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May. 31st, 2020 01:05 pmOn Friday, our niece drove down and bought bubble tea for all four of us. We sat on the front lawn at a six foot distance from her and drank our tea. She stayed for about half an hour. I stood for at least half that time because our lawn chairs aren't designed for a person of my width. Sitting hurt more than standing.
My skin wasn't very happy about the time outside. We were largely in the shade, and it can't have been more than 70F out there (it was definitely cooler out there than it was inside).
Scott is feeling frustrated because there are so many household chores that need doing. He grumbles about them, especially when they take more time than they should, and then I feel terribly useless because I can't do any of those chores.
Right now, the issue is our dehumidifier which will work for about five minutes before it needs to be unplugged and then restarted. Scott has been trying to repair it because everything he can find online suggests that it ought to be an easy fix. He's taken it apart three times now, and nothing's obviously wrong. He's cleaned the sensor that, according to the online manual, most commonly causes this problem. He's cleaned it twice.
I was just down in the basement, and the dehumidifier is not working. I don't want to ask Scott to go out to look for a new one, but I don't think that we're going to manage to repair this one. I'm pretty sure it's only a year or two old, too, so he's going to be very cranky.
We're still trying to get Cordelia to do daily chores. It's possible if I remind her of each chore repeatedly until she gets around to it, but nothing else I've tried has worked. None of these are things that should take very long, not even cumulatively.
I'm having trouble handling Scott's new schedule. Some of that is that I'm still staying up very late and sleeping late, but I'm sleeping less well. The first couple of nights, I took an extra half tablet of halcion (I usually take half a tablet but can go as high as two tablets if I really need to), but I don't want to do that long term. I also find that halcion doesn't make falling asleep easier, just staying asleep once I start to drowse.
The local school district sent out a message last week about the plan they're pulling together for fall. It didn't straight out say that the school buildings might not reopen, but it was pretty clearly them promising that they're making a plan for socially distanced instructional time with teacher-student and student-student interactions in real time.
I wish them luck with that and really hope we won't need it. I kind of think that we will, though, because our state's daily new case numbers are pretty high and that's just the people who actually get diagnosed.
Cordelia's having trouble with the news right now. She's angry and feeling helpless to do anything about it. She's got another year before she can vote, and she needs to keep up the social distancing for my safety and for Scott's (and for his coworkers'), so rallies/protests aren't an option.
I haven't read posts here since before my birthday (the 26th). I apologize for that and hope to do better.
My skin wasn't very happy about the time outside. We were largely in the shade, and it can't have been more than 70F out there (it was definitely cooler out there than it was inside).
Scott is feeling frustrated because there are so many household chores that need doing. He grumbles about them, especially when they take more time than they should, and then I feel terribly useless because I can't do any of those chores.
Right now, the issue is our dehumidifier which will work for about five minutes before it needs to be unplugged and then restarted. Scott has been trying to repair it because everything he can find online suggests that it ought to be an easy fix. He's taken it apart three times now, and nothing's obviously wrong. He's cleaned the sensor that, according to the online manual, most commonly causes this problem. He's cleaned it twice.
I was just down in the basement, and the dehumidifier is not working. I don't want to ask Scott to go out to look for a new one, but I don't think that we're going to manage to repair this one. I'm pretty sure it's only a year or two old, too, so he's going to be very cranky.
We're still trying to get Cordelia to do daily chores. It's possible if I remind her of each chore repeatedly until she gets around to it, but nothing else I've tried has worked. None of these are things that should take very long, not even cumulatively.
I'm having trouble handling Scott's new schedule. Some of that is that I'm still staying up very late and sleeping late, but I'm sleeping less well. The first couple of nights, I took an extra half tablet of halcion (I usually take half a tablet but can go as high as two tablets if I really need to), but I don't want to do that long term. I also find that halcion doesn't make falling asleep easier, just staying asleep once I start to drowse.
The local school district sent out a message last week about the plan they're pulling together for fall. It didn't straight out say that the school buildings might not reopen, but it was pretty clearly them promising that they're making a plan for socially distanced instructional time with teacher-student and student-student interactions in real time.
I wish them luck with that and really hope we won't need it. I kind of think that we will, though, because our state's daily new case numbers are pretty high and that's just the people who actually get diagnosed.
Cordelia's having trouble with the news right now. She's angry and feeling helpless to do anything about it. She's got another year before she can vote, and she needs to keep up the social distancing for my safety and for Scott's (and for his coworkers'), so rallies/protests aren't an option.
I haven't read posts here since before my birthday (the 26th). I apologize for that and hope to do better.
