Not really SAD, but
A lot of people are affected with Seasonal Affective Disorder in Wisconsin. We have many, many days without sun during the winter months. This year, we've had a string of days with heavy fog and unseasonably warm temperatures in the 30's and 40's. Personally, I can't claim that I've ever really felt the effects of SAD, but this year, knowing that we are likely moving west later next year, I've been very impatient and annoyed with Wisconsin weather. Sun trying to fight through the clouds It hasn't helped that my daily routine involves looking at the weather in Fort Collins and Tucson. Their weather has been spectacularly sunny and more pleasant this time of year. So, I haven't been blogging much because not much is going on. I've substituted indoor pickleball for hiking. The trails have been muddy and not much fun. For Christmas, we had my mother, Julia's brother and Allie here. I went and retrieved my mother from Cedar Rapids a...
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State campgrounds here are scheduled to open July 7, but I'll be waiting a while longer I think as the as the 7-day running average of new Covid hospitalizations is skyrocketing
I saw that there are quite a few growing hotspots around the country, including Texas. Wisconsin’s 7 day average has been trending slightly downwards.
Three families converged on my neighboring campsite yesterday afternoon. They were nice folks-just too many of them, including an off leash big dog. They each had their own site , but congregated at the one next to mine. This morning, I moved to a quieter part of the campground away from lakeside. The family across the road started moving into my old site before I was even hitched up. At least give me six feet, please.
My sister is reluctantly taking 87 year old Mom to a family out-door cookout Sunday. (In Mihigan) Mom, being somewhat technologically challenged, as in she can barely handle a flip-phone let alone a smart-phone and put a computer in front of her and she'll have it "broke" within a couple days, hasn't laid eyes on any family other than sister and her partner since the beginning of February.
My brother's side of the family can act pretty young and dumb about things (Masks! we don't need no stinkin' masks!) but Mom, a very gregarious person, is showing signs of depression and really needs this so sister(s), who both work in the elder-care sector and understand what's really going on, are going to suck it up and try to endure an afternoon of keeping Mom safe among those that sometimes don't seem to have the same interest.
Oh, and though we do most our shopping on-line or curbside, when we do need to go into a store The Wife makes me wait in the car because I tend get pretty aggressive about keeping those without masks and/or social-distancing skills away from us.