Hope you dodged the virus, dcp, and that everyone who got it has mild cases

Oh yuck, dcp! Socialization should not have that price. I hope you remain negative.

It will happen. You'll like my sister, Mona; she's one of us! And of course, Skinner is very sociable.

I'll be delighted to meet Mona! And it should go without saying that meeting Skinner will be extra delightful!

Now half a dozen of them report they have tested positive for Covid. Sigh. It will be another few days before I know whether I caught it too.

Hopefully since you were there for a relatively short amount of time, and outdoors, you managed to dodge the virus. Fingers crossed!

We have nice weather and it's a slow-ish work day, so I am aiming for hammock-and-book time later on today.

I hope it flew right past you, dcp. And the gathering does sound lovely.

I also would have been miserable sitting in the sun for hours.

Yeah, that's not something I generally do when I'm feeling awesome, so... definitely not while sick. (I mean, I like sunshine, don't get me wrong, but in the stands, there's often little respite but ducking inside, and if it's super hot and with my pale-ass skin...)

Hope it misses you, dcp!

Always sucks to miss out on something fun because you feel bad, lisah. Compound interest sort of thing. Woo Wordle in 2, though!

I realized at 8 exactly that I should have been starting work and had yet to get out of bed, so that's how my day is going. No reason for it, just time blindness and general disinclination to do anything at all ever (and trouble getting to sleep last night but that is very usual)

I got up and started work. But I have a terrible muscle ache in my neck/back so am laying with a heating pad hoping it’ll go away and cursing that I can’t find my stupid rice-filled microwaveable thing. It’s been a good 45 min and it still hurts so I’m frustrated

Virtual warm neck rubs, meara.

Woo Wordle in 2, though!

Same. Love when that happens.

Skinner is very sociable.

Skinner is a sweetie. Give him some scritches from me!

Same. Love when that happens.

Me three!

I hope the roadtrip and pet wrangling go well, Laura.

And I hope you dodge the virus, dcp.

I’m still job hunting. I’d hoped to ride out the rest of my career at the university, but that seems unlikely.

Anyway, I’m still enjoying working in my allotment garden. More nasturtiums and beans have sprouted. And some things are coming up that prompt the evergreen question, “Did I plant that, or is it a weed?” Yesterday I went out to water and fertilize everything. There are some allotments that people evidently reserved and then never did anything with. The Canada thistle is nearly hip high in some of them. I can’t imagine the absent gardeners would choose to show at this point of the season, but if they did, wow—I would not envy them clearing those weeds.

I’m also enjoying the sense of middle aged community (some are older or younger, but the trend is 40-50-ish). Everyone is minding their plots, with little jaunts to see how things are going in other people’s and chat about rain, deer, what’s over- or under-performing.