With the uptick

With the uptick in Covid-19 infections and deaths we are backing off and instead of doing more mingling, we are falling back on doing less. With two of our sons waiting for test results, not of them, but those that may have been too close to others who have it, we can see where this may not be getting better but getting worse. It seems as though it would not be a smart move to let our guard down now. It is so easy to get complacent. Just sayin'

Maisie

A few days ago we stopped by Marv and Judi's farm at Yale and found out they have a new colt. Maisie is a mere two months old.

Jerry McEnaney passed

It is sad to say that our Trophy Garden friend Jerry passed from Covid-19. For all of you who can say you have not been or affected very little by Covid-19 you are lucky and you never know when that might change. Take care.

Expectations = Disappointments

"Life's disappointments all center around expectations."-Barbara Brooker

Don't get your panties in a wad. It was just a thought I had that was worthy of writing down. I am not disappointed nor do I have expectations. I do my best to go with the flow and live in the moment and the older I get the more successful I am in doing just that!

On a more frivolous note, Butch and I have been binge-watching "Alone". There is one season on Netflix but there are 7 seasons on Amazon Prime. It is on the History Channel too, I see.

The Netflix one was very exciting! Alone. With zero human contact and limited means, hardcore survivalists embark on an intense mission to stay alive in the Arctic.

This is the one that prompted me to search for more.

As a general update, the two of us are doing well. Butch is going to physical therapy 3 days a week and has successfully given up the canes, playing some golf with a cart, getting the mowing done regularly, feeding the birds, and is walking less and less looking like a cartoon character.

I have a couple of projects going and will relate them to you once they are farther along.

We wear masks when out in public and we go out in public rarely. Grocery store and Costco and that is about it. We social distance as much as possible and wash our hands more than we have in our entire lives I do believe.

We received word yesterday that Pool playing friends Bev and Jerry are seriously ill with Covid-19 along with 6 other members of their family. Jerry is in Mayo, Rochester MN in ICU and not doing well. Bev is at home with it. They are very much in our thoughts right now.

Bev is in front, far-left and has her hand on my arm and Jerry is in back far-right.

 

A Word of Advice.

Several years ago Butch and I got a Shingles vaccine. Darn pricy but we sure did not want to get shingles. Move forward about 5 to 10 years and they decide that vaccine was not adequate and we needed to get a series of two vaccines at least two months apart. And again we did not want to get Shingles. We have seen quite a few friends and acquaintances suffer from Shingles and it certainly appeared that we should avoid it if at all possible. So last fall when we got our "before we go to Texas" medical exam we got the first of the two shots. September of 2019.  They told us there had to be a two-month space of time before we could get the second one so I asked if it could wait till we came back to Iowa in the Spring. No problem! And then a broken leg and Covid-19 happened. We tried to get it done when we first came back and were told they were not giving vaccines of any kind at that time. 

So as it would happen we got it on July 3rd. My advice is to never get a vaccine and particularly that one the day before a holiday. The first one last September was painful and created a large red patch on the arm that hurt like the devil for several days but in the scheme of things, it was not that big a deal. Now Butch did fine with the second one too but for me, it was a very different story. It hurt like the devil and I had the big red patch but then I suffered everything they listed as a reaction possibility, aches throughout my entire body, fatigue, fever, and nausea. So I spent the entire day sleeping, hurting, and popping Tylenol. Not fun!

Today is about 50% better. At least I am not shivering and aching with fever. Today I am still tired and feel like I am recovering but still far from normal. I hope for a better day tomorrow.

Till next time...