Subj : Re: Messaging And More
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Wed Jun 24 2020 17:04:52

-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 18-Jun-2020 02:31 <=-

 DS>> I wouldn't be up at this hour, but insomnia kicked in. It was a
 DS>> stressful afternoon, due to the alarm system going off, and it took 20
 DS>> minutes to get back here from a friends house. Thankfully, no damage,
 DS>> but the police did an inside and outside inspection. I explained to
 DS>> them because of health issues and surgery, I hadn't had the chance to
 DS>> clean up from the rodents, but told them that Terminix had come in. At
 DS>> least I haven't seen any more evidence of such in a month.
 
Good that the rodents are finally totally gone... Did you figure out
what triggered the alarm...?

 NB>> The furnace hasn't run here for months... when it finally got chilly,
 NB>> the most we've done was to close the attic door so that the residual
 NB>> heat (after cooling down from the extreme heat) wouldn't escape out the
 NB>> top.... All we have for cooling though is windows to open and fans to
 NB>> move and exhaust the hot air.... :)

 DS> It has "warmed up" at night, so I don't need. However, when I went
 DS> to turn off the ceiling fan in my bedroom, the cord broke...so the fan
 DS> is "permanently off". The light still works, but I can't see buying a
 DS> new ceiling fan. If nothing else, I'll get a portable fan to circulate
 DS> the air.

It might not be that big a job to replace the cord on the fan...

 NB>> We shall see about the fall... probably depends on whether the virus
 NB>> resurges too badly or at all...  We've moved to phase 3 (of 4) here,
 NB>> which opened a lot of stuff I've been waiting for.... still a lot of
 NB>> restrictions and distancing and protective measures needed, so things
 NB>> aren't normal normal, but it's more normal than it's been for a long
 NB>> while....

 DS> I'm wondering if we'll ever be able to square dance again...we sure
 DS> don't practice social distancing on the dance floor.

Eventually I'm sure this too shall pass, and hugs and dancing will be ok
again... :)

 NB>> It would be rather loosely formed squares... one would need to be a
 NB>> master dancer to keep track... ;)

 DS> And, so many just know the basic footwork. One caller rightly noted
 DS> that "if you don't know the definition, you don't know the call".

Indeed.

 DS> Apparently, some cities are now requiring masks in public places.

Not just cities, states.... Our state requires them any place in public
that one might not be able to properly distance... 

 NB>> The trick is to be able to give yourself 'comedy relief' as well.. :)

 DS> My self esteem isn't that high anymore, as it has been crushed so
 DS> many times...especially with all I've been through the last 3 years.

Just keep looking for the comic edge... even a quirked smile is better
than total gloom....

ttyl          neb

.... Confidence is the feeling you had before you knew better.

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