Story 19Sept2023

Today was my first day isolating as I was exposed by a friend who did not know he had COVID-19. I started the day at 7AM and was up and moving–still tired and, I must admit, totally stressed out when thinking about catching the virus–I have never had it. I put in 16 minutes on the Immobile Schwinn bikes–it was tough to make it even that far. I am again starting over and trying to get back to thirty minutes. I listened to CNN news on Alexa while peddling. Next, I made a bagel with cream cheese and had an apple (purchased) for breakfast. I had that while reading emails, Slack channel updates, and Internet news. I like to be ready for the day.

I spent the morning in status meetings and updates. I also had to make some medical calls for Susie–her cardiologist needs to see her. Susie is on difficult blood thinners, and we have to do labs and check every six months. Time again. I also order groceries to be delivered in the evening. I am running out of paper products and some other useful things. So the morning was chaotic, and again, I was tired and not running on all my cylinders anyway. “Is that COVID-19 or allergies,” with every sneeze and cough. So far, yes, no real symptoms. I test again in the late afternoon on Wednesday.

I decided on a nice lunch. I got the IKEA Swedish meatballs out, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen green beans. I got every made and watched the new videos from Battleship New Jersey’s YouTube channel. I did not know that another more scientific group has dived on the Battle of Midway Wrecks. I watched footage on the famous ships and leaved from the Battleship New Jersey channel what surprises they had. The spotted last minutes changes in Yorktown that were not known, “All the models you built are wrong,” said the curator for USS New Jersey. He was excited to explain all the new findings. I then watched some of it and it was a science based expedition and they were trying to scan the whole wrecks to help historians and scientist study the wrecks in detail later. Excellent. Also the IJN Akagi has never been been seen on the bottom before, so that was even more exicitn for us warship geeks!

I called Susie on Alexa video so we could see each other. She was happy we could at least talk and see each other.

After that, I continued on working from home. It was a bit of a quiet day. I was able to get some more information on my project and my boss sent out some items.

After work, still waiting for my groceries to arrive, I made special cinimon rolls from a King Arthur Flour recipe. It uses an Asian technique to soften the dough, a Tangzhong. This is flour cooked in milk. I made the dough and let it rise for 90 minutes, assemble the rolls, cut with dental floss (it works perfect), and then let rise again, before baking. I glaze them when warm. So good.

Dinner was a salad I put together with some ham and cheese. After the large lunch and the rolls coming, I thought a salad would be best.

Well it is a short blog of mostly waiting and listening. Thanks for reading.