CM, I hope the bunny feels better quickly!

I will have to find my links and go see all these pictures!

I got rid of FIVE post it notes today and one was the evaluations. They are all turned in!

Today Dad drove Mom to the Little local nursery where she always gets her spring impatiens for the flower beds. It is outdoors and there were three other women there, all wearing masks. Mom got her wagon (wiped the handle) and used it to block off The whole row. Then she carried her flats over to it and started to pull it to the counter, but the girl waved her off and said "load first, then come pay" because she was wiping the counter. So mom loaded, paid, sanitized and rode home. She said she was very shaky by the end of it, but it was good to get away from the house.

Tomorrow is my busy day away from the house - recycling drop and clean my classroom.

WAY TO GO!!! Subclinical! 😀
Finishing the evaluations and 4 more post it notes done!!!

Glad your Mom got out and got her flowers.
Hope having her pretty flower beds will give her some normalcy and comfort (((HUG)))

Have a good day tomorrow and I hope you get the opportunity to have a shouting conversation with a few people. ;D

HELLO TATOULIA
Hoping you all are well and doing fine (((HUG)))

WAY TO GO!!! Subclinical! 😀
Finishing the evaluations and 4 more post it notes done!!!

Glad your Mom got out and got her flowers.
Hope having her pretty flower beds will give her some normalcy and comfort (((HUG)))

Have a good day tomorrow and I hope you get the opportunity to have a shouting conversation with a few people. ;D

HELLO TATOULIA
Hoping you all are well and doing fine (((HUG)))

Good Evening Everybody

Hello CriticalMass

Glad Bunny has his tummy medicine.

We can only plan day by day with the country as it is.
Your errands can be put off and anybody would understand why.
You need to put your peace of mind and physical safety first.

How about considering driving to a grocery store a little farther out?
They may also have a better selection of foods Roommate needs to get.

Hummmm.....
Tiny little missing Barbie shoes.....
Maybe, just maybe, and I am not pointing any fingers
but they would be perfect toys to bat around and stick under furniture and appliances. 😉

Yes, George's funeral is planned for the ninth.
But we sure don't know when things will settle down.
When all four of those police involved in his death are properly charged and arrested and put in jail, maybe then?
But there are so many other police murders that have yet to be addressed. 🙁

Good Evening Everybody

Hello CriticalMass

Glad Bunny has his tummy medicine.

We can only plan day by day with the country as it is.
Your errands can be put off and anybody would understand why.
You need to put your peace of mind and physical safety first.

How about considering driving to a grocery store a little farther out?
They may also have a better selection of foods Roommate needs to get.

Hummmm.....
Tiny little missing Barbie shoes.....
Maybe, just maybe, and I am not pointing any fingers
but they would be perfect toys to bat around and stick under furniture and appliances. 😉

Yes, George's funeral is planned for the ninth.
But we sure don't know when things will settle down.
When all four of those police involved in his death are properly charged and arrested and put in jail, maybe then?
But there are so many other police murders that have yet to be addressed. 🙁

Hi CriticalMass
No need to apologize
that wasn't really a rant anyways.
Just you telling us what's going on in your life today. (((HUG)))

Wishing Bunny to get well soon.

Just make sure to run any shopping errands early in the day and be safe home long before sundown.
Nearest rioting to me is about 80 miles away.

Good luck with the zoom appointment.
I'm sure she knows well that you all are experiencing a lot more stress these days.

Hung sheets out on the line and got a skeeter bite for my efforts. 🙁

Hi CriticalMass
No need to apologize
that wasn't really a rant anyways.
Just you telling us what's going on in your life today. (((HUG)))

Wishing Bunny to get well soon.

Just make sure to run any shopping errands early in the day and be safe home long before sundown.
Nearest rioting to me is about 80 miles away.

Good luck with the zoom appointment.
I'm sure she knows well that you all are experiencing a lot more stress these days.

Hung sheets out on the line and got a skeeter bite for my efforts. 🙁

We got the medicine no trouble. Gave bunny a dose. He's about the same, no worse. Ate a sprig of cilantro. Just have to hover over him and make sure he eats something regularly, till he starts eating on his own again.

We'd started watching some of our nightly Dark Shadows back in the bunny room and at first this little guy was nervous but then he seemed okay. We kept the volume down. But he could be sensitive to some frequency... have to monitor that. But he is one to get gas in his tummy now and then. Just his body's little quirk.

Well, today was supposed to be the day to catch up from yesterday's delays and sidetracks... sigh. But if bunny does better I shan't complain. Tomorrow is my payday and I normally do a few errands, but between everything going on I may just do most of it differently.

This morning I was neatening my Barbies and their little shoes and things. A couple shoes are missing but I know they dropped somewhere in my room. Put each pair or single in a little ziplock bag. I store the shoes most of the time precisely because they're so tiny and come off and get lost. My dollies don't mind going barefoot around the house, heehee.

