Oh! Separate post to report very cool news. As previously reported my son and his girlfriend went to NY with me last summer after failing to find affordable housing in FL on his meager wages. He found higher wages and lower rent in NY and decided to see what this snow stuff was all about. (Note not NYC, but Rome in Central NY) His GF suffers from pretty severe social anxiety and I am fairly certain never had tried to get a job. We went about getting her birth certificate and SS card and last week she got a job, which started Tuesday. At a deli/bakery! Working the counter and kitchen as needed, being trained on it all. DH, son, and I have been working really hard on her confidence and letting her know how proud we are of this huge step. She was of course extremely nervous her first day, but said she felt pretty good about how it went. Then yesterday, her second day, her boss said she was killing it, which has her very excited. She was honest with her boss telling her about her anxiety issues, including that she was working hard on overcoming them. Boss was super supportive and encouraging. Having both of them working will help a lot, particularly with her self confidence. Woo!

Turkey post. Yes, I need to put dentist on my list too. Maybe in the fall. Ugh.

I went to the dentist a few months ago; it went well. He commented that people seem to be brushing, flossing and so on more. He attributed it to people being at home; I was wondering if wearing a mask might be a contributing factor.

That's such great news and fantastic for her on so many levels! Awesome, Laura.

The Ohio vaccine prizes thing is weird, but hey, I might as well register.

NYC is giving people free Shake Shack fries with proof of vaccination. Not quite a $5M lottery but hey, free fries.

Then yesterday, her second day, her boss said she was killing it, which has her very excited. She was honest with her boss telling her about her anxiety issues, including that she was working hard on overcoming them. Boss was super supportive and encouraging. Having both of them working will help a lot, particularly with her self confidence. Woo!

That's fantastic! Such a boost for her.

ION, we just got Matilda a vax appointment for Saturday! So frickin' excited to have her vaccinated.

Dillo has an appointment for 3:30 today!

Love seeing all the Buffista teens getting vaxxed!

Yay Buddhists (ok autocorrect changed that twice I give up) teens being vaccinated!!

Also yay Laura’s son’s gf! And that son seems to be doing well up in NY?

Also Laura you can totally get hammocks with mosquito netting! Plenty of camping hammock things with under quilts and rain fly and so on!

It is so wonderful to see the Buffista teens getting their vaccines, but each time I think how did they get to be teens so fast!

Yes, I think when I go north I have to invest in a porch hammock. Yes, son is doing well in NY so far as I can tell. He did leave the first job he had for an even less stressful position doing stocking at Big Lots. He had been doing work at a distribution warehouse but tossing thousands of pounds a day onto conveyor belts was getting stressful to his body, although he did stick to it for abut 6 months. Tossing kitty litter and cases of apple juice gave him muscles he never had before. He's brilliant, but can't handle stress at all and bombed out of countless tech jobs. It would start with everyone thrilled with how fast and smart he was, but one after another they ended quickly. Now he happily shows up and either stocks shelves or runs the cash register for a Big Lots store and goes home to play video games. He does quite well in stocks and virtual currency trading so that is some brain exercise for him.

All I want is for him to be happy and financially independent from me and that finally appears to have happened. He is 29 now.