quotidian covidian

 

Nala in her new pineapple bed She's been known to squeeze into bags barely bigger than herself. Hopefully she'll sleep in here at night instead of Naomi's bed which increases her allergies

I buy so many orchids but half don't survive beyond the first bloom

last of the amaryllis. I have better luck with them. This one is 5 years old

Cooper's hawk comes daily to feed on my birds. Only once have I seen one successful. I did see a sharp shinned hawk chase around a morning dove barely smaller than itself. 

Each day blurs into another but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel. Steve finally received his first vaccine. Bonus, he didn't have to make a 90 mile roundtrip north or south to the alternate venues we found. He didn't cancel them until the last minute. Once burned twice shy as last minute cancellations have happened. But he got the wait 4 weeks instead of 3 and our in common health care provider no longer is handing out free gifts to the vaccinated.

And vaccines are starting to pour in. They are going to start with the 50-65 age group next week though I know they haven't reached all the over 65s. My daughter is a line and prep cook, recently back to work. Still not covered. True she doesn't see the public but in minutes food that has been in  her hands (gloved!) goes to the public.

We did attempt to eat outside last night. Temp 38 and with the wind, windchill 28. Although we were surrounded by heat lamps, somehow the heat goes up and not out so...useless. We had Maya with us who happily played with her cousins. They spent very little time sitting down, instead they explored the blocked off downtown

I still have my injured hamstring which prevents me from running though I have some increase of range of motion. While I am resting, I have it on a heat pad which seems to help. Fortunately my new to me indoor bike provides exercise and I've biked outside a few times. It will be warm this week so I can get some fresh air and maybe try running even.

Also only 3 more days of having to take my blood pressure 6 times a day, which is annoying especially when they read high. They are getting somewhat lower and I even have had some readings close to a I have got in the doctors's. They cause undue anxiety. I will enter 'phase 2' of the study in whch I take my blood pressure only once a week

Maya will go to school in person in 5 weeks for only 2 days. More than half of the covid cases in our county are due to those fun loving  but profoundly selfish college students.  My other grandkids not living in college towns have in person school now. Will we ever be Covid free? Not with idiots such as the governors of Texas and Mississippi removing mask mandates. Biden called this 'Neanderthal thinking' He was too kind. Fox news was all over this saying how can Biden claim to be a uniter when he calls this governors Neanderthals. Also they blamed him for not publishing some racists Dr. Suess books (not his decision) and for having an ugly German Shepherd (does not look presidential) Actually his dog is quite handsome but they are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel criticizing  adog