On a more serious note, sure do hope the streets and shops will be safe soon. My roommate has to start that low iodine diet the 12th. She'll have to grocery shop for things the diet allows. George Floyd's funeral is on the 9th. Who knows. The people who get violent don't care about the myriad ripple effects.

We got the medicine no trouble. Gave bunny a dose. He's about the same, no worse. Ate a sprig of cilantro. Just have to hover over him and make sure he eats something regularly, till he starts eating on his own again.

We'd started watching some of our nightly Dark Shadows back in the bunny room and at first this little guy was nervous but then he seemed okay. We kept the volume down. But he could be sensitive to some frequency... have to monitor that. But he is one to get gas in his tummy now and then. Just his body's little quirk.

Well, today was supposed to be the day to catch up from yesterday's delays and sidetracks... sigh. But if bunny does better I shan't complain. Tomorrow is my payday and I normally do a few errands, but between everything going on I may just do most of it differently.

This morning I was neatening my Barbies and their little shoes and things. A couple shoes are missing but I know they dropped somewhere in my room. Put each pair or single in a little ziplock bag. I store the shoes most of the time precisely because they're so tiny and come off and get lost. My dollies don't mind going barefoot around the house, heehee.

On a more serious note, sure do hope the streets and shops will be safe soon. My roommate has to start that low iodine diet the 12th. She'll have to grocery shop for things the diet allows. George Floyd's funeral is on the 9th. Who knows. The people who get violent don't care about the myriad ripple effects.

Target stores closed early here last night. I understand they, CVS, and Walmart have had closings around the country in the hot spots.

Also learned about 2 miles from here is an area where crowds gather in the evenings and that gets scary.

I have that Zoom appointment with psych doc on Thursday. She'll ask me the cliché mental health questions, and I'll want to laugh hysterically and ask are you kidding me? Ask me again when civilization is rebuilt. Phooey.

Roommate's little bunny guy having tummy trouble again so we have to go pick up meds. I can probably find a little traveled route to take. One advantage of living here my whole life.

Sorry for the vent; promise I'll make a better post later. Stay safe all.

Target stores closed early here last night. I understand they, CVS, and Walmart have had closings around the country in the hot spots.

Also learned about 2 miles from here is an area where crowds gather in the evenings and that gets scary.

I have that Zoom appointment with psych doc on Thursday. She'll ask me the cliché mental health questions, and I'll want to laugh hysterically and ask are you kidding me? Ask me again when civilization is rebuilt. Phooey.

Roommate's little bunny guy having tummy trouble again so we have to go pick up meds. I can probably find a little traveled route to take. One advantage of living here my whole life.

Sorry for the vent; promise I'll make a better post later. Stay safe all.

I talked to my mom for a while yesterday. She sounds depressed. It worries me. I think she feels like she is under house arrest with a shoot to kill guard outside. She is already mourning Christmas activities and visits. I tried to get her to just focus on June.

I did extra evaluations yesterday! I have 12 left. I am going to do them today! (Evaluations take 15-30 minutes each) I also have a couple of things to email kids about and a few loose ends to tie up for one class. Plus I need to turn in my reimbursable forms for spring.

Tomorrow I signed up for 4 hours to clean out my classroom. There is only one other teacher signed up during the first two hours, and I want to talk down the hall at her. Our rooms are on different ends of the same floor.

The fox come back yesterday. I chased it off when I saw it, but I am missing a chicken. If the fox would just settle for rabbits and groundhogs we could be such good friends....

Good Morning Everybody
"Clink!"

Hello Subclinical
WAY TO GO! knocking out those evaluations!

Have fun shouting to the other Teacher at the school tomorrow.

So sorry your Mom is fretting about things months away and feeling like a prisoner.
Best if we only focus on things day by day and let the future come as it will. (((HUG)))

Darn! that Fox has your Chickens on the menu again! 🙁
Wishing you all the best of luck getting rid of it.

Hi Tatoulia
Thank you for posting the photos.
I especially enjoyed the sleeping kitty and the wedding.

Today I plan to do some laundry and wash my hair.
Supposed to get into the upper 80s with some clouds and no rain.

Good Morning Everybody
"Clink!"

Hello Subclinical
WAY TO GO! knocking out those evaluations!

Have fun shouting to the other Teacher at the school tomorrow.

So sorry your Mom is fretting about things months away and feeling like a prisoner.
Best if we only focus on things day by day and let the future come as it will. (((HUG)))

Darn! that Fox has your Chickens on the menu again! 🙁
Wishing you all the best of luck getting rid of it.

Hi Tatoulia
Thank you for posting the photos.
I especially enjoyed the sleeping kitty and the wedding.

