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Sigh.
It's hot outside, and I didn't feel like going through the human being obstacle course to get to Greenwood Cemetery for a walk. So worked out in my apartment instead.
I told Mother that every time I leave my apartment I'm like a terrified bunny peeking out of its hole and hopping about, or away from things. Make that a highly irritated hoppy bunny.
My mother found the bunny rabbit reference amusing.
Worked until 4:30, then called mother. Later than usual, my shift is 8-4pm, but I wanted to finish something. It's quiet at that time, and for some reason I was focusing better than I had been at 8 am.
I'm still working remotely. One of the managers signs legal documents for everyone working remotely, scans them, emails them to us, we forward them to the vendor, and then leaves them on our chairs.
Leo: I left it on your chair.
Me: I'm thinking the pile of papers you've left on my chair is going to topple over soon.
Leo: Yes, it's getting a bit high and heavy.
Me: You have my permission to put them on my desk - assuming you can find an empty space on my desk. (I can't remember how I left my office - it was in my March. That was long time ago.)
Busy work day at least. Lots of time spent updating management's charts, yet again, so they knew what were doing, how much money, was being spent, and who was involved. Management is chart happy. Also answering questions, and asking questions, and trying to push work up the proverbial hill and out the door.
The plus side of being permitted to work from home (indefinitely at the moment) is that it has made work less stressful. It is. For a lot of us. Not everyone - or not for the people who can't work from home. But so far, I can pretty much do everything off of a laptop and so can a lot of other people.
Of course if this continues into 2021 - I might want to invest in a new desktop computer with large monitors, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I feel like I'm idefinitely treading water. And a bit depressed as a result of being stuck in this holding pattern - a kind of fathomless limbo. This feels endless somehow. An endless marathon with no end in sight. I just want to sleep. That's all I wanted to do this weekend was sleep. I am sleeping well or better than previously. I fall asleep quickly and wake up in the night, and fall back to sleep. The problem is? I want to stay there. Asleep. Kind of like Sleeping Beauty. I'll sleep through all this - and someone can wake me when its over.
I have been waking up before my alarm though. Kind of panicked this morning when I woke at 6:12 AM and thought I'd overslept. Used to get up at 5:40 am. I had to remind myself that I was getting up at 6:30 now, because no longer commuting. I'd had a nightmare about seeing a movie and a musical - and woke up, realizing with an odd sense of relief and disbelief that neither can happen now.
New York vs. The Coronavirus
After beating back the virus, New York still feels a bit under siege. It has all these pesky states that have the infection, and they won't keep their citizens from traveling to and from NY.
This weekend NY ended up with cluster due to three people who visited from Georgia, who all tested positive for the virus. So in attempt to strategically combat this in a loving and caring manner, our erstwhile Governor reached out to the Mayor of Atlanta Georgia - and asked what they needed. ( Read more... )
Oh, New York City had it's first day since March without any COVID deaths. (Plenty of people died in the city, just not of COVID - or rather not confirmed to have died of COVID. There were three teens who were killed in a parking lot drag racing, although that may not have been in the city, and more on Long Island. There's a bit of a disagreement as to whether the Rockaways is actually in NYC or on Long Island. Darwin Awards...they never end.)
Go#TeamNY!
New York has also decided to mandate that all travelers from the 39 states with high infection rates - fill out a form that provides information on where they came from, what they are doing in the state, and all their contact information. ( Read more... )
New York vs. the White House and the Secretary of Education
The New York Governor's other nightmare is the sociopath in the White House. Who seems intent on making everything worse. The Governor of New York really despises the sociopath in the White House. He went after him yet again today. I honestly think the moment Trump leaves the Presidency, New York will arrest him and throw his ass in Rikers, if NY can get away with it. (They might have to fight the FBI.)
Why?
Ah. The President thinks schools should re-open automatically. So too does his head of education, the other sociopath in the White House. Against all recommendations from the team of scientists and doctors advising them on the virus. And they are threatening to withhold funding from the States if they don't re-open. States to White House?
California basically told the President to shove it up his rear today, and is not re-opening schools in the fall and pursuing other ideas. Schools in Texas are trying to figure out how to do it all outside. New York's current plan is based on facts and science - if the infection rate is below 5%, and the schools can put a plan in place that ensures kids and teachers are protected with enough PPE - has to be 100% PPE, and social distancing. Also the community must have met all the requirements to place it in Phase IV of its re-opening. Then and only then will schools re-open in that locality. It's up to that school district.
Per the Governor's email:
( Read more... )
When polled? Most New Yorkers are scared and think we'll have a second worse wave in the fall. And no one really wants to re-open schools. They are re-opening day care next week - with various things in place, although kids don't have to wear masks just the adults. I've mixed feelings about that.
