Day #128 - Stormy

So, no restorative walk around Greenwood Cemetery today. It's thundering and lightening right now, with some flashes a wee bit too close for comfort.

Shame, I kind of needed it.

They were banging next door for a good portion of the morning and afternoon - busy tearing up the neighbor's kitchen wall in order to rewire the electricity. I put on my BOSE noise cancelling head phones and blared music all day long - not great for my headache, but what could I do? Been struggling with a sinus/tension headache for the last two days, and most of today - not helped by the banging next door. It's finally begun to alleviate now that its storming.

The photo was taken from my walk to the pharmacy and back - where I picked up cleaning supplies, toilet paper, chocolate, water bottles, and more sinus headache meds. [Pharmacy is easier than before - no line now, but still problematic in some respects.] Oh, also picked up ifly smart kit - it's a flying kit for COVID-19.

The Healthy Kit includes: Antiseptic wipes (8 counts), Hydrating facial wipes (5 counts), Face mask, Headrest cover, Lip balm (0.15 oz), Sleep mask and Earplugs

New York vs. the Terrorist in the White House (who won't die of COVID dammit)

So, as you may or may not have heard by now - the idiot in the White House has decided to send Federal Troops into various US cities, because that worked so well in Portland. (Not). The US cities are not happy about this turn of events and pushing back. And meanwhile, the poor traumatized New Yorkers began to panic.

New York Reporters: What are you doing about the President's threat to invade US cities?
Mayor: We won't let him. We told him no.
New York Reporters: Portland did the same thing.
Mayor: We'll sue him if he tries it and take through the courts!

A few hours after that, Governor Cuomo calls into NY1.

NY1: So Trump threatened to send Federal Troops into NYC...what is your response?
NY Governor: I just got off the phone with him - and asked him not to, and explained why in detail and why we didn't need them. He listened and agreed, and there will be no troops sent to NYC.
NY1: The Mayor said in his live briefing that if he did it, the City of NY would sue the Trump administration. Would you back the City?
NY Governor: Well, if he did it then the state would have to get involved. And while a possible route, legal action is not the fastest or the most effective. We're already suing the Federal Government on a host of other issues...and it is slow. There's much faster and more effective measures which we'd follow.

I told this to mother, who said that the 45 can be reasonable if you speak to him person to person, and don't confront him. He doesn't handle confrontations well. (That and the Governor of NY has known him a VERY long time.)

Personally I think our Mayor and Governor are playing good cop/bad cop with everyone. The Mayor pisses people off, the Governor comes in and smooths their feathers, and vice versa.

Doesn't look like Chicago is going to be quite so lucky. Mother's worried about Chicago - the idiot in the White House has decided to send troops into Chicago and Alberqueue, New Mexico. Both cities are spiking with the virus along with Portland. Also several people were shot at a funeral home. But here's the thing - where were they with the shooting of the Federal Judge's son?

Crazy Workplace

According to the News, Crazy Workplace had appealed to the Federal Government directly for funds. It's facing a tsunami of deficits, a deficit that will take it clear into 2024. (Considering it was in a deficit before COVID, this is hardly surprising. Mergers are expensive. You have to hire all these expensive organizational consultants to tell you how to do it.)

I fretted again. Mainly because I keep seeing this thing come up on my computer informing me that its gathering information from my remote computer. I don't know what that means. My mother talked me off the cliff again. Reminding me of all of the things I've told her.

I've decided to put my faith in my boss and my Governor, who have proven to me that they genuinely care about their people and will do whatever is within their power to protect them.

It's just really hard to have faith sometimes, because "faith and doubt" are roommates and...I'm just struggling to hold onto my faith this year. I believe in a higher power, and it is difficult at times to have faith in it and in humanity, particularly this year.

March 10

Boss: How was your birthday? Did you do anything special?
ME: I got a massage and spent the day in a park. Next year I hope to go to Peru, assuming of course that I survive 2020.
Boss: Assuming we all survive 2020.



Family

I found myself almost in tears today, talking to my mother. But I resisted.
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I'm trying to lose weight and fear I'm failing at it. ( Read more... )

Meanwhile on FB, they are fighting over the proper way to remove and put on a mask, and when you aren't needing the mask you should take it off entirely and not wear it on your chin.
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New York vs. the Corona Virus

New York is making headway against the Coronavirus. I'm choosing to trust and have faith in my Governor, whom I voted for.( Read more... )

Can you see the hidden angel in the picture above? I bet you can't!
[Sometimes it's really hard to see angels, even when they are right in front of you.]

Long day. Struggling to hang in there. ( Read more... )

I leave you with the flowers I passed today...on my way home from the pharmacy...

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1. Flirting with playing hooky from work tomorrow at various junctures and checking out SD Comic Con@Home, although most of the panels should be post work, so not an issue. What's weird is Joss Whedon's Q&A scheduled for 5PM on July 24, has completely disappeared from the schedule and no one has commented on it. Is this due to the recent negative press and gossip regarding Whedon?

We can watch panels via youtube after airing.

2. Witcher S2 is Set to Resume Production in the UK on August 17 and other casting, storyline, and release date news

3. Movies postponed and suspended by the Coronavirus - Tenet was pulled by WB and won't be premiering in August, the summer movie season is officially cancelled.

4. Avatar - The Last Airbender Live Action Series