Yowza! Tomorrow will be Day 300. Since they're now saying that people in group 1C for the covid vaccine are looking at late spring for their shots, I should hit Day 400 before we're through. I'm being optimistic that I'll get into the 1C group given that I just printed a list of my "Ongoing Health Issues" from the medical records site, and it clearly lists Hypertension and Stage 2 chronic kidney disease. It also lists Asthma, but I don't think that will count for anything. Four hundred days? I'll say it again. Yowza!
I just came in from walking The Family Dog and retrieving a mysterious envelope from the mailbox. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I subscribed to a magazine called Welcome Home. Its aim was to support women staying at home with their kids. They ran a pen pal thing one issue, and I started corresponding with a woman in Evanston, Illinois, who was also at home with her kid(s). Our correspondence became less regular as our kids grew and our lives expanded. She's worked in costume design, teaching elementary school, and religious education fits in there somewhere. She ran the Chicago Marathon one year, and I considered going up to meet and cheer for her. I can't recall why I didn't. It seems that she saves everything which included all of the letters she got from me. She thought I might like to take a trip down Memory Lane. Wow! I did not see these coming. I have no idea if I will have the courage to read the letters. If I do, I'll start with the first and work my way up as our kids grew. Another Yowza moment.
The fallout from Wednesday continues. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos resigned. She, like Elaine Chao, was in the Cabinet from start to, well, almost finish. The authorities are using video footage to identify and arrest as many of the domestic terrorists (Uncle Joe said they were not demonstrators or protesters but were domestic terrorists) as possible. They arrested the man who was photographed relaxing at Nancy Pelosi's desk. It will be interesting to see what they're charged with. There are going to be a lot of trials, though The Professor figured they would have a couple of trials and let the convictions and sentences motivate the other people charged to plea bargain. Some of the rioters have been fired from their jobs after their employers learned that they'd been there. They get no sympathy from me. Finally, a fifth person, a police officer, has died as a result of the riot. Son #1 said he heard that the officer had been struck in the head with a fire extinguisher. If that is the case, I hope they can find the perpetrator.
It seems that VP Pence does not want to use the 25th amendment to move The Lame Duck out sooner than the 20th. There's talk of an impeachment vote in the House of Representatives on Monday. If they impeach The Duck, any trial in the Senate would have to be short and sweet. If it stretched to January 20, there would be no reason to do it in the first place. Nancy Pelosi said she has called the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about what is being done to prevent The Lame Duck from going nuclear. The possibility he might be able to do that is a very good reason to get him out of office immediately rather than in a couple of days.
The Lame Duck has said that he will not attend Uncle Joe's inauguration. The last time the exiting president skipped the Inauguration was in 1869. Incoming President Ulysses S. Grant refused to share a carriage with outgoing President Andrew Johnson. Johnson stayed at the White House. I can't imagine The Lame Duck just staying there. I'm agreeing with the pundits who suggest he will fly to Mar-a-Lag on January 19. If he does, let's hope he plays golf on Inauguration Day rather than holds a rally. He could still pardon family, friends, and himself that morning, taking some of the attention away from Uncle Joe.
And covid-19 continues to surge. Wednesday's little insurrection at the Capitol could be the most super spreader event since Sturgis, South Dakota and its motorcycle rally. Yesterday, 4,085 people died in the US the highest number yet. It's going to go higher, too. We're just starting to see the post-Christmas surge, with the post-New Year's one yet to come. Our governor seems to think that because there are now vaccines available, the numbers no longer matter. He doesn't seem to consider the fact that it may take the rest of 2021 if not longer for everyone who is going to get vaccinated to do so.
I emptied several boxes of stuff this afternoon and shall now rest on my laurels until The Professor makes a trip for curbside pickup Mexican food. Haven't had that in almost a year.
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As far as super-spreader events, many members of Congress are worried about the period when they were huddled together in the secure locations on Wednesday with many members not wearing masks (and one Rep who admitted testing positive for Covid).
Curbside pick-up Mexican sounds great! We've done that (and a few other restaurant meals) a few times. Our place has tasty food but it's a bit pricy so we don't indulge too often. We haven't ordered takeout since Christmas eve...maybe I need to suggest it again soon.
I thought he was flying to Scotland on the 19th? Has he changed his mind since it was made clear that he wouldn't be welcome?
Mum was Pfizered yesterday. It was strange to see so many people in one place not pushing shopping trollies, it was a jolly atmosphere despite the weather. The last time I looked on a calculator I was likely to get mine in May but that's a wild guess-ometer and who knows.
Yesterday I complained to the BBC, I've never done that before. I was pleased to see that the title on the news website had changed an hour later. There was so much wrong with "US Vet lost her life.." that I didn't know where to start. The passive voice was more appropriate for someone knocked down my a police vehicle, not a rioter climbing in through a window. I would have thought that we had progressed to the stage where a rioter could be a rioter irrespective of gender but apparently not.
We are having Taco Tuesdays, I have a new tortilla press and a new Mexican cookbook. I made my own chipotles in adobo sauce as the tinned variety is a specialist item and heavy, dried chillis are cheaper even for a really big bag. We don't have a huge range for takeaway locally, this time around when the pubs shut they shut their kitchens too.
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