I had hot pastrami for dinner. No regrets!

I do have regrets that for the second time in six months I have borked up my shoulder at the outer gate to our apartment building by trying to do Too Many Things At Once.

With my coffee in one hand and my neighbor's groceries in the other, I had a passing thought to prop the gate open for my neighbor and tried to reach back with my foot to nudge over the brick and prop it. And then just as I was thinking, "Nevermind, that's not a good idea..." my other foot slipped, I was out of balance, twisted my shoulder, banged my knee and spilled my coffee (just a little).

The previous incident I was trying to prop a paper grocery bag up on my foot on a rainy puddly day whilst trying to get the gate open with two other bags, and...that also went awry.

Just go through the damn gate, David, and bring your feet with you, else your shoulder will pay the price.

ION, I watched the first episode of Shadow and Bone last night. Anybody into it?

Pix, please continue to vent as needed. It is good to hear that you have "...a bunch of next steps already lined up...."

Even though you don't need hand sanitzer for Covid there's lots of other things you do need it for. And with things like hot food bars or people frequently cleaning their hands in public I'm not going to have any issues with that.

I use hand sanitizer pretty frequently and wished we would clean frequently touched surfaces at work more, like we were doing the past year.

For one, this past year no one got the flu at work. This is the first time in a retail job where NO ONE has gotten the flu.

Also today a coworker went home because she was sick..some kind of stomach thing , maybe food poisioning but I know it took a while for her to stop vomiting long enough to have someone drive her home.

We sanitized the heck out of everything that she touched in case it wasn't just food poisoning.

And someone peed in the women's fitting room on Friday so that had to be all cleaned and sanitized.

So .. frequently sanitizing in public places is a good idea!

I seemed to be the only person at Kroger and the only person besides the staff at a Chinese buffet wearing a mask today. Oh well, at least my conscience is clear that I'm not inadvertently transmitting germs that could harm someone else.

For one, this past year no one got the flu at work. This is the first time in a retail job where NO ONE has gotten the flu.

That's a good point. My doctor said it was the first year in his professional career (he's 67) that he didn't have a single case of flu. And he tested more people than usual because it was bundled with the Covid test. That will keep me more mindful of keeping my hands clean.

Mask wearing here is very mixed. I tend to have one looped on my wrist and make a last moment decision based on signage, or compliance by staff, or a whim.

Went to Islamorada for dinner with DH yesterday. It felt good to get away. Didn't see masks but we ate outdoors.

Today is an Epic birthday, celebrating the birth of Epic Tangent. I hope the birthday vacation is spectacular and that the year to come is joyful.

Pix, know that I am virtually hugging you so close. I remember well both of my parents getting so angry when their kids tried to get them to do what they should do when their health was failing! Mom used to shake her head and stick out her tongue at us behind our backs. The role reversal stage just sucks for both sides. Both my parents were born in 1921 and would have been 100 this year. I was able to take turns being the bad cop with my 3 siblings and their spouse so it wasn't nearly as overwhelming as being the only child. Short version: Sending you so much ~ma and love for strength and patience.

Pix, you're in my thoughts. Tons of ~ma for your and your dad.

I would be so happy if people that worked with food continued to wear a mask forever.

We had our usual Father's Day brunch yesterday. It was fun, but I'm exhausted today.

Thanks, everyone. I don't have much more to say, but thanks.

I'm sorry things are so complicated and stressful, Pix.

My Father's Day was also complicated, thanks to the family news that came to light a couple of months ago. I did not enjoy it. I liked it when things were not complicated.