Journal Entries

It looks like I’m getting a new job. The Milford Food Bank. They called yesterday and said they are checking my references. I’m sad about losing my summers.

The south is on fire with covid. Florida tops the leader board for new cases today. Emily and I are getting along really well at home. Yesterday, Connecticut had only one corona death, still I worry that I wasn’t careful enough yesterday when we visited my friend Cheryl. She and her family are all Republicans

The cases of covid are spiking all over the country. It is impossible to get a test and the strain of covid 19 is apparently stronger then the one we had on the spring. Social distancing is the new normal. It’s depressing. Noah said he has been indoors since January. He seems to be holding

I’m back. The state is in phase two of opening. Don’t really know what it means except now I could get a haircut. Today I took Raul out to hide some rocks I painted and then we went out to lunch… It felt good to be out. I love being off from work but I’m

Summer has arrived. It’s been 12 weeks since the day everything closed. Everyone’s outdoors as if rebelling against the pandemic. We are very lucky that we don’t have financial worries. Neither of us have lost our jobs. There are states that have rising numbers of covid cases but we aren’t one of them. I crave

We went to the beach. It was more crowded than ever. The breeze was beautiful but the sun was behind the clouds. I found some rocks to paint. They finally buried George Floyd. They paraded the coffin around the country for 8 days. Things feel better. The number of people testing positive for corona is

The news is starting to talk about the coronavirus again. New York City is entering phase 1. People who attended the protests should get tested. The virus hasn’t gone away. Laura’s pool is supposed to open in phase 2 which should be in 10 days. I can’t wait. The weather had been cool but I

Had a great birthday. I hung with Emily all day and Ian and Ari came over for dinner and birthday cake. Wee ate on the new deck. It was fun. Of course they gave me edibles for my birthday. Planning on eating them at the beach this summer. It looks like the governor will be

So most of the town is open but people are still required to wear masks to go into any public area, mostly stores. Any restaurant that has room in their parking lot is setting up tables and chairs and serving in the parking lot. I guess its better than nothing. I’m dying to go to

Met Katie for breakfast before she moves to Washington, DC. We ate in the parking lot at the Colony Diner. We sat in the handicapped space. Still it felt good to eat out. No covid update. There is no news about it at all. Instead the news is covering the protesters all over the country