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January 29, 2022

well, shit.

My oldest grandson just Duo'd me to let me know he's got covid. He lives with his mother, her boyfriend, and his little sister, and they all have it.

My youngest grandson and his girlfriend had it a month or so ago.

i feel the clock ticking away...i'm 66 years old, obese, high BP, etc, etc. this fucking virus is insidious. It feels inevitable, but I'm staving it off for as long as I can. Maybe if I evade it for long enough, the hospital won't be too crowded to fit me in, the meds will be available, my vaccines and boosters will prop me up, and I won't die.

guess we'll find out. I still know a lot of people who have not had it, but with every day it seems I know more and more who have.

January 20, 2022

Triangle people!

Are we about to get a decent winter storm, or just a bunch of ice and dirty slush?

I think it could go either way but wonder what y'all are thinking.

I miss a decent snowstorm - think the last time it happened here was 2018. (I'm in Durham near Southpoint)

January 1, 2022

Who's got Golden Girls?

I have Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube premium and Hulu courtesy of my son's fiancee.

I'm really enjoying all the clips of Betty White. She was a treasure.

I tend not to grieve when a person dies at 99, especially knowing that she kept her marbles to the end and had a fabulous life. But I do have this urge to binge watch Golden Girls tonight.

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About barbtries

I stand on the sand, and I'm rocking grief to sleep in my arms.
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