#MicroblogMondays: Annoying things & small pleasures (COVID edition)
Annoying things:
Seeing news reports of people (groups of mostly young people, it seems) cramming into a downtown park this weekend -- no social distancing, no masks. Seriously??! One of my friends had commented on Facebook that she was worried about the partial reopenings earlier this week, that if you give some people an inch they'll take a mile, and I think she was right...!
Our neighbours in the unit one below & one over from ours ( = almost directly below our bedroom window), who head out to their balcony to smoke, drink & chat several nights a week -- almost always starting around 11:30 p.m., just as we're usually starting to drift off to sleep. They kept this up all winter long too!! (I would mutter to dh, "Aren't they cold out there??!")
Jumping almost straight from winter to summer with no real spring... we were still getting snow flurries just two weeks ago (!) & now there's a heat warning for the next few days with temps in the 30C/85F range (not including humidity)... there must be a happy medium...!
Realizing just how out of shape I am, after we started walking again recently... but at least we are trying to improve the situation...!
Small pleasures:
Ordering takeout for Saturday night dinner. :) -- rotisserie chicken & fries the first time, our favourite wood-oven pizza last weekend, and spaghetti agli e olio with rapini from our favourite local Italian restaurant this past Saturday night. The portions were so huge we just split one and saved the other for another dinner (tonight!). We don't have to cook, and we get to enjoy a great meal while supporting a favourite local restaurant (and hopefully keep them in business during these tough times).
Photos of our adorable little Great-Nephew (now 6 months old!) enjoying his new backyard kiddie pool, sent to us by his mom.
(Despite my moaning about the heat warning above...!) Warm, sunny weather -- at last!! It's been a VERY looooonnnnngggggg winter (and COVID-19 did not help...)!
Lots of sunshine, streaming through freshly washed windows.
One spectacular sunset after another recently.
Dh brought up the chairs for the balcony from storage, so we can sit out there now with a book & a drink.
Dozens of newly planted trees in the space between our condo building and the new townhouse development behind us.
You can find more of this week's #MicroblogMondays posts here. (This week is #MM #300!)
I know about the crowds. It leaves me in utter disappointment because these are the same people who will freak out when they learn they've been exposed. Sadly, this is a product of disinformation and lack of broad education. Until we can sue Twitter and Facebook for harm due to this, I don't know what will change.
Aside from that, sounds like there's a ton of good happening. May the warm weather find you and dh getting out more and finding more pleasures in your new normal.
Don't people suck sometimes? lol I'm sorry about the crowds - we've just opened up the bars, though they are still supposed to have some physical distancing. We're all hoping it won't end in disaster.
Ugh to going straight to 30C! Autumn and spring are probably my favourite seasons, and I'd hate to miss out on them.
Yay to sunshine and clean windows and takeaways/takeout.
I know about the crowds. It leaves me in utter disappointment because these are the same people who will freak out when they learn they've been exposed. Sadly, this is a product of disinformation and lack of broad education. Until we can sue Twitter and Facebook for harm due to this, I don't know what will change.
ReplyDeleteAside from that, sounds like there's a ton of good happening. May the warm weather find you and dh getting out more and finding more pleasures in your new normal.
Don't people suck sometimes? lol I'm sorry about the crowds - we've just opened up the bars, though they are still supposed to have some physical distancing. We're all hoping it won't end in disaster.
ReplyDeleteUgh to going straight to 30C! Autumn and spring are probably my favourite seasons, and I'd hate to miss out on them.
Yay to sunshine and clean windows and takeaways/takeout.
I like the balance of these posts.
Sunset on your balcony with a book and a drink and each other sounds really awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou should probably start having your morning coffee out on the balcony. Really early, and very loudly. :)
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