It's a new year, we're headed into year three of this pandemic - which is possibly here to stay. A new normal is the hope. It seems like every time we relax and think we've got it managed but not eradicated, but have learned to navigate the ins and outs things change again.
Our May 2020 Mexican cruise has been rescheduled twice and we put a final payment on the May 2022 Miami-Grand Cayman-Disney Private Island cruise. But now, the Center for Disease control is once again saying "don't cruise". We are in a holding pattern, but with few options - we can reschedule again, but haven't talked about that. We can't cancel outright and get our money back. We just have to see what the spring brings. My hope is that things calm down and we can go.
The COVID-Omicron variant is spreading very easily and we thus far we haven't been infected. We are told that with the vaccines that if we get it the likelihood of needing hospitalization is reduced by 81%. Ok...but I still don't want it. Masks and distancing it is - and what will be.
Schools in some areas are back online, but the politicians in Washington made some requirements that came with the funding to schools that they would offer in person education to every student. Um... you shouldn't politic with our kids lives but here we are.
On the other topic - vermin. We were confident that we had the upper hand, but we found evidence (mouse pooh) in the pantry and under the kitchen sink.
Yesterday, Jason and I removed all open food items (half eaten bags of chips, munchies, crackers) from the pantry, washed all the surfaces and gave it a good cleaning. It feels pretty good in there now, but I will not be confident that we don't have a friend until the rodent people come back.
Mom is still in Arizona and while it's not the warm oasis she thought it was going to be she's having a good time. I wonder how long she'll last; I think the joy of doing nothing is starting to wane. She updated all of her passwords this week and put them in the password safe. That's a tedious task which to me indicates a bit of boredom. She has a new man friend at home, and they are talking everyday - my guess is when he comes to visit in February that that will be the end of this "wintering in Arizona" business. However, I get the impression that her co-traveler won't be on the same timeline and Nancy needs mom to help navigate the trip back home. So...time will tell.
It snowed here on Christmas day and we've had 10 days of cold weather. It's been beautiful and a perfect time to have the roads challenging. But, school was supposed to start back up yesterday, but the kids got an extra day off, and this morning was a two hour delay to allow the roads to thaw out a bit. So far, it's still cold outside and I'm not confident that the two hours will do anything to improve the situation.
It's back to work for me today, so I'd better get to it. I'm here at my desk ready to engage, but maybe I should actually do it.
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