Daily Ooo's: Wednesday, August 5

[faerywings]

Whew!!! It looks like my area is one of the lucky ones that didn't lose power yesterday. It flickered on and off for a few hours but never went out for more than a few seconds. My parents, ILs, and brother are all without power ATM. I hope that they get it back soon.
What a crazy day in the news, the poor people in Beirut. The photos of the city are unbelievable. I didn't do much of anything yesterday since I was concerned about the power and didn't want to get started on a LO and then lose it every time it went out. That meant I spent way too much time looking at the videos coming out of there.

I can't imagine how difficult it would be to deal with that, while trying to stay safe from COVID, especially in a financially wrecked country like Lebanon. Makes my heart and brain hurt.

Caitlyn got the news that her Fall Semester courses will be entirely remote. She isn't sure if the internship portion will be on campus or also remote. She is relieved to have an answer and seems fine with it. NJs transmission rate has increased a lot in the last couple of weeks and our Governor is scaling back indoor restrictions. It is better to have that settled now, rather than start in person and then have to shift to remote suddenly.

Today looks gorgeous! I have to pick up my groceries this morning and if the lawn dries out a bit, I have some branches to pick up. My neighbors had a large tree come down in the woods, we could hear it cracking and crashing. They have a small boardwalk and a path/trail and the tree took out a portion of that. She said it was an 80' oak so I will guess that the chainsaws will be going non-stop.

Gratitudes:
-that we didn't lose power
-the sun is out

 

[faerywings]

Jean- how was the Zoom meeeting? I hope that you were able to get some time to draw.

Trudy- I saw one on the whale photos on FB- how amazing and wonderous!!! You and your Gary have had some very nice days together, out to eat (for free!!!) and the whale watching. Back to dating again

Nancy- I hope that your power stayed on. My dogs did not want to go outside at all yesterday so I bet Luther wasn't happy with the rain either. I was wondering where you were since you were not posting but I cannot say I blame you when you have hours and hours of hockey to watch!
Sometimes it seems like Scott and Leah are an old married couple and they bicker about old married couple things. But I know they love each other a lot.
I would have such a hard time sending my kids to school if they were little. There was a meme going around that said something like you send your child to school with a Batman mask and he comes home with a Pokemon one. Anyone who has worked with kids knows that is totally believable. When I was teaching, I placed name cards on the floor when they sat in circle time. One reason was so they would learn name recognition, another was to separate certain kids who might get disruptive. But also so they would be spread out- and guess what? Even then, it didn't always work! There was still pushing and poking and lying on top of each other. Kids rolling themselves across the floor with me having to pick them up and place them back on their name card.
My goodness, it makes me want to scream how badly this Admin is doing. But I won't so :tape:

I hope that all you are happy and well.

 

[nancyr]

good day - well I was out last night and then this morning in daylight. I could not take my usual route with all the branches and trees down. But even with that does not seem to be much home damage. There were lots of photos on FaceBook from our town. While walking heard lots of saws. But amazingly there was not much rain and I did not lose power which was most surprising as the wind was fierce. I lost my dogwood tree. It makes me so sad. It was not doing well anyway but makes me so sad. I am home alone today which I love. I have bills to pay and hockey to watch! It is a beautiful day. Blue skies and a nice breeze!

Chris I am always amazed when I don't lose power so congrats to you. Sorry about your family. My son's new family Kearny residents and they had lots of trees down and her folks lost power. Thank goodness it went by fast. Tornados in NJ so strange. My DH is still waiting for NY to decide. Glad that Cait has her answer. That has got to make it better to not be worrying. Hope the family has power soon.

Trudy saw the photo from whale watching. Congrats on the humpbacks! Sorry no orcas.

Hi to all

gratitudes
did not lose power
hockey
walking

 

[scrap-genie]

This morning I was freezing but it wasn't really that cold and now it's getting warmer and the sun is shining. The meeting was fine, the board for the computer genealogy group. We made some decisions, but still thinking on a big one. No likelihood of in person meetings till who knows when.

Chris, so glad you didn't lose power and hoping the rest of the family gets it back soon. Hope Cait's internship turns virtual too to be on the safe side.

Nancy, glad you kept power too but so sad about the dogwood. They are so special but around here I've seen a few die of natural causes so maybe not a total surprise yours succumbed to the winds.

Eager to see Trudy's whales!