20 weeks of wtf

July 27

Jim was ready to go and I dragged my feet a little. We got the bicycle rack put  together but I had to stop for a phone conference about new ICE requirements. Picked up the mail and mom's package with candy and books and a cookbook. Had lunch (Chickfilet) at Legacy Park in Arlington and then went for a bike ride there. Started a new book together - number five of Davenport, but the first one for me in the series. Answered emails and tried to organize a bit. Talked to my brother who was happy to get ot walk on the golf course. Dinner on the remaining barbecue and some SNL. I am wondering if isolation is easier on old people with a lot of internal life going, but harder because we don't have as much time left and life might pass us by - - the sense of loss grows heavier because so many things are getting to be too late and we feel the window closing?

 World: 16,409,902 - 652,531
US: 4,288,012 - 148,009 dead
Sweden: 79,295- 5,700 dead
Russia:

Florida: 432,747 - 5,931 dead

Texas: 398,692 - 5,713 dead 

July 28

Talked to Sinikka, talked to mom. Did a couple of hours of work, then lunch at In-n-Out and a lamp from Office Depot and some beads from Michaels. We tried to get a safe but the sales clerk just said they are expensive and he did not have any on the floor. Short nap and then dinner with Ad Astra. Throat hurt and some muscle ache - Jim coughing. Scared for a while and vertigo, that feeling when you go all the way down the drain thinking about what could happen ... then I felt better and we watched some SNL.

 World: 16,670,063 - 659,077
US: 4,351,997 - 149,256 dead
Sweden: 79,494 - 5,702 dead
Russia:

Florida: 441,977 - 6,117 dead

Texas: 408,493 - 5,913 dead 

July 29

Looked at and then went and bought a safe and then a dolly and then got it upstairs, all 100 lbs of it. Fell apart watching Grantchester. Anger and frustration at all the bad and stupid and unfairness and fear. Made a promo for the Comet Cupboard

 World: 16,978,206 - 666,239
US: 4,426,935 - 150,708 dead
Sweden: 79,782 - 5,730 dead
Russia:

Florida: 451,423 - 6,333 dead

Texas: 418,995 - 6,193 dead 

July 30

Did my hours at the Cupboard. Worked with Megan. Lots of people there so steady work. Herman Cain died and I mixed him up with Ben Carson ... ah well. Checked my mail (Kevin let me in through the Founders door) and the office was open so I locked it and went up to check with Michael. Had a nice long chat. Not sure how to bring happy.

Went to buy an end table at Ikea. They were out so we went to get the mail. Ordered koozies online and looked at tables on Amazon. Figured out how to re-code the safe - turns out we had received the wrong manual. Much easier with the right instructions.

 World: 17,241,298 - 672,062
US: 4,494,966 - 152,062 dead
Sweden: 80,100 - 5,739 dead
Russia:

Florida: 461,379 - 6,586 dead

Texas: 428,229 - 6,442 dead 

July 31

Took a while and I talked to my godmother who is so good at doing well and enjoying and making the most of things .... we finally got out and then went to IKEA and got a table (hmm) and then to Joe Pool Lake and had lunch and went in the water and it was gorgeous. Then home and Jim dropped me at the park and I walked home and listened to Marianne Faithful and the Waterboys and cried in overwhelm at the memories of all the times I was so excited, when I went to San Fransisco and it was cool and weird and so much I did not understand but I found John Miles and Fisherman's Wharf and I knew the world was out there waiting walking in New York (coz of Arthur's Theme) and the feeling of the seventies and feeling old because there are so many echoes ... and then we crashed and got pizza and watched midsummer murder and sat together.

 World: 17,533,034 - 678,775
US: 4,561,511 - 153,415 dead
Sweden: 80,422 - 5,743 dead
Russia:

Florida: 470,386 - 6,843 dead

Texas: 437,815 - 6,683 dead 

August 1

We must have gotten up ... and had breakfast. Then it took a while but we got out and down to the car with our bicycles and parked at a Starbucks off Forest and then rode the trail to Northwood Park, almost exactly a mile and a half. Rested a bit and then rode back. After some stress we ended up going to Klyde Warren Park for lunch - I had a serious salad with kale, spinach, shredded pear, walnuts, feta, cranberries (well, they were out) and carrots (instead of cranberries). Yum. Ended with Italian ice and then home past Albertsons for milk. Lazy afternoon, got a nap and some intimacy and silly games and then watched Aquaman with pizza. Some scenes were cute, but most of it was just silly.

Ben called when we were headed for the park and just wanted to chat - they bought a new car for Kerri and Jonathan got a dog, a golden retriever.

Cut the claws of the cats - Nietschze was annoyed, Sigmund panicked.

 World: 17,793,532 - 684,075
US: 4,620,239 - 154,360 dead
Sweden: 80,422 - 5,743 dead
Russia:

Florida: 480,028 - 7,022 dead

Texas: 444,738 - 6,783 dead 

August 2

Milton - book 8, line 215. We are motoring through, slowly but inexorably. Went to the lake again - with Lauri this time. Spent about two hours and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Took the coffee table back and had a run in with  a maskless man and his angry wife. I very gently asked him to put on the mask he was carrying but not wearing, and he started by asking me if I worked there ... she called me a trouble maker ... Jim got involved and the whole thing degenerated into name calling. Bleah.

Came home, crashed, talked to mom and did laundry. Had dinner and watched episodes four and five of "I will be gone in the dark" and I lost it when Michelle died. These overdoses are so hopelessly useless and maddening.

 World: 18,019,472 - 689,347
US: 4,667,930 - 154,859 dead
Sweden: 80,422 - 5,743 dead
Russia:

Florida: 487,132 - 7,084 dead

Texas: 448,105 - 6,878 dead