Very happy I don't have to worry about daycare or taking the subway right now with kids going to daycare.
New York is so proud of itself for beating back COVID - it created a POSTER to promote and commemorate its success. Honestly, the New York Governor can be annoyingly smug at times. The Reporters wanted to know if he actually designed the poster himself, he was kind of insulted and put out by that - of course he did. (It looked like he did - he's all over it.)
Sigh. New York, I love you. But sometimes you are a bit full of yourself.
Just saying.
Apparently one can take advantage of bike trails and canals for kayaking in upstate New York - shame my back can't handle either. Or I don't have the means of doing it. I really wish people would stop reminding me of all the things I could be doing if I had a different life than I currently do. I'm right now wishing I had a jeep, a bike, a kayak, was in great shape, a nice little house by one of the finger lakes, and a dog. What type of dog? Eh, always been partial to Collies. I have a Lassie fetish. Don't worry the desire will pass - possibly by tomorrow.
That's an old picture. But it fits my mood.
I'm tired. All the time. I just want to sleep. I find myself nodding off during television shows this weekend, and during work. At least work was busy and required thought today - that helped. Also was broken up a bit with a phone call.
I think I'm missing some of the face to face interaction.
This morning had plumbing issues. My toilet threatened to overflow. Worse - with shitty water. (Sorry, but there is no other description). I managed to get it under control with a plunger, and scooping the water into the sink. Then cleaning the sink and the scoop with bleach. It was disgusting and anxiety inducing. But did not require calling the Super like the last time, I did it. (I do get along with the Super's wife. Not so much her husband, but definitely his wife. So that's good at least.)
Also I wasn't feeling well - digestive issues (made worse by plumbing issues), and sinus headache threatening to become vertigo headache. I get them every year at this time - combination of perimenopause, allergies and barometric pressure, also old head injury. Been getting them since roughly 2014. But, with COVID, I spend fifteen minutes trying to figure out if it is COVID. (Hint if the meds work - it's not. The meds worked. That's what my cousin who had it told me - she realized it was something else when her allergy meds didn't work and headache meds didn't work. Lovely. Just lovely (heavy sarcasm voice).)
It passed around 1 - making it easier to focus on work at least. Anyhow..not much else. Oh, Lucifer - Part I of S5 is premiering August 17. So that's something to look forward to...
Also..another picture of flowers..taken in the Tacoma Washington State Park in 2018. One of the better trips that I've taken.
It's hot outside, and I didn't feel like going through the human being obstacle course to get to Greenwood Cemetery for a walk. So worked out in my apartment instead.
I told Mother that every time I leave my apartment I'm like a terrified bunny peeking out of its hole and hopping about, or away from things. Make that a highly irritated hoppy bunny.
My mother found the bunny rabbit reference amusing.
Worked until 4:30, then called mother. Later than usual, my shift is 8-4pm, but I wanted to finish something. It's quiet at that time, and for some reason I was focusing better than I had been at 8 am.
I'm still working remotely. One of the managers signs legal documents for everyone working remotely, scans them, emails them to us, we forward them to the vendor, and then leaves them on our chairs.
Leo: I left it on your chair.
Me: I'm thinking the pile of papers you've left on my chair is going to topple over soon.
Leo: Yes, it's getting a bit high and heavy.
Me: You have my permission to put them on my desk - assuming you can find an empty space on my desk. (I can't remember how I left my office - it was in my March. That was long time ago.)
Busy work day at least. Lots of time spent updating management's charts, yet again, so they knew what were doing, how much money, was being spent, and who was involved. Management is chart happy. Also answering questions, and asking questions, and trying to push work up the proverbial hill and out the door.
The plus side of being permitted to work from home (indefinitely at the moment) is that it has made work less stressful. It is. For a lot of us. Not everyone - or not for the people who can't work from home. But so far, I can pretty much do everything off of a laptop and so can a lot of other people.
Of course if this continues into 2021 - I might want to invest in a new desktop computer with large monitors, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
I feel like I'm idefinitely treading water. And a bit depressed as a result of being stuck in this holding pattern - a kind of fathomless limbo. This feels endless somehow. An endless marathon with no end in sight. I just want to sleep. That's all I wanted to do this weekend was sleep. I am sleeping well or better than previously. I fall asleep quickly and wake up in the night, and fall back to sleep. The problem is? I want to stay there. Asleep. Kind of like Sleeping Beauty. I'll sleep through all this - and someone can wake me when its over.
I have been waking up before my alarm though. Kind of panicked this morning when I woke at 6:12 AM and thought I'd overslept. Used to get up at 5:40 am. I had to remind myself that I was getting up at 6:30 now, because no longer commuting. I'd had a nightmare about seeing a movie and a musical - and woke up, realizing with an odd sense of relief and disbelief that neither can happen now.
