Spontaneous Musings

My walks are keeping me sane, I think.



Mother is doing okay. She's catherizing father, and regaling us with all of the details. Meanwhile she talked to her friends and brother, and felt the need to regale me with their activities as well.

My brother life sounds the same - as if nothing has changed since COVID.
He already has a fire pit - so doesn't need to buy one to have guests in the winter months - assuming he figures that out.

Niece is dating. Sigh. And she is her parents daughter - despite what she thinks. The hottie from California, who everyone is into, has eyes for niece. You've seen photos of niece, does this surprise you? It shouldn't.
I feel like my niece is living out a netflix teen Covid romance.

Also she went to the emergency room.

Me: Wait. What?
Mother: I asked the same thing.
ME: And?
Mother: Seems her friend broke her foot -
Me: Ouch.
Mother: Or her ankle, can't remember which.
Me: Doesn't matter. What happened?
Mother: Not much - she went with friend to emergency room, stayed with her, and came home. Wasn't that amazing?
ME: Considering we're in the middle of a pandemic, I'm amazed they let her.
I'm beginning to wonder if she lives in another reality - I'm in COVID, she's not.
Mother: You're brother is relieved she's socializing despite COVID, the summer she was too isolated with her parents.
Me: Not that isolated. I was more isolated than she was as a teen...with no COVID.

Also, I'm not as impressed by niece going to emergency room with friend as mother. I went to the emergency room in college with a complete stranger, whose name I didn't even know. Granted it wasn't during a pandemic.

Anyhow after talking to mother, and having watched most of Bly Manor - I realized it was a beautiful day and I needed a walk.



Walk was lovely. I even exchanged a greeting with a nice attractive guy who is close to my age. At a social distance of ten feet of course. Saw his face - and he kind of saw mine. He had friendly eyes.

And I saw the bagpiper, who I kept hearing at various points - the plaintive haunting cry of bagpipes. He could play - so it wasn't bad.



And I've taken a break from the news. I don't know what is going on and don't care. Cousin on FB was scheduling Thanksgiving and Christmas Zoom Family Gatherings with her immediate family. Mine doesn't do Zoom, we call each other. We're not gadget happy.

The cemetery calms me. After some meandering, I find my depression, fears and anxieties melt away. The crystal blue of the sky, the warmth of the brilliant sun, and the trees falling over me...



I walked a total of 4.2 miles today - sore afterwards, I felt lighter than I did when I started. Less weighed down by information. I also went to the grocery store - where I managed to get a $100 gift card towards my next grocery purchase. My Food Town points were above the 87,000 points required for a card. I had over 100,000 points. They'd never checked the number of points received. And I almost didn't give her the Food Town Card to look at today.

The Universe seemed to decide to elevate my financial woes this week - I found out that Con Ed adjusted my rates based on my actual meter readings resulting in quite a bit in credits, and my pay isn't being reduced.
I'm taking this as a sign that I'm doing the right things and to stick to my path.