I'm actually proud that I usually know what day of the week it is.
Unlike so many "at-home newbies," I've had 18 years of retirement practice in training my aging brain to remember that every day is not really a Saturday.
And, so I do know that it is Friday, and it's looking like a beauty, promising some "Precious" memories.
I'll explain that tomorrow.
For today, there's much to be done, to make sure the weekend is not filled with too many "to do's."
Yesterday I started mowing the lawn, with hopes that I could finish and leave today open for the Friday "to do's."
Turns out the afternoon temps felt SO cold, I gave up and decided to do some of today's to do's and save the lawn-mowing project for today.
That's probably best because it doesn't take too many degree increases for dandelions to get the word and to pop up faster than the usual dandelion pace in May.
So, maybe the lawn won't look TOO bad a few hours after its most recent mowing.
While I was mowing yesterday, two ladies came walking by.
Turns out one was Claudia Hawkins Parsons who lives in the Selle Valley and who likes to park her car on country roads and take off for a nice walk.
Yesterday she had her friend Karla with her. Karla, whom I met for the first time, also lives in Selle.
We must have visited for nearly half an hour as I sat back on my lawnmower enjoying the chat. Turns out Karla and I have a bond. She has a Husqvarna zero turn mower which she loves too.
Good to see Claudia, and she said she'd come walking by again some day when I'm not out mowing my lawn and will walk the Lovestead with me.
Have I said it before? Life on a country road is the best during these tough times cuz we can still enjoy nice visits.
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I have a friend and know of another acquaintance, who once lived in Sandpoint, working as a doctor and nurse, respectively, in New York City hospitals.
It's very possible that our community could eventually become a microcosm of what we are seeing in New York.
If that time does come, our local community medical personnel will be facing a struggle like no other and some of us may be depending on them to save our lives.
Whenever I see fast-spreading conspiracy theories on social media about the Pandemic and observing those theories being willingly passed along because, of course, "there must be truth to this," it makes me angry.
Spreading misinformation is SO easy during these unsettling days, thanks to our keyboards.
Dedicated, knowledgeable and talented professionals engaged in this unprecedented medical struggle AND sacrificing their personal lives to care for others deserve better than what conspiracy advocates feel the need to dish out.
How about using that pent-up social media energy to truly help out those suffering or who could be suffering in your community.
It's just as easy to donate to a cause or to express gratitude with a computer keyboard as it is to spread questionable information.
And, I can assure you that the results of the former are usually much more appreciated.
So, for my friends and for all who are now working the front lines, I'm glad to share the link above.
THANKS hardly seems adequate for the service you are providing against tough odds and with the equally dangerous social media contagion added to the mix.
Let's take just a little time out from questionable social-media finger pointing and put out some positive messages.
The truths about all of this Pandemic and its unknowns will eventually sort out, and trained experts will provide what answers there are.
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