Sunday night. I wonder if this blog series will go for 365 days?.. I can just see it now: “day 365; celebrated the anniversary by eating not one but two cans of beans from the hoard we liberated in last week’s warehouse raid. Still no infection.” Heh…

Aside from the ever-present storm cloud of doom and once-in-a-century disaster, today was a good day. Slept in late, played some videogames, started re-reading the most recent book in Jim Butcher’s “Dresden Files” series… The new installment will come out in a few days; it’s been six years since the last book, so some memory refresher is badly needed. Today’s culinary adventure: a stir-fry with every vegetable I’d bought that hasn’t gone bad or tried to grow despite being stored in the refrigerator. (I’m looking at you, you traitorous carrots.)

Xgf’s day wasn’t quite as good: two repairmen showed up to fix the ceiling crack in the bathroom, disregarded her request to wear masks, and left without explaining if they’ll return. Shortly afterwards, the fridge gave up the ghost, and most of the food delivered by a local non-profit’s volunteer (and paid for by xgf) will likely go bad. She just can’t catch a break…

In covid news, the White House is trying to discredit Dr.Fauci because of his candor regarding the incompetence of – you guessed it – the White House. If and when they replace him, it’ll probably be some bobblehead yes-man that will give Baghdad Bob a run for his money. (I wonder how many folks who aren’t international affairs/political science geeks remember Baghdad Bob. Fun character, that guy.) For the first time in over four months, there were no new covid deaths in New York. Huzzay! Interesting article from New Zealand: after trying just about every explanation, contact tracers concluded that a cluster of 71 cases happened because a woman who returned from the US (and promptly self-quarantined) was a super-spreader. She seems to have infected all of her neighbours simply by using the elevator – solo but leaving behind a large viral load. What a strange, strange virus…

And now, time for some more fantasy world escapism (I love ESO so very, very much) before starting yet another workweek, followed by a hopefully amazing vacation five days later. Keep the hope alive, y’all.