Today I plan to do some laundry and wash my hair.
Supposed to get into the upper 80s with some clouds and no rain.

I talked to my mom for a while yesterday. She sounds depressed. It worries me. I think she feels like she is under house arrest with a shoot to kill guard outside. She is already mourning Christmas activities and visits. I tried to get her to just focus on June.

I did extra evaluations yesterday! I have 12 left. I am going to do them today! (Evaluations take 15-30 minutes each) I also have a couple of things to email kids about and a few loose ends to tie up for one class. Plus I need to turn in my reimbursable forms for spring.

Tomorrow I signed up for 4 hours to clean out my classroom. There is only one other teacher signed up during the first two hours, and I want to talk down the hall at her. Our rooms are on different ends of the same floor.

The fox come back yesterday. I chased it off when I saw it, but I am missing a chicken. If the fox would just settle for rabbits and groundhogs we could be such good friends....

Going to bed. I posted some pictures. I hear the helicopters. Don't know what that means. I do know that the city is bracing for tomorrow night. I just don't want BF's office to get looted and scare that old cat. He could come here but he gets agitated and is happier at work.

Good Night Tatoulia
Sleep soundly (((HUG)))

The President has ordered cities to have police and national guard stop it before it has a chance to start tonight.

It is already better tonight by disbursing the crowds at curfew.

Good Night Tatoulia
Sleep soundly (((HUG)))

The President has ordered cities to have police and national guard stop it before it has a chance to start tonight.

It is already better tonight by disbursing the crowds at curfew.

Good Afternoon

The cloud cover has kept it very pleasant here today.

Got the kitchen cleaned after I did some cooking and tea brewing.

Watered the garden and am almost finished watering the grass.

Have been watching "Hoarders" and "Dark Shadows, The Beginning" today.
Hope none of you are watching much news.
Please just watch enough to know what's going on in your areas and then turn it off.

Good Afternoon

The cloud cover has kept it very pleasant here today.

Got the kitchen cleaned after I did some cooking and tea brewing.

Watered the garden and am almost finished watering the grass.

Have been watching "Hoarders" and "Dark Shadows, The Beginning" today.
Hope none of you are watching much news.
Please just watch enough to know what's going on in your areas and then turn it off.

Going to bed. I posted some pictures. I hear the helicopters. Don't know what that means. I do know that the city is bracing for tomorrow night. I just don't want BF's office to get looted and scare that old cat. He could come here but he gets agitated and is happier at work.

Well, dd1 is technically in a city - she's inside the beltway and the city limits, and her neighborhood school is a magnet, but the city is stretched out funny and if you made it rounder she would be in one if the first neighborhoods ejected. Her street is really nice, but you can walk down it one way and hit heavy industry at the end and the other way and hit public housing and store fronts That are empty or pawn shops and payday loans. It's an old neighborhood.

Ds is legally in the city but he's functionally in the suburbs - he has a yard, no public transit, and no sidewalk, but he can easily ride his bike into downtown.

Dd2 is right in it.

I planted squash and pulled weeds. Time to start evaluations.

Good To see you all this morning!

Hi CriticalMass
Our library just opened today but it's by appointment only.
Most all libraries are not bothering with any over due fees.
YEA! the brakes are under warranty. Hope the stuck caliper is a cheap fix.
I never got any of that stimulus money 🙁

Hi Subclinical
Glad your family was not in the mess of the protests.
YEA! for planting & weed pulling.
Good luck with the evaluations.

Hi Tatoulia
You made me laugh out loud with how Lord & Taylor was personal for you. 😀
The looters and vandals in Boston were mainly staying where the shops were and leaving all else alone.

Some cities were hit a lot harder because militarized anarchists and white supremists were coming into these cities in stolen vehicles loaded up with fire bombs.
These criminals did not live in these cities but came to cause trouble.
They distributed flyers to try to recruit more people to riot.
So many I saw arrested were white. Many in the black uniforms of the anarchists.
They would set their abandoned stolen cars on fire to try to destroy any evidence of their well planned attack.

But all over the country there were huge peaceful marches with peaceful people protesting.
These are the people who speak for me.

Nice overcast cool day here.
Plan to water some things and clean the kitchen.

Good To see you all this morning!

Hi CriticalMass
Our library just opened today but it's by appointment only.
Most all libraries are not bothering with any over due fees.
YEA! the brakes are under warranty. Hope the stuck caliper is a cheap fix.
I never got any of that stimulus money 🙁

Hi Subclinical
Glad your family was not in the mess of the protests.
YEA! for planting & weed pulling.
Good luck with the evaluations.

Hi Tatoulia
You made me laugh out loud with how Lord & Taylor was personal for you. 😀
The looters and vandals in Boston were mainly staying where the shops were and leaving all else alone.

