Day #335...Partly cloudy with rays of sunshine

We apparently have more snow on the way for tomorrow. Making me think I might make soup tomorrow afternoon - and possibly my almond flour flat bread. Although I'm busy with a new project and have a staff meeting from doom along with a potential other meeting to deal with on Teams.

Today I made a salad from the fresh greens in my aeorgarden.



Mother: How's that going by the way? Your brother asked. (Note, my brother and I rarely talk - there's no real reason to - we can go through our mother.)
ME: Mixed. Four out of the six pods sprouted. Two refused to sprout. One wants to become a tree or a stalk and I keep cutting it down. There's not enough room for it to do that. It keeps hitting the light, which I can't get to move.
Mother: Can you cut it down?
ME: I do, but I feel bad, it bleeds. Also it keeps growing back stronger only to burn itself against the grow light. That said, the other three are doing fine and considering I kill plants - I'm very pleased. I get fresh heirloom lettuce from them, and they aren't a problem. So mixed results. I'd give it about three stars or a C rating.

I talked to niece awhile back..

Niece: You and my father rarely talk.
Me: We talk...just when we have to. Like when our parents got hurt.
Niece: not the same.
Me: Besides, I learn everything from mother.
Niece: Yes, Grammy likes to gossip.
Me: LOL!

This is true. My mother adores talking about other folks and telling me all about their lives, whether I want to know or not. She tried to tell me about a former boss, and former colleague of my father's - who I disliked.
I had to cut her off twice.

I took a walk after talking to mother. A brief one around the block. It's 25 degrees outside. Although I'm not certain that was true. It felt like 32 degrees to me. Still colder in Texas at the moment.



I checked out Twitter and found out the following:

1. Rush Limbaugh Dead From Lung Cancer at 70 - if he'd only died twenty years earlier? I found out on Twitter. Mother found out from bro.

Mother: Your brother gave me a piece of good news today.
ME: Oh?
Mother: Rush Limbaugh died.( Read more... )

2. A person who worked on the set of Angel (no clue who they are) - posted in response to CC's tweet - that she was absolutely right. They had worked on that set - and it was like that. Toxic. And they stood by her.

From everything I heard via the fandom - yeah it was a toxic set. Most television sets are unfortunately. We live in a toxic culture.

3. Biden announced on CNN that he was cracking down on domestic terrorism. That he had entered politics with the sole purpose of cracking down on white surpremacy, and the pure evil of the Klu Klux Klan. In a way Trump did us a favor - he pulled back the veil and shined a spotlight on the domestic terrorist groups. By uniting them - he made it more possible for the FBI to arrest and round them up and imprison them.

4. Twitter has pretty much moved on from the Whedon thing. No one else has responded - nor do I expect anyone else too. It's more interested in politics again. Although Trevor Noah stated in his commentary that Republicans voted to acquit Trump faster than Buffy fans turned against Joss Whedon. I can't wait for the day that Trump disappears from the news completely.



Covid

Learned that the Jacobs Javits Center just did its 50,000 vaccine - it was an employee in our department. A fifty-five year old black man who worked with the public in the warehouses. He's one of the frontline. It's a positive moment, because we lost a 62 year old man from that department to COVID-19 this past week. Meanwhile my reasonable accommodation to work from home has been extended until April 31, 2021. Which means, the company will most likely extend the WFH to April.

We've had a lot of cases and deaths. They are keeping people working remotely unless they have to be onsite. This allows those who have to be onsite to be safer.

Meanwhile on NY1, a poor man who had a kidney transplant, can't get a vaccination appointment to save his life. He's been unemployed for a while now because of the pandemic and has spent the last three days trying to get an appointment. It's a bit like trying to get concert tickets or plane tickets - and every time you get to the page, someone else got there before you and got an appointment instead.

This is why I'm waiting - until my organization offers it to me or my doctor does. I can wait. I'm working from home. I am not unemployed. And my pre-existing conditions aren't that bad. It's the one thing I can do to help others right now - and I'm willing to do that. That and wear a mask, wash my hands, and not hurt anyone. Thoughts don't hurt people. Acting on them does. Thoughts...aren't real unless you act on them. And try to help whenever I can.

Although, I do feel as if I'm in prison at times. It's a very comfortable prison - with breaks for exercise and supplies. But still feels like prison. I told this to mother, who agreed. She feels the same, if not more so. Unable to walk about on a broken hip.

I have hope though. They are getting better at distributing the vaccinations. My parents are due to receive their second shot - next week.



Regarding work project? New organization admitted today that they had no contract templates and had provided the wrong one, and we were to use the contracts we'd used in the past with new agencies language. I felt sorry for the two co-workers who had spent endless hours adjusting the contract they'd provided.

Spent all day long fiddling with it.



It's odd. I'm getting used to wearing a mask and seeing others in them. It's more shocking to see people without a mask. And it's almost second nature to put one on whenever I leave the apartment. My foyer/pantry closet is filled with them, and I hang them for ready access on the doorknob. (I'm the only person in my apartment - they are safe.)

But it is exhausting to wear the things. I feel for those who have to wear them 6-12 hours a day.

Anyhow...tomorrow we'll have another storm. See you on the other side of it...