First Post in Awhile

 I am struggling with the "new" blogger.  Can't figure out how to do anything. First I posted a cartoon and then blogger would not let me add any commentary. Argh.

I am isolating as suggested. I have some "underlying" conditions that indicate it would be foolish for me to mingle. The first couple of weeks I was scared and weepy. My town closed down on March 13, Friday the Thirteenth! Next week was my birthday and my party was cancelled. After that however I bounced back and while I am cautious I am back to my usual inexplicable carry on self. I'm kind of pragmatic anyway so the precautions kicked in and most of the angst I feel is related to the election and much hoped for ejection of the current resident of the White House. 

I miss my grandkids. There's nine of them. I miss my sons both of them. I miss my daughter-in-law, my only one. All of them are still employed that's cool. My eldest son came down with Covid-19 in August and after three weeks spent mostly asleep has recovered. He works in at a frozen food processing plant as Quality Control. In our area those places have been disease central from the get-go, Many of his co-workers are still getting ill and I'm praying he's doesn't get it twice, that seems to be rare, still...I'm his Mom, I worry. 

Amazingly everyone in my family is still employed. We are a wine tourist town and many, many people here lost their jobs and ultimately their businesses. In an effort to save some of the restaurants we closed two blocks of a street downtown and it's now lined with outdoor roofed patios and plastic furniture (cleanable with a hose.) My sister who is a teacher is teaching via Zoom her class of 4th graders. My youngest son who is an IT guy is back in his office after working for months from home. Daughter-in-law, a dental hygienist is back at her office as of six weeks ago, dressed in haz-mat looking gear. 

One of my grandgirls who is attending college remotely is now working there doing the mountains of laundry the dental office produces daily also attired haz-matterly. Actually all our would be college residents are lodged at home online and working in town here. And so on, I will spare you the rest. 

Okay here's the cartoon. Stay well all you all.