I'm Just Visiting This Planet

But I do know that I’m getting kind of tired of this. By this I mean: Grocery shopping every ten days or so because it has become so nerve-wracking. Zoom meetings-I am so over Zoom. Remembering my mask when I go out Trying to remember what “going out” was like You get the picture. And I’m starting to think that “this” is the “new normal.” At least the garden looks good, the garden we weren’t going to have because we were supposed to be traveling. I like this picture so much that I made it one of my “virtual backgrounds” for when I’m on Zoom on my iPad. Garden gate with Tibetan prayer flags How are you doing?

We were sitting on the porch last week when I looked up at the skylights and saw—-well it looked like hundreds but it was probably only about 20–stink bugs. They are quite disgusting, and I couldn’t help thinking, oh great. Another  plague. McHale to the rescue! I won’t even begin to guess how many of these uninvited guests we had, but it was a lot. And of course, every plague has it’s price of removal. But McHale was here on Monday, and although we’re still picking up the bodies, both dead and some barely alive, it was worth every penny. And now, on to the dryer! The steam valve (who knew we even had a steam valve?) is running non-stop and wetting the clothes instead of drying them. Tomorrow it’s time to call Berger’s  and find the number for the Electrolux repairman. Happy self-quarantining everyone!

[Note: I count from March 3 because that's the date that the first case was discovered in Westchester County New York.] So here we are, just over three months into this. And I finally started working on our home office. Mostly I have "before" pictures. Like these: The overall "look"  There's a table under there, under the farmer's market basket and the pile of mail. Stuff on the table by the door  I can't begin to tell you how long this "project" has been on the list of things to do. This office has looked like a bomb dropped for quite some time. There are papers to be filed, like the pile of bills you see on the right below. So I've learned that I can put off difficult projects for, oh, three months with no problem. At the beginning of the stay at home order, I assumed that I would have lots of energy for projects like this. Boy, was I wrong! I barely have the energy for this project now! Stay tuned! maybe by Day 1...