Life

I can't remember what I was going to talk about today.  I know I had something, but I've lost it.

Too windy to fly the Champ today.  Instead I printed up receipts for donations to SMA Support, sent out emails asking if anyone would like to donate towards Cameron's headset, and other such tasks.  

I got groceries delivered from Meijer, got gas in my car, you know, stuff.

I have friends who haven't really left their house in 196 days. I know the number of days because they post every day with "COVID Log, Day 196", along with trying to find something positive to say, and talking about the difficulties. I understand many feel the same way, and we all have to do what we believe is best for us. I am just not wired that way. There is still no actual answer. Whenever a vaccine comes out, nobody even knows how effective it will be. Nobody knows yet for sure if you caught it once whether or not you'll be protected from having it again. So...I am grateful to have gone to fly-ins, to have had NOshkosh, to have had pilot friends come visit, to have had the Bash, to have met my friends for lunch most days, to have lived life during most of this. I will continue to do so. And if I catch the flu, or Ebola, or Covid, or whatever else is out there, I will deal with it if it happens. And still be glad that I won't have spent the last 1/2 year and counting of my life on my couch.  I just can't.  Besides, unlike other industries, we can't earn a living at home, and without any indication of when it'll ever be 'safe' again, might as well not lose more time.  One of the pilots who came to visit me, his daughter-in-law insisted he get a COVID test after coming to Indiana, about a week afterwards.  So he did, and it was negative, so she let him visit again.  And I felt better too, since we all spent some time together.  The Rt factor is up in Indiana, up to 1.16, but I suppose that's to be expected with schools back in session for about a month now.  So far it's not doing too bad... I still wash my hands a lot, avoid touching my face, use hand sanitizer after pumping gas or being in stores, I still take precautions.  But I am around a lot of people.  So there's always a risk.  And that's life.