the blog is back
Sometimes the internet points me in strange directions.
Now I want a scythe to mow the lawn.
I’m hesitant to get it because impaling yourself during a pandemic seems very avoidable by not getting a scyth.
I am content to want and not have. I can mow the lawn easily (but not well) with a weed whacker.
I had a good busy feeling May day.
ET creature and I went to the park.
We didn’t try to go swimming. My friend Rhea have us masks. I bought groceries from the restaurant supply place that does curbside delivery. My friend Joseph stopped by and sat in the yard and we chatted from the porch. My mom’s handy man came over and didn’t mow all my newly planted strawberry plants. We had Thai takeout for our weekly exciting food night. I like weekly takeout. I want to support all the wonderful restaurants near me.
In job news, I got furloughed. So I won’t be paid for a week this month or next. I took a vacation day for today and I totally did work. I can’t do that when I’m furloughed. That is going to be hard for me. My job doesn’t consume my identity, I don’t need it, but damn do I enjoy it. I miss my physical library, but there is much I can do for the institutional repository from home. I have taken on a number of practicum students. Much will get done, much will be taught and learned. I’m excited about it. Being furloughed feels extremely inconvenient on a number of fronts.
Most everyone I know are having a hard time of it. I’m worried about a number of my friends, especially the folks with depression. It feels like gravity has been turned up, and they’re the folks who tend to be carrying the most.
I had a busy and beautiful day. I’m tired. This is my almost 3am post. Time to return to head to bed! Good night internet.