A birthday, a miracle cat and "The Crown"

So it's Robert's 70th birthday and we can't go out to dinner to celebrate. We will eat leftover soup tonight, and Robert will take part in his first ever video call with Liz and Chad. Sunday we get crabs and more at Kim's place. Actually, technically we could go out to a restaurant, because our disappointing governor is allowing restaurants to open back up at 50 percent capacity. I think the last place I would want to go is to a restaurant, where you must remove your mask to eat.

Ok, not the last place. The last place would be an arena somewhere, packed with people. Like a concert.Oor a political rally. No way. It's a sad statement when an incumbent president asks his followers to sign a waiver agreeing not to hold him or his campaign responsible if they get sick with coronavirus because of their attendance at his political rally. Ugh.

Her at home we have our miracle cat still with us. Today she's eaten a decent amount of food, been awake and alert and on the prowl pretty much all day and well, we had thought last night we would be taking her to the vet for the final trip today. Not so fast, she said. Loud and clear. She's not ready. She can barely walk and her balance is fragile. She's emaciated (cancer) and losing function of her limbs (stroke) but she fights on to live another day.

We are binge watching "The Crown," which is about Queen Elizabeth II, who is still the reigning monarch, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, I understand. I can't decide whether I like her or not. They say the series is not 100 percent accurate, and I wouldn't expect that. But while the British press says the one thing they got seriously wrong in the series is the relationship between Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth. I don't know. I'll reserve judgment for when I"ve watched more of the show.

Queen Elizabeth supposedly gave her first Zoom public speech and I should go watch the thing. So I will keep this short and sweet.

OK, I saw a photo of her on a Webex screen. But the meeting wasn't made public. Oh well. I actually heard her voice one time, recently, talking about the pandemic, a pep talk to the Brits. The Webex meeting was with caregivers, which the British call "carers."

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