New York vs. The Coronavirus
After beating back the virus, New York still feels a bit under siege. It has all these pesky states that have the infection, and they won't keep their citizens from traveling to and from NY.
This weekend NY ended up with cluster due to three people who visited from Georgia, who all tested positive for the virus. So in attempt to strategically combat this in a loving and caring manner, our erstwhile Governor reached out to the Mayor of Atlanta Georgia - and asked what they needed. ( Read more... )
Oh, New York City had it's first day since March without any COVID deaths. (Plenty of people died in the city, just not of COVID - or rather not confirmed to have died of COVID. There were three teens who were killed in a parking lot drag racing, although that may not have been in the city, and more on Long Island. There's a bit of a disagreement as to whether the Rockaways is actually in NYC or on Long Island. Darwin Awards...they never end.)
Go#TeamNY!
New York has also decided to mandate that all travelers from the 39 states with high infection rates - fill out a form that provides information on where they came from, what they are doing in the state, and all their contact information. ( Read more... )
New York vs. the White House and the Secretary of Education
The New York Governor's other nightmare is the sociopath in the White House. Who seems intent on making everything worse. The Governor of New York really despises the sociopath in the White House. He went after him yet again today. I honestly think the moment Trump leaves the Presidency, New York will arrest him and throw his ass in Rikers, if NY can get away with it. (They might have to fight the FBI.)
Why?
Ah. The President thinks schools should re-open automatically. So too does his head of education, the other sociopath in the White House. Against all recommendations from the team of scientists and doctors advising them on the virus. And they are threatening to withhold funding from the States if they don't re-open. States to White House?
California basically told the President to shove it up his rear today, and is not re-opening schools in the fall and pursuing other ideas. Schools in Texas are trying to figure out how to do it all outside. New York's current plan is based on facts and science - if the infection rate is below 5%, and the schools can put a plan in place that ensures kids and teachers are protected with enough PPE - has to be 100% PPE, and social distancing. Also the community must have met all the requirements to place it in Phase IV of its re-opening. Then and only then will schools re-open in that locality. It's up to that school district.
Per the Governor's email:
( Read more... )
When polled? Most New Yorkers are scared and think we'll have a second worse wave in the fall. And no one really wants to re-open schools. They are re-opening day care next week - with various things in place, although kids don't have to wear masks just the adults. I've mixed feelings about that.
Very happy I don't have to worry about daycare or taking the subway right now with kids going to daycare.
New York is so proud of itself for beating back COVID - it created a POSTER to promote and commemorate its success. Honestly, the New York Governor can be annoyingly smug at times. The Reporters wanted to know if he actually designed the poster himself, he was kind of insulted and put out by that - of course he did. (It looked like he did - he's all over it.)
Sigh. New York, I love you. But sometimes you are a bit full of yourself.
Just saying.
Apparently one can take advantage of bike trails and canals for kayaking in upstate New York - shame my back can't handle either. Or I don't have the means of doing it. I really wish people would stop reminding me of all the things I could be doing if I had a different life than I currently do. I'm right now wishing I had a jeep, a bike, a kayak, was in great shape, a nice little house by one of the finger lakes, and a dog. What type of dog? Eh, always been partial to Collies. I have a Lassie fetish. Don't worry the desire will pass - possibly by tomorrow.
That's an old picture. But it fits my mood.
I'm tired. All the time. I just want to sleep. I find myself nodding off during television shows this weekend, and during work. At least work was busy and required thought today - that helped. Also was broken up a bit with a phone call.
I think I'm missing some of the face to face interaction.
This morning had plumbing issues. My toilet threatened to overflow. Worse - with shitty water. (Sorry, but there is no other description). I managed to get it under control with a plunger, and scooping the water into the sink. Then cleaning the sink and the scoop with bleach. It was disgusting and anxiety inducing. But did not require calling the Super like the last time, I did it. (I do get along with the Super's wife. Not so much her husband, but definitely his wife. So that's good at least.)
Also I wasn't feeling well - digestive issues (made worse by plumbing issues), and sinus headache threatening to become vertigo headache. I get them every year at this time - combination of perimenopause, allergies and barometric pressure, also old head injury. Been getting them since roughly 2014. But, with COVID, I spend fifteen minutes trying to figure out if it is COVID. (Hint if the meds work - it's not. The meds worked. That's what my cousin who had it told me - she realized it was something else when her allergy meds didn't work and headache meds didn't work. Lovely. Just lovely (heavy sarcasm voice).)
It passed around 1 - making it easier to focus on work at least. Anyhow..not much else. Oh, Lucifer - Part I of S5 is premiering August 17. So that's something to look forward to...
Also..another picture of flowers..taken in the Tacoma Washington State Park in 2018. One of the better trips that I've taken.