Even though I have NO excuse, considering my lifestyle before COVID-19 is not much different than during, I STILL had a long period of … the doldrums.

I have had short spurts of non-doldrums, but until a week or 10 days ago … GAH. And I have felt so guilty for the drag because: see above … NO excuse.

Last year, at this time, I was in a work hiatus as a bid process resolved at my primary client. A projected 30 day hiatus ended up as a 4.5 month hiatus, which strained my budget and retirement planning. And yet, all of that time, and a list of things to do and learn and …

I did do a lot of thinking, learning new skills … BUT, it also felt like I did not accomplish much.

Fast forward to the last 3-4 weeks.

I got my groove back.

I reset my schedule.

And now, I am getting work done, enjoying time with Auggie and Emmett (including continuing teaching/training) AND I have completed some items that have been on my “to do” list for over a year:

• Blog updates
• House and yard tasks
• Misc maintenance items

YIKES!

I’m feeling pretty good at the moment. I hate to even write that as I feel like in the next moment, all will regress. Oh well. At THIS moment, while there are “to do” things, I am feeling good about my current schedule of:

• Auggie and Emmett time
• Me exercise and reflect time
• WORK!
• To do list time

Things are getting done and the accomplishment of that is contributing to a wonderful sense of well being in a world gone mad.

Onward.

Photos from June 8, 2020.

The lilac blooms are long done.

I am catching up on some older photos and I loved this little series.

Happy Tuesday, 07/14/2020.

Just shake it!!! …

… or not.

July 4th. Bah Humbug!!

A July 4th photo from many years ago. I always think of it on the 4th as Bob’s expression so conveys my own feelings about the 4th of July … most particularly the fireworks … and not public shows, but the individual stuff.

Although, for the record, Bob is likely looking so irritated because I kept trying to take a photo with him wearing the ribbons and he was not having it. He was a curmudgeon extraordinaire, but also a snuggle boy when he felt like it.

Emmett and Auggie are not perturbed by fireworks or gunshots or thunder. Last night, Mother Nature told the fireworks how amateur they are. We had a thunderstorm that went right overhead with the kind of thunder that makes me think the sky is splitting. They both slept through it. I did not, but since they do not get upset, I am free to enjoy … which I do except for knowing that there are many animals that do get upset … RATS.

I entertained some hope that the Lakota Sioux would take some revenge for Wounded Knee, but no. Probably for the best, I would hate to see any (Sioux!) go to prison or be hurt or killed over the idiotic event. In high school, I wrote a research paper on the 1890 massacre and subsequent events. I have ever since been appalled by Mt. Rushmore … a desecration of sacred ground.

So, I end as I started. 4th of July: Bah Humbug.

Stay home, wear a mask if you must go out, keep your distance. Let’s get through this with some discipline and respect.

We are starting our 6th month. WWII … 6 YEARS of rationing, life disrupted.