Monday, April 27: Postal mail has resumed, but still nothing from either Kathy or Wanda (who were going to mail me masks) nor no stimulus checks. I’m not holding my breath for either! Emily and I have a routine now. I take her out for our “walk” up and down the driveway and I manage…
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COVID-19 Week 6
Sunday, April 19: Linda is feeling better today but still has only one egg. Emily has gained from 6.6 lb. to 7.2 lb.! I think this quarantine is hitting Emily harder than anyone else! I’m not feeding her more, but she isn’t getting her weekly long walk through South Shore and I know she misses…
COVID-19 Week 5
Sunday, April 12: Easter Sunday. Did not feel any different from any other Sunday, or any other day, for that matter. I did not watch, did not want to watch, any streaming Easter services. Did not feel like being productive, but I did do some work on Arlene’s articles. Friday, April 17: I’ve had a…
COVID-19 Week 4
Sunday, April 5: Palm Sunday. I woke this morning to the continuing sound of the rain. I know there’s a lot of church services streaming, but I just don’t want ANY noise first thing in the morning! Now I remember one thing I forgot to mention in Week 3. Last Friday at 6 p.m. a…
COVID-19 Week 3
Sunday, March 29: When my front doorbell rang at 11-ish this morning, I thought it was an Amazon delivery—but there stood Daughter #1 with a paper grocery bag in her hand. I had to step over Emily’s poop that I hadn’t picked up. And I went to the bedroom to get Emily to come out…
COVID-19 Week 2
It is now Sabbath, March 21, the end of the first week of the Bay Area/California shelter-in-place. We can’t leave our houses, except for food and health care. However, the “elderly” (persons over 60-65) and those with “compromised health”—and that includes both of us—can’t leave home at all. I took a luxurious hot shower then…
Lent Without Carbs, Last Update
Well, it’s the last update, not because Lent is over, but because the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has hijacked the whole world! Lent is probably pretty much a moot point since there will be no Easter (or Passover) as we have known it. No Seder meal. No Ramadan. No Easter church services, no Easter egg hunts, no…
Lent Without Carbs Update 2
Linda is at Batra Vision for her pre-op appointment. She parked too close to a wall on my side, so I couldn’t get out to help her. We did all the grocery shopping and walked Emily in South Shore and even picked up Linda’s prescription at Walgreen’s before we came here. I’ve been doing so…
Lent Without Carbs Update 1
Today is the 9th day I have been on a carnivore diet. Nothing plant-based, except for occasional stevia in my coffee. My daily carb quota has averaged 18 grams total carbs, with protein averaging 45 grams and fat averaging 78 grams per day. I’m struggling with snack addiction but have been drinking lots of seltzer…
Lent Without Carbs
The month of February has been really hard. It started on February 1 when Lisa and Aaron wanted to have Alex’s birthday party “with the family” (their words, not mine) on Saturday, February 1, a week before his actual birthday on February 7. So Linda and I complied. We jumped through hoops to find a…