Crazy day. Work is a #^}*#@ crazy right now… But I am grateful to have work Now when so many folks don’t

I had several nice points of punctuation today when I had good heart to heart talks with several friends. I think people are all reaching out to each other now as the stress of confinement gets to them.

One of the real high points of the day was a resume meet up with nearly all of the folks from the reality show I was on… The colony. It’s been 11 years since we were all together and of the 11 of us 10 were able to make it. The event was for 8/7 and eighth grade class for a friend of mine who teaches in Ontario. I think it was more fun for us than it was for the kids. Was so great seeing everybody.

We all fell right back into our old rolls… It was like no time at all had passed.… I suppose I can’t share pictures of the kids here for privacy reasons but I believe I can show the colonist because everybody has seen them

My next break for work was at 8 PM when my good friend john (aka gizmo) who had his birthday. Again another zoom meeting. We made our own carrot cake to eat with him.… What a fantastic guy

Then a quick game of charades with the housemates… Restored some balance to the day.

Boy do I need to sleep

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Today was 100% busy from 7 AM until about now… Nice thing is it was a little bit lower stress. One wonderful thing about living where we do is that I’m able to get outside for a decent run every day.… It helps that we have natural beauty all around… I like running by these ladies and talking to them

I’m taking these other ladies down to the river

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Big day for gabe ! He published his first first-author paper today.

https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/747712/overview

I am so proud for that guy !!!!

And I’m happy to helped make someone who uses the word “phosphorilization” in a sentence

Congrats gabe !

I love you !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

These stay at home days are all running into each other… There are very few simple pleasures actually brighten our days. One of the big things I’m so appreciative of is all the cooking that Diane does to keep the four of us not just fed but looking forward to being fed. The smells that washed up stairs by late afternoon make us all really look forward to sitting down at dinner… Tonight it was Shiseido peppers, fresh salad, ravioli And fresh garlic, olives sourdough bread.… Thank you Diane for giving us something to look forward to every day!

Nite all, nite sam

-me