Our Voting Plan

Election day is three weeks from tomorrow. It can't come a day too soon in my opinion! It will be nice for the political ads to be off the airwaves.

Lew and I discussed our plan for voting: Vote early and vote often! (Ha ha!)

Actually, we will vote in person on November 3rd. We even decided to ride together to the polling place first thing that morning. We'll come home afterward and then I'll head off to work.

Oh, and we'll be voting only once.

Got H2O?

I was all discombobulated Thursday evening and most of yesterday. My schedule got thrown off a bit because a water main broke near my workplace Thursday morning. The water district shut the water off at 2:00pm, so that meant no potty breaks after that! You can guess why I had to leave work a little earlier than normal....

Then early yesterday morning (Friday) I heard my cell phone do a little "ding-a-ling."  It was a text message from our H.R. person that we still didn't have water at work, so the office would be closed. That was all well and good except that I wanted to get the check run printed and mailed out. I got the "okay" to go in for a couple hours to get that done. Still, when you know you don't have access to a restroom.... 

I brought my laptop home with me, so I was able to work a few more hours yesterday knowing a bathroom was nearby....  Home, sweet home!

Dad 535: Debate Predictions

(Dad wrote this post around 4:00pm. The weather cooperated for his evening window visit and for my after-work window visit with Mom. Enjoy! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another beautiful, fairly warm morning today. We had showers this afternoon, but probably no more showers this evening. The sun is sure shining brightly now.

 

My outdoor meeting with Mary Lou this morning was very successful. I'll visit her again this evening (through a window) if the rain doesn't return. Hope it stays dry.

 

I'm getting ready to watch the debate tonight between the current vice president and his November 3rd opponent. Don't expect it to be very lively or as loud and uncontrolled as the presidential debate of one week ago. I'll watch all the debates if they do have any more. Won't be surprised if they do not happen. Just saying!

 

I'll be glad when November 4th gets here. Will be back to normal, although probably still not visiting with loved ones in nursing homes. (It will be a year in 2021.) Let us open up the country now! I'm done!!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

When All Else Fails....

When I stopped to wave to Mom on my way home from work last night, a series of events led to my learning that her call button wasn't working.  She would pull the string but it was not calling the nurse's station successfully. (I called the center today to make sure they would get it fixed for her.)

I mentioned this to my co-workers, and one of them told me a funny story about a relative.... An elderly grandmother was in a nursing home and had asked the staff twice to bring her a glass of water.  After a half hour had gone by without a water delivery, she called 9-1-1. The police called the nursing home and asked them to bring her a glass of water. From then on, she got what she wanted fairly quickly!  😊

Our Sunday Stroll

Lew and I took a brief, but lovely, walk yesterday afternoon. Below is a three-photo "summary" from our turn-around location....

We took a selfie. Lew held the camera and I touched the dot to take the picture. We are a good team!

 

We also took some scenery photos. Of those that Lew took, this one is his favorite:

 

And here's my favorite of those I took.  I call it "Clouds."

We sure do live in a beautiful area!

A Slim Chance

 A few days ago I ordered a package of 12 Neck Gaiter Face Mask Bandanas on Amazon. I liked the looks of them because they are solid colors. They are probably not the best for the virus protection, but I wanted something different for the winter.

The package arrived today. I grabbed one at random to try. It was bright green. Lew wanted to try one, too, so I handed him the bright neon yellow. (Not my color, ha ha!)

I pulled mine on and thought, "Uh oh." It was okay around my neck, but was really tight when I pulled it up on my face.

Lew said his fit fine. He was right. His mask was over twice as large as the one I had.

So I pulled out the remaining ten, which all happened to be of the larger size. That means I managed to randomly select the only one of the twelve that was of a different size.

There are at least two ways of looking at my feat:

1) Pro: Maybe I could win the lottery if I played, which I'm not about to start doing. 

2) Con: I probably would lose at Russian Roulette.

For those of you that are concerned about my not being able to wear the bright green mask, rest assured. The remaining colors are quite nice... except for the bright neon yellow. 😁

Still Recovering

Stayed up too late Tuesday night to watch the sparring match... er, the debate.

After the debate was over, it took quite a long time for me to go to sleep. Too much excitement, I guess.

When I am having trouble falling asleep, I read on my Kindle until my eyes start to slam shut. It usually works fairly quickly, but it didn't on Tuesday! Again, too much excitement.

Since I rarely remember what I've read right before falling asleep, I need to go back a few pages the next time I return to a book. It's a necessary hazard of my strategy.

Speaking of eyes starting to slam shut....

Good night!