Oh, I Think So

At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, which is nowhere near the sea, you can pay good money to have a great experience and SWIM WITH WHALE SHARKS! When COVID-19 has made its way around the world and done its virus thing, I am going to plan a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, for late fall and I am going to have at it with those big boys! More to which I can look forward, y'all, on the other side of this worrisome business. Stay safe, be careful, stay awesome, y'all!

Or watch some jellyfish? Yes, please!

Hey, who needs to go to China or Japan, Italy or Iran, or any of the other Lands of Covid-19.  It's here, it's no cheer, get used to it.  Because my client isn't going anywhere for a while, they are cutting our hours to 35 per week which is not something you want to happen when you are going to start taking Social Security in the next two years.  You want big old amounts of chunky change to be pouring into your bank account to give you a bigger ultimate payday at age 70.  There is also the rumor that we have to take 10 days off without pay. Again, big old amounts of chunky change need to be pouring in.  To top this off, my dear, lovely younger niece is freaked out about me taking public transportation, which I love.  My dear, lovely younger niece said one of the nicest things to me that anyone has ever said and with that in mind, I will be driving to work for the next few weeks and carrying my lunch.  I am even considering working from home because she...

Because I fell down and smacked the hell out of my right knee and leg last week and not only had the swelling not gone down but there was a bruise that went from knee to ankle on the right side of my leg, I finally had to break down and go to the urgent care clinic.  After x-rays and an examination by a nurse practitioner, I found out I had no breaks and I had to go home and have my leg up.  She suggested that I don't drive to Milwaukee.  I was not going to listen and I finally decided I wanted the swelling to go down so I had to disappoint myself and stay home.  I basically spent 36 hours in bed and frozen corn on my knee as instructed.  There was a Sex and the City marathon to watch in the bedroom as the premium TV is in the living room. And when I woke up this morning the swelling was WORSE.  The bruising is WORSE.  So much for elevation, applying ice and compression, and rest.  Eff that.  I could have been in Milwaukee. At urgent car...

I was going back and forth and back and forth and forth and back about going to Tokyo today, March 1st.  This very morning at 10am!  This past Monday, Tokyo announced they were closing 50 museums and venues until March 15th.  No Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama.  No Sumo Museum.  No Edo Museum.  No Metropolitan Tokyo Office Building Observation Decks, a five minute walk from my hotel.  I know that things in Tokyo are bustling and moving along and shops are open and people are out and about because of the You Tube videos to which I subscribe show people out and about and life for Tokyo citizens seems quite normal.  I am not a Tokyo citizen so I would not have day-to-day things keeping me occupied like working, commuting, meeting with friends, grocery shopping, getting ready for the work week, cleaning one's place, going about one's ablutions.  I would be walking the streets looking forlorn. So here I am at home and here is where I will be exc...