Rainy, random updates

[flexagon]

Today was the kind of rainy, overcast day that... well... what would I have said in the Before Times, that it made me stay sleepy in the morning and then wear my rain jacket? These days, it's "the kind of overcast day that makes my webcam even more likely than usual to wash out my face."

I'm done with all promotion-related shenanigans at work, now, after having to leap in and run a committee because the original committee chair had a sudden family tragedy. I hope we promoted the right people, but you never really know. I think it's plausible that we actually should promote more of the folks who put themselves up for promotion - possibly all, if they come in with a strong enough streak of performance scores? But as a company we seem to pride ourselves on not trusting anyone. Out of nine candidates for this promotion we had one woman candidate, and we promoted her, at least.

The state my dad lives in has sneakily become a covid hot spot, and has more than doubled its daily case counts in the last two weeks. Bad, bad. My dad says that most people there aren't taking it seriously and will only wear a mask when a store requires it, which fits infuriatingly with the culture of that place. I read a lot about people getting tired of pandemic precautions and I don't get it; I just keep getting more used to things. It's much easier to get on with life now than it was in March/April when everyone was ultra worried about surface transmission.

I do feel sad. Is life easier but sadder that it was in the spring? It doesn't feel like anything is progressing much. I had such a frustrating handstand class on Sunday that I seriously considered quitting the whole damn endeavor.

At least I went to the doctor today (in person, after virtual told us nothing) and got some stuff prescribed for my rash that is both anti-fungal AND steroidal. That seems pretty likely to create a hostile environment for whatever it is.

Comments

[jadia]

I'm getting tired of pandemic precautions...still doing them, but feeling quite worn down and knowing I'm gonna have to relax some of my strict rules to make it to next year. :-(

[triesticity]

I do feel like things are easier now that we're not as worried about surface transmission, yes! But I am pretty tired of mask-wearing - I mean, I always wear one when I go out, but I wish I had access to a private outdoor space like a patio/yard/deck so I could just sit outside without a mask. We do sit outside without masks sometimes - the park near us has circles marked on the ground for people to sit in that are more than six feet apart, so we've done that on days when it hasn't been super-crowded - and there's a Whole Foods with an uncrowded patio area where I've had a few outdoor lattes - but mostly when we're out we're walking in semi-crowded places so our masks stay on. We did go to the beach today, which was great: we kept our masks on when we were on the boardwalk, but took them off when we were on the sand, and that felt really good.