Laura, it may be worth asking if the venue is providing a streaming option.

Scrabble is practically as bad as making out!

I'm tempted to COMM this sans context.

Someone on my neighborhood FB group asked if anyone got photos of todays post-storm rainbow. There is now a comment thread of 113 (and counting) rainbow photos. This is officially the best thing to ever happen on a neighborhood group.

That's beautiful, Aurelia! (iPhone decides name needed caps)

I'll probably make a last minute decision on the wedding. DH will go but groom would understand if I didn't. Some of the young men Brendon coaches become sons to us. Graduations and weddings feel like our own kids milestones. This one was in my son's class. He is a coach now.

Sorry that you will have to endure more mental wrangling to come since wedding is still 2 weeks away.

I'm tempted to COMM this sans context

Yes!

Hil. That is why I ended up podding. I am all alone, and my coworkers are going for haircuts! I can see a friend from feet and social distance, and then when we talked about it we ended up a pod. I think one of the narratives missing in the coverage the abject loneliness of an unpartnered person with no children. The partnered people with children have challenges that I can never dream of but when my options for contact with another live human person are going to the store unnecessarily or seeing a friend, I think I would rather see a friend.

Also, interesting on the quarantine. I have a student from Florida who is supposed to come in for one day to do simulation. I am not sure we can ask her to come two weeks early and quarantine, but I also don't think we can let her come. We are doing simulation in an actual Operating Room that will be used for patients. No one wants to be the school who causes an outbreak.

Hil, I think being feet away from a friend outside has got to be OK, because we will all lose our minds.

I think one of the narratives missing in the coverage the abject loneliness of an unpartnered person with no children. The partnered people with children have challenges that I can never dream of but when my options for contact with another live human person are going to the store unnecessarily or seeing a friend, I think I would rather see a friend.

Yeah, agreed. A friend of mine was saying she didn't touch another person from February to her dental appointment last week.

I'm tempted to COMM this sans context.

Hee.

No one wants to be the school who causes an outbreak.

MA is doing so well, and I'm really worried about the fall when all the students come back, because it's not like they stay on campus.

I think the colleges are going to about-face and go all-virtual, unless something changes very soon. Private colleges tend to start late, but a lot of the public colleges (especially in the south!) start in early August.

We don't have a decision on a plan from the school board yet, and school is supposed to start August 15, for example. That is in 6 weeks.

A friend of mine was saying she didn't touch another person from February to her dental appointment last week.

huh. yeah, I wonder about that. like other than handing people things or getting change I wonder if I've touched anyone. Without Bailey and now Miley I would be much worse off. I talk to them A LOT. I pet and kiss on them A LOT.

My neighbors are good for talking to people even briefly at least once a day, but touch... I don't think I have had any. Poor Sara and Lisa when we get a vaccine - the hugs they will have to endure.

I think the colleges are going to about-face and go all-virtual, unless something changes very soon.

Tufts just announced everyone's back on campus in the fall!

huh. yeah, I wonder about that. like other than handing people things or getting change I wonder if I've touched anyone. Without Bailey and now Miley I would be much worse off. I talk to them A LOT. I pet and kiss on them A LOT.

I'm sure that helps a ton! I realize how lucky I am to have my mother.

I think the colleges are going to about-face and go all-virtual, unless something changes very soon.

I'm starting to think so, too. So many colleges are putting out plans for fall that just make no sense at all. I've seen speculation that all-virtual was the plan all along, but the schools wouldn't admit it until after the acceptances and deposits were in.

West Chester University already announced they'll be back in person this fall. The public schools are still deciding. My mom's Friends School is going back in person, too, at least partly, but that's mostly because if they don't, they would probably need to close.

I'm lucky to have the kids and the dog for touch and hugs. Also, the young baker at work, J., is the sweetest soul, and she gives the best hugs whenever needed, and is also happy to get them.