Well, other than that California's governor said he's fully prepared to go to martial law "if need be" to keep the state shut down. You can Google the link for the news story if you care, otherwise, I'll just leave this there and move on.
I AM tired of one more thing. Every TV commercial, every radio commercial, uses one of these phrases. "During these uncertain times", "during these unprecedented times", "while we are socially distancing", etc. Just about every one of them. Even if the commercial itself has nothing to do with Covid or anything relating to it. The flooring place selling you flooring has to mention it even though their main point is that the big box stores don't have people who know what they're talking about and they (little guys) do. I've started flipping the radio/tv station when I hear the magic phrases, and I find myself flipping just about every commercial.
I did the stuff today I was going to do yesterday, got it all done. Day 45 of Spanish, but I'm having more trouble with this segment. The words don't make sense. A lot of Spanish words you can see where they come up with it. "necesito" is necessary, and "cinturon" is belt, something that cinches,
"cartera" is a purse, something you can cart stuff around in, and, you get it. But "falda" is skirt. And "Abrigo" is coat. And "Vestir" is dress. I can't even come up with a way those words make sense, so I'm just trying to memorize them. That's fine for this segment, but I'll certainly forget them once I move on. Oh well. lol
Got my exercise in, and finally kicked off one pound this morning. It's funny, for awhile I was losing about 2 lbs in 1 week. Now I'm losing about 1 pound in 2 weeks. That's a slow boat to progress right there, but I'm reminding myself of what I said I will remind myself. Another month from now I'd rather be down two more pounds than up 5. :) I was actually really sore this morning, still am, because yesterday Jerry's student left the battery on in the Champ, and I had to hand prop it the next morning. Well, it sat in the cold hangar around freezing temps, and it did NOT want to start. I threw that stupid prop about 20 times. If you don't think that's exercise, well, you're wrong. My shoulders are sore, my neck is sore, my back is sore. I used muscles I hadn't used in awhile. It's good for you, I guess. ;)
I started the day's run with a trip to CVS, to pick up a few things for both Ann and myself. From there I ran through the car wash, because out at the airport, if you park by the hangar door, the birds will poop all over your car. I got nailed like 4 times and my poor car was a mess, so I ran it through. Panera is right next door to the car wash, so I stopped in there to pick up soup and salad for two households. Next up was a Meijer trip. This deserves its own paragraph.
I haven't been inside a "big box store" since this whole thing started. I've been inside Kroger a couple times, but not Sam's Club or Wal-Mart or Meijer, etc. It's a different feel in there than it is in the smaller places I've been into. The workers were stressed and unhappy and tired looking. The people in the store all looked a little bit like I feel most of the time. When someone else gets too close, they cringe and back away. ;) We all try to stand around and stay back while someone makes their selection, and people are suspiciously looking at other people. There wasn't much smiling or friendly conversation in there like I've seen in the smaller places. The whole atmosphere was more apocalyptic. My cashier was an older lady with what looked like health issues who is probably terrified of catching COVID but works because, guess what, people need to work to survive, and she hasn't decided to quit, and she wouldn't look at people, didn't talk, and just sounded completely wiped out the few times she opened her mouth. I felt so bad for her. Of course there is plexiglass up in between her and us, they're all masked up, etc, but we're all still touching some of the same things, and those masks don't actually stop the virus if you stand there and breathe it in. The only good news is that I haven't heard of a lot (many? any?) stores in Howard County (or many other places?) where the workers are frequently getting sick. I did see one story several weeks ago about a Wal-mart somewhere in the country that had an outbreak, but that's it. Hopefully it stays that way for them.
As I was walking out to my car with a large cartload of supplies, the skies opened up and it started DUMPING rain. Of course it dumped rain and a big line of storms went through right after I washed my car. ;) But I don't think it would have gotten those big bird poos off anyway, so it was still worth it. I loaded up all my stuff, in the rain. The winds got so strong at one point that it rocked the car and I saw things flying sideways. Just a brief burst of something bad. I waited in the parking lot for a few minutes, then came on home, unloaded Ann's stuff to her, unloaded our stuff to us, and it was just sprinkling by then, so that helped.
Kaylee had made pancakes for herself and had one left over for me, with vanilla chips and chocolate chips baked into them. That was not healthy, but boy it was good. :D
Right now the weather is gorgeous. I wish the T-6 was back together.
The rest of the evening will probably be paperwork. I've got some bills to pay, a couple emails to send, and some studying to do on the Twin Beech, if I can focus. Steve is doing several different 501c3 packages for places, so he has a lot to get done, and he has some tax stuff to do too. Not exciting but it takes a long time and is a lot of work. I hear him sighing over there now and then.
Kaylee hasn't heard back from the coffee shop on the job. The girl who took her application didn't tell her what to expect, so I guess we just wait before trying somewhere else.
And now you're caught up on our day.
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