Write and write and write and cucumbers and eggplant

 About 4.5 hours of sleep. Went to bed at a semi decent hour. Should have been able to go back to bed.

Smoke smoke smoke nothing but smoke
Same balcony view
as the other day but 
Look at all that SMOKE


More sleep unquestionably would have been good and breakfast later might not have been terrible. At least I did not eat as late as sometime and the adhoc borshch from things in the fridge rocked.


Besides breakfast, there was call from Little Sister asking about yesterday's medical events and needing to have anxiety about Mom and retirement community: and staffperson with new positive COVID test. That SUCKS because lockdown and stay in rooms returns. And there is some 28-day window being virus free before the facility can ease up. Mom hopes it will only be 14 days quarantine. Mom does denial well sometimes. And stuff still SUCKS


"Look Staff person has a right to privacy. Facility is conscientious. If it were someone who sees everyone for example because of delivering food, I think they would test everyone. That is not happenening so my thought: staff person who has limited defined contacts with residents."  But but residents who like to roam like mom does?" "CHILL"


Grateful for many food choices for lunch. Menu lentil brownies and dried apricots.

Yesterday was food bank day. One task was helping Chief Morale Officer stow fish sticks, chicken, eggs, some kind of high nitrite meat. I also acquired a lot of vegetables. So I am glad it is cooler because I acquired another eggplant on top of the one I already have. I either get to make eggplant parmesan or donate to the lobby table and hope someone takes it.


But the other eggplant and cucumber thing: Mom wonders how / why Nasturtiums in Salad Friend decided to grow eggplant and cucumber in same pot. I said well she knows what she is doing. But the lockdown because of staff with new positive test also sucks for Gardener Friend. because she was proudly handing out red and black tomatoes and because not being able to garden at all probably really sucks for her.


And today my excuse for procrastinating some more about household purge: it's just too smoky.



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