It's just another day

Yesterday was sunny but quite cold and very windy. Not a great outdoors kind of day. So I stayed in all day. Tuesday was great, I got out because Creekwatchers sampling resumed. For those who do not know what Creekwatchers is, it's a program affiliated with Wicomico Environmental Trust. Creekwatchers take scheduled samples twice a month for analysis of water quality, in a nutshell. It was suspended when the pandemic hit and has just resumed. The issue has been getting the samples analyzed in a timely fashion because university students are not on campus and are not even allowed on campus, and they have traditionally done the analysis work as part of their coursework in environmental studies.

Anyhow, that was good, and I drove out to Whitehaven to have a look at the water. But the wind had the water all roiled up and the wind was so strong I was afraid to walk out all the way on the narrow wooden pier. So much for that.

Today it's warmer and sunny, and less windy. It might rain tomorrow. So much for the weather report.

I made more than a dozen masks yesterday. I should say finished, because I had spent some time in

the previous few days cutting and assembling the first steps.

This evening I have two Zoom meetings that overlap. Juggling time.

Enjoyed my lunchtime Hangouts chat.

Good news, I think: Limited access to in-person Mass begins soon. But after more than 8 weeks, it's also a scary prospect. Gulp.

Still laid off. Still writing. Speaking of which, need to get to it.

It's now bedtime. I spent three long hours on Zoom, both meetings were good, it was just too long to sit in front of a screen. I left both meetings early, one to join the other meeting and the other because it was nearly 7 p.m. and I was exhausted.

More tomorrow. I can't process anything more tonight.

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