Putting the OM in OMG
This has been a bit of a bizarre week, starting with a phone call cancelling an appointment due to an unbelievably scary accident, happily segueing to a midweek birthday, followed by a letter summoning me to jury duty, and then finishing with a … [Continue reading]
So, for those of you who are counting, 26 weeks is exactly half a year. Six months of this pandemic! Back in March, six months felt like The Worst Possible Scenario. Now it is Just Life and I don't think at all at how long this will go on; no one … [Continue reading]
I, Too, Get Cold When It Is 72 Degrees Outside As my husband and I were out for our daily constitutional, an older lady in a fabulously bright pink jacket was walking down the sidewalk towards us. I stepped off the sidewalk to give her a two-metre … [Continue reading]
Summer's Almost Gone School starts TOMORROW, and at this time every year I have feelings of melancholy and why-is-time-so-fleeting and landslide. I would say that I am having those feelings on steroids this year. Despite everything, we have had a … [Continue reading]
Earlier this week we got back from ten days at our vacation place; more about that later, but it was relaxing and chill, which I desperately needed. Prior to that my husband was out there for eight days by himself, which both worked out well - we … [Continue reading]
Get It On, Bang A Gong With absolutely no prompting and zero information on the Noise Infraction Police Situation, my neighbours two doors down - a couple in their late sixties - told me that every day at 5:30, when my son practices his drums, … [Continue reading]
Turn Down For What We have officially reached a new milestone. My younger son was practicing with his band in his buddy's garage, so they could have the door open, be physically distanced, and in general follow Covid-style health guidelines, like … [Continue reading]
