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holiday(ish) natter
Dec. 23rd, 2020 01:42 pmI did the errands yesterday - with Christmas approaching, I thought that my best course of action was to go out early in the week. I think it was a good choice. Everywhere I went was more crowded than it's been since just before the first lockdown in March. I saw a disturbing number of people wearing masks incorrectly. OTOH, at least they were wearing them. Got everything on my list, a couple of things that weren't but should have been, and completely spaced on a couple others. 'sallight, I'll make another stab at cornbread for Christmas Day, and with a dentist appointment next week, I can get crescent rolls for later.
Other than that, not much to report. Mum is hoping that their internal lockdown will be eased enough that she can have friends over for brunch sometime this week (a positive test on the campus, but not in the main building). Her Christmas present arrived in record time - I don't usually get packages from this shop as quickly as this one appeared. Still, I don't think I'll send it until after Christmas, when the backlog will have eased a bit (hopefully!).
For all that it's over 50F today, the weather people are telling us that we'll have a White Christmas. Whee?
I have determined that I can do a 4 mile walk twice a week - when I try to do it more often, my back complains, and I wind up needing to skip a day or two. After Christmas, I'll try a 3 mile walk 3 days a week - that seemed to be fine, but when I ramped up to 4 miles, things got creaky and painful.
I have started the Christmas letter, but in the two days since I did so, J's stuff has overflowed on the kitchen table again. He cleared it off for Thanksgiving, and then Mum's holiday fruit basket arrived and now all bets are off.
Other than that, not much to report. Mum is hoping that their internal lockdown will be eased enough that she can have friends over for brunch sometime this week (a positive test on the campus, but not in the main building). Her Christmas present arrived in record time - I don't usually get packages from this shop as quickly as this one appeared. Still, I don't think I'll send it until after Christmas, when the backlog will have eased a bit (hopefully!).
For all that it's over 50F today, the weather people are telling us that we'll have a White Christmas. Whee?
I have determined that I can do a 4 mile walk twice a week - when I try to do it more often, my back complains, and I wind up needing to skip a day or two. After Christmas, I'll try a 3 mile walk 3 days a week - that seemed to be fine, but when I ramped up to 4 miles, things got creaky and painful.
I have started the Christmas letter, but in the two days since I did so, J's stuff has overflowed on the kitchen table again. He cleared it off for Thanksgiving, and then Mum's holiday fruit basket arrived and now all bets are off.
