist suggested that I wear a mask when I dust or vacuum, and I bought a few different kinds to try, and I hadn't tried that one yet.) I figure I'll wear that when I'm in the building. I just tried to try it on, so that I could see how it felt and if I needed to make any adjustments. I somehow managed to stab myself in the eye with it while trying to put it on. Ow.
I'm currently cuddling on the couch with ltc watching Gravity Falls while TCG finishes making dinner.
Husband wants Thai food, which is great, except the restaurant is having a really good Mother's Day, I guess, and can't even take more order for another 15 minutes, and then it will probably be like 45 minutes before we have food.
OR we have the pecan pie we just bought. I know what I want.
Called back twice, still have not been able to order.
No idea if it's true, but I heard someone say that Mother's Day is usually the biggest restaurant day of the year?
Yeah, the food was good, but I'm not convinced it was worth the aggravation.
Y'all, this is great:
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I gave up today and after two months of not touching another human being went to my friends' house and hugged the hell out of them. (They agreed to this plan beforehand). I just couldn't anymore. Spent the afternoon with them in their backyard and it was good for my soul.
I am waiting to do so myself, meara. I just don't feel safe yet. Israel started exit strategies about a week ago, and I'm waiting another one to see the numbers and figure out how safe it is. My people are terrible in keeping social distancing so I'm being extra careful.
ION, this board drove me to watch Due South so I want you to know that it's you're fault that I have all the feelings after watching the last three episodes of S1 over the weekend. I had no idea I could relate so much to a fictional Mountie and I'm in a bucket of emotional pain. Thank you.
