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Plague 2020#5
Jun. 28th, 2020 01:41 pm My last entry was 6 weeks ago. Oops. But not much has changed. I'm still working at home. Cases in my county were at 0 for several weeks, but now they are rising dramatically along with much of the US. Oklahoma is often called out as being one of the worst states for increased cases. A couple of weeks ago we went to Trader Joe's in OKC, and this felt like an enourmous adventure akin to sky diving -- probably we wouldn't die, but there was a non-zero chance that we just might. TJs is actually prettty good about taking precautions and it felt significantly safer to shop there than at the local Evil Empire of Doom (Walmart).
I had a grand total of 2 social adventures since this all started in March. About a month ago, when cases were still at 0, my friend M from work came over for lunch. We ate outside on the porch and had a really nice, more or less socially distant visit. Then on Friday, my work had socially distant picnic at a local park. Bring your lunch and a lawn chair and sit 6 feet apart and visit. Normally I'd eschew such work nonsense, but the solitude is getting to even me, so I went, especially since M wanted me to go. Everyone was really good about keeping their distance, well except M, who came and sat right next to me and wanted to share food, digging her grubby paws into my CheezIts, sigh. I insisted she keep the bag, snort.
My big news is that my best friend from grad school, L, called me last week to tell me her cultural resources archaeology firm needed a Technical Editor and I should apply. So I did. Got a call for a preliminary interview, and maybe I'll get another, more formal interview. But as much as I want to ditch FPP and work for an arch firm, the job sounds incredibly boring. There is no actual writing, just collating reports and filling out forms and making sure all the formatting is correct and the regulations met. For which they will pay slightly more than I currently make. L works at home and thought this position could also, but they might want someone in office (in Florida) to produce and coallate and print those stupid reports, and then box them up and send them out ... so who knows. I'm not sure I want the job, but I definitely want them to want me. Snort. I doubt think it will work out.
I've stopped going to PT for now ... I spent about a grand out of pocket, and while I've had significant improvements, I'm not sure there's much more she can do for me. Plus the last time I was there, I was unhappy at how lax they had gotten with the mask wearing. So for now at least, I'm not going. I'm walking 2 miles now, without pain, which is such an improvement! It's proper hot here now, so in the morning I water the plants and take my walk (usually 1 to 1.5 miles, and I'm doing 2 miles only once a week at this point, but may increase to twice a week) and then I start my work day.
Well that's all I've got for now. I genuninely want to check in more, but every day is so boring except for you know World on Fire Pandemic Black Lives Matter that I don't have much to say.
I had a grand total of 2 social adventures since this all started in March. About a month ago, when cases were still at 0, my friend M from work came over for lunch. We ate outside on the porch and had a really nice, more or less socially distant visit. Then on Friday, my work had socially distant picnic at a local park. Bring your lunch and a lawn chair and sit 6 feet apart and visit. Normally I'd eschew such work nonsense, but the solitude is getting to even me, so I went, especially since M wanted me to go. Everyone was really good about keeping their distance, well except M, who came and sat right next to me and wanted to share food, digging her grubby paws into my CheezIts, sigh. I insisted she keep the bag, snort.
My big news is that my best friend from grad school, L, called me last week to tell me her cultural resources archaeology firm needed a Technical Editor and I should apply. So I did. Got a call for a preliminary interview, and maybe I'll get another, more formal interview. But as much as I want to ditch FPP and work for an arch firm, the job sounds incredibly boring. There is no actual writing, just collating reports and filling out forms and making sure all the formatting is correct and the regulations met. For which they will pay slightly more than I currently make. L works at home and thought this position could also, but they might want someone in office (in Florida) to produce and coallate and print those stupid reports, and then box them up and send them out ... so who knows. I'm not sure I want the job, but I definitely want them to want me. Snort. I doubt think it will work out.
I've stopped going to PT for now ... I spent about a grand out of pocket, and while I've had significant improvements, I'm not sure there's much more she can do for me. Plus the last time I was there, I was unhappy at how lax they had gotten with the mask wearing. So for now at least, I'm not going. I'm walking 2 miles now, without pain, which is such an improvement! It's proper hot here now, so in the morning I water the plants and take my walk (usually 1 to 1.5 miles, and I'm doing 2 miles only once a week at this point, but may increase to twice a week) and then I start my work day.
Well that's all I've got for now. I genuninely want to check in more, but every day is so boring except for you know World on Fire Pandemic Black Lives Matter that I don't have much to say.
