Say Cheese

That wasn't so bad.

The first two weeks of isolation, I mean.

I do expect at least four more, but perhaps I will be surprised. If not, I am sure that we can continue to manage with a little bit of help.

Yesterday, for example, Shauna asked if we needed anything from the grocery store. Although we had just obtained some groceries on the previous day (blogged here), there were a few more things that we could use. Since we don't want her to make a special trip for us, we will take advantage when she does go shopping and try to project needs a little bit.

Here she is bringing groceries (bag in the hand that you can't see in the photo) in to Sue's cleaning station in the garage. She had already brought in the big box of cat litter which is on the floor by the basket.

There was no walk yesterday. By the time, I felt like going out, it was raining. We did, however, manage some indoor exercise. It is a simple 15 minute routine called 1 Mile Happy Walk. It is gentle, which is important for me, and is supposedly equivalent to walking 1 mile. Here, I shall go find it and embed it below. This is not something that I intended to do.

After doing those 15 minutes, I do a few gentle reps with light weights — just 5lb weights.

We did get out for a walk on the previous day, Sue's birthday. We got to the park just as they were finishing sealing off the playground. Walking in the park while keeping your distance from others is fine, but equipment is potentially hazardous for now.

There have been some COVID-19 cases in nearby Ottawa and 1 case has been reported by our local health unit. This unit oversees three counties, and I don't know where exactly this case occurred.

It was reported to be a 70 year old woman. How odd that when I hear of an age like that, I think she's old, but here I am 2 years older, and I don't particularly think of myself in those terms.

I received an email from our internet provider last evening, informing me of an impending rate increase. I wrote a short, somewhat testy reply stating that this simply is not the right time for this. I understand that there is a rate increase being passed on to them, but surely an internet provider has to be one business not hit haard by the virus. It is odd because they have shown themselves to be a good company in the past.

Someone is organizing local sort of scavenger walks for kids where people hang themed pictures and whatnots in their windows. Yesterdays theme was quotes. This is an original quote from none other than Sue, herself.

I keep diverting and adding information that I hadn't intended and, therefore, boring you to tears, so I shall close now with a few recent selfies: say cheese.