Some cities were hit a lot harder because militarized anarchists and white supremists were coming into these cities in stolen vehicles loaded up with fire bombs.
These criminals did not live in these cities but came to cause trouble.
They distributed flyers to try to recruit more people to riot.
So many I saw arrested were white. Many in the black uniforms of the anarchists.
They would set their abandoned stolen cars on fire to try to destroy any evidence of their well planned attack.

But all over the country there were huge peaceful marches with peaceful people protesting.
These are the people who speak for me.

Nice overcast cool day here.
Plan to water some things and clean the kitchen.

SubC I am so grateful for your kids being safe!!!!! I didn't fully realize they are in cities! Cm yay for good sewer news! Okay enough from me.

Well, dd1 is technically in a city - she's inside the beltway and the city limits, and her neighborhood school is a magnet, but the city is stretched out funny and if you made it rounder she would be in one if the first neighborhoods ejected. Her street is really nice, but you can walk down it one way and hit heavy industry at the end and the other way and hit public housing and store fronts That are empty or pawn shops and payday loans. It's an old neighborhood.

Ds is legally in the city but he's functionally in the suburbs - he has a yard, no public transit, and no sidewalk, but he can easily ride his bike into downtown.

Dd2 is right in it.

I planted squash and pulled weeds. Time to start evaluations.

This is so great to have you as friends! And trust me, Boston's damage is a mere blip. Other cities are faring much worse.

We know that our neighbors and friends are scared. We worry for our current and former employees and our neighbors and friends because they could be the next George Floyd. And they've always known that, we are now having it sink in deeply and permanently into our consciousness.

I was glad mom wasn't scared.

We will all come out better in the end. It has to be a better world.

Honestly, I can understand some of the violence.

I support tearing down confederate statues. I think the street fires around the White House are probably making a point.

I would even support burning failing infrastructure - is your school in bad shape because of poor funding? Go ahead, burn it down, the kids aren't using it right now anyway and I hope that we come to our senses and replace it with something good!

Our library is accepting book returns today as well. I'm not sure about due dates.

The crib took an interesting turn. Without asking anyone, mil decided that she and Dh sister and brother should buy it for the baby and had it delivered. Dd was a little stressed out, but it is ok now. We are going to wait until after the shower and buy them things they need. I have no emotional attachment to being able to point to some "significant" item and say "we bought that".

I also wish this was not happening during a pandemic. I was supposed to be at their house with their dog to welcome my grandson home. Now I will be at my house with their dog and I don't know when I will see my grandson not through a glass door.

Quick check in. Was long asleep once the looters hit the Prudential Center and Copley Place (the malls I walked at night pre-COVID. As soon as the National Guard we're going down my street, I went to the back.

All is well. I never even heard the goings-on. Nothing happening on my street. I heard this AM that Lord & Taylor was looted. Now this is personal.

Yes, please everyone stay safe.

There is nothing wrong with peaceful protest. There is everything wrong with violence, vengefulness, and looting. With terrorizing and traumatizing people who had nothing to do with the tragedy that happened. Who would most of them wish to help if they could. It's just sickening.

Then there's the endless sad and angry posts on social media. I closed the tab to Facebook finally after I angry-reacted to something from a stranger in my hometown (I removed the angry react emoji a few seconds after I put it there, taking that as a sign that I'm in no state to handle this stuff.)

Thinking of you Tatoulia and hoping you will be protected from danger and also from anxiety. {{{HUGS}}}

Wichita had some protests that were said to be "mostly nonviolent," whatever that means. I said to my roommate that even though we aren't going many places, we should be careful to avoid downtown and other areas that might have activity that could turn in a heartbeat to something ugly.

It probably isn't that bad here, but I strategize out of an overabundance of caution. Taking my van to get the brakes done tomorrow should be safe provided we take a route through residential neighborhood streets. Her dog needs to go to the vet to be up to date on his shots because she's going to board him when she's radioactive. That is even closer to home, so okay.

I have some library books that are finally due tomorrow, after many Covid-19 extensions the library automatically applied. Of the two likely branches I'll probably take them to the one in the 'burbs. Not going to the main library downtown, and the other branch may be fine but I'm not sure.

Other than that, it has been a good day. In answer to the question about the sewer repair, yes, it is done! 🙂 And my brake pads are still under warranty, so that's good. The caliper seems to be stuck though, so dunno what that entails. But I think I'll survive.

I've heard we may all get a 2nd stimulus payment? Since the automotive repairs have made a dent in the first one, if we got another, it'd give me more seed money for a place of my own if I could hang onto it. Not till after roommate's health is okay and the quarantine is over in any case, though. Too early to tell about all that. I'm just glad these past 24 hours ended on a much happier note. Now if the world could just get some better news...