I have been thinking of an assortment of
things lately – none seem
post worthy however. I haven’t come up with
any great ways to transfer my thoughts.
So perhaps I’ll just assign
numbers.
1. I’ve driven many mornings without having
to deal with school buses and I always forget.
Thus I have been leaving the house a wee bit earlier in order to pick up
Jenna who does go to seminary in person – at least for the time being.
2. On our return we pass the middle school which
has always had a flashing light signal before the turn. But I have not seen the signal since
mid-summer. I told the crossing guard
about it. Thus far it isn’t working
still.
3. I’ve seen a lot more construction signs
and reflective cones set up all over Myrtle Creek. And they somehow become permanent additions
as they had in Utah traffic. I don’t like that.
4. At the end of August Douglas County was
instructed to turn all fire meters to extreme.
We’ve had over
twenty-five fires across the state. I
think we are down to seven now. Our country meters have gradually gone down. This morning the MCFD was set to moderate and now they have been set to low. But this is still considered fire season so the restrictions are still in force.
The horrible air quality has been
surrounding the state for over a month now, but Myrtle Creek got only a taste
of it for two weeks or so before it rained.
The skies have been overcast and the air is more breathable and appears
to be clean. Fog no longer mingled with
smoke – though there
is smoke north and east of us.
5. We see helicopters flying with their
buckets. It seems like the fires are
further to make such a trip to fill the buckets and haul the water to where the
fires are burning. At least we’re told that the
tough winds that we recently had did not spread the fires any. Most of them are at least 50% contained.
6. Before the month started the news channels
started off the program with the newest and total of coronavirus cases. After the month started fires were the
leading story and cornona cases weren’t reported until after the first
commercial break like it was an after thought of “oh, yea, and by the way . . .” almost as
though COVID had disappeared. But it was
back to the first report and then the fires
7. I have not returned to work. I’ll wait until flu season and Christmas
break if I do decide to return. With
these new hearing aids it is probably not a good idea as I haven’t gotten used
to them yet. Or at least the right one – which is the
one I really need. I think I’m okay without
the left one right now. As though the
hearing aid isn’t challenging
enough I will have to learn to wear them with a mask. Doesn’t that sound fun?
8. Saw the black flag as a symbol of our divided
nation (politically) and had some Pharisees (my new nickname for Trump
supporters) rattle on about the evils of abortion if I voted for Biden as
though that is the one and only thing his campaign is built upon. Beats dictatorship. But I never said anything about Biden. I never said anything about race. But the Pharisees don’t understand
that the definition of a civil war is a war between two organized groups living
in the same state or nation and does not necessarily have to do with race.
9. I’ll go on facebook to post a little
trivial fact about a past president or presidency. I will no longer be viewing news feed.
