Random June Thoughts

Posted on 06/26/2021 by chick
  • I know from experience that when the number of posts in my drafts folder exceeds 20, it means that my mental state is poor. The higher the number, the worse the mental state. Currently I am at 31. That’s bad. Today I did some editing and posting, but the drafts number refused to go down. There are so many things on my mind that, for every one post I published, another thought bubbled to the surface and became a new draft. I hope that I will be able to get this under control soon.
  • On a related topic, let me first say that I don’t like pandemic, and I certainly don’t want Covid to come roaring back. That said, the pandemic had an upside in that it forced me to be mindful of my mental and physical states. I could not afford any kind of breakdown while we were in the thick of things, so I made sure that I didn’t have one. My only goal was to get through the pandemic, and now it seems that I may have, so that onus is no longer upon me. I feel myself slipping, and I’m not sure how to counter it. The Daily Minimum isn’t quite cutting it anymore.
  • Also related to the subject of pandemic, I’ve noticed that people are wearing their masks less and less. I always wear mine when I go out, but I’m usually in the minority. In some places, this really bothers me. The library, for example, is a place that draws a lot of children, and I wish everyone would wear masks there. There are a handful of places where mask-wearing is still mandatory, though. When I went in for my annual doctor’s visit, I was given a disposable mask and instructed to swap it out with or place it over the mask I was already wearing. At the hairdresser’s, I offered to remove my mask to make washing my hair easier. The hairdresser replied that masks were still required by state law and that she’d happily give me a disposable one if I was worried about mine getting wet. At the dentist’s office, signs stated that masks were still required in the sitting room.
  • My hubby took advantage of some Amazon Prime deals and got us a few extra channels to watch on the cheap. Among the shows that looked interesting was the 2020 version of The Stand. I had already read the original book by Stephen King and seen the 1994 miniseries, both of which I liked. Though 2021 did not strike me as the best time to be watching a series about pandemic, I decided to go for it. In a way, it was a positive experience to watch such a nasty pandemic unfold, because it made our pandemic look so mild by comparison. Sadly, though, the series is bad. The casting is bad. The narrative order is stupid bad. Everything about it is off to some degree. What a shame. Meanwhile, I was leery of A Discovery of Witches, because I thought that the last thing anyone needed was another show featuring the secret lives of vampires, witches, and demons, but I’m four episodes in and utterly hooked. Surprise!
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