I was happy when I woke up and realized it is Friday. Tracking my days is different now. Not like I haven’t worked at home before, but it takes awhile to get into a new routine. I’ve been walking to the corner all week, as if I’m going to the bus stop. I stop and take a picture and then I “run” home. It gets my heart moving.
Look at my beautiful city
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I’ve spent most of the week hating technology. There are at least 3 ways to check my work email and each one opens differently – displays differently and has different functions. Sometimes I get the “can’t get there from here” message and that’s when I think it’s a sign to go back to bed.
Yesterday I was on a “TEAMS” call taking notes (like Skype, Zoom, conference call program)– trying to stay inconspicuous you know, in the background, muted microphone, typing away. Since the microphone in my laptop refuses to work I have to connect via Iphone – I use the phone as a microphone and I’m still connected through the computer as well. It’s meant to be used by people who don’t have a microphone on their desktop. All the sudden the call drops..Sheesh – during the meeting – that I am taking notes on – so I’m scrambling to reconnect. I have to have the program call me since my microphone doesn’t work – anyway, so it calls me back but it never rings so I figure, heck with it, I can hear them I’ll just keep going. They don’t need to hear me. Next thing ya know there is a message reverberating throughout the conference call “your voice mail is full, please…blah blah..” and my boss is like “Lynn?…” Jesus Christ. Apparently, what happened was when the program called me back the second time it went straight to voice mail and had been recording in my voice mail the whole time. Unbeknownst to me. I mean do you see? This is why I need to retire. Or like Zach said “I should have been a park ranger” – Technology is the worst…and the best…but the worst when it involves your job. I’m just not going to call in any more. There is nothing I need to say. If they need me to say anything I can put it on the “chat” screen. I think the connection issues have something to do with the reception I get in this basement office of mine.
Speaking of basement offices, I’ve told my landlord that I will not be renewing my lease. I now have 2 months to find a place. I don’t have a plan. Well I guess I have a plan to move out. I don’t know where. The whole idea was to spend a year here while I got resettled and then buy a place and really settle into my forever home. Like my forever..which you know…the end game..last house, etc. It’s really weird to be thinking in those terms, last house, last car. Although seriously I’m not anywhere near last car, at least to my knowledge. We (my age group) are though considered “at risk” in this Covid thing. That’s a bit sobering. I don’t feel “at risk” – but just incase I figure the best thing for me to do is to keep my lungs healthy. Thus the daily walks. I did a 20-minute yoga video the other day. I thought I’d do 20 minutes every day. Well,,,, the first day, 20 minutes seemed like 3 hours. I kept thinking “is this never going to end? Where is the shavasana?” I haven’t done a 20-minute segment since. I am still sore from the first one.
Today being casual Friday, after my shower (yes it was a shower day) I decided to wear a new top. You know just to make it a special day. It is a new casual top. I have realized that I can wear the same laundry basket full of clothes for the entire week. I just need to do laundry once and rewear everything in that same laundry basket. Maybe when I go to the grocery store over the weekend I’ll try and go outside the laundry basket and wear something else.
Has anyone else thought about purposely getting the thing? I mean since I’m self-quarantined anyway. Wouldn’t it better if I just got it? Stayed home my 15 days and then at least I’d be able to visit people for a couple weeks without the threat of being a carrier or getting it again? OR I wonder if you can be a carrier and immune at the same time? If no one sneezes on me, and I’m not a carrier, well shouldn’t I be okay? I don’t mind being home but I’m ready for some human interaction. I’ve seen some people on my walk/run in the mornings but usually I cross the street. I’m thinking of going over to my neighbors and throwing rocks at her door to get her to come outside and sit on her porch and I can talk to her from the sidewalk. My other neighbor was BLASTING music yesterday. Made my house shake. He said he wanted to get people to come outside on their decks. He used to be a DJ. He misses it. Maybe he’s on to something and when it warms up we can all have a dance party on our decks. I’m going to miss living here. I do love my little street.
It’s the weekend. It’s warming up but it’s supposed to rain…a lot. I wonder what shows I’ll watch. Sandy’s turned me onto “Last Tango in Halifax” – it’s very cute. Just about life. Life is very interesting isn’t it? Especially now – Life in the times of Cholera/Covid.
xoxoxo
Love Zack said “ I should have been a park ranger.”