I’m so sorry anchovyparade; you do deserve a better partner.

I’m so sorry. I hope you have lots of support IRL, and if you haven’t experienced the loss of a close family member before, it’s a really good idea to see a grief counsellor, because the grieving process is disorienting and confusing.

Ouch. That actually hurt my ears.

You’ll have a story to tell the grandkiddies about how you and grandad had to postpone the wedding due to the legendary Quarantimes.

Congratulations Gramma!

Have you heard this cover of Sound(s) of Silence by Disturbed? They are a heavy metal band, so I was surprised by this version.

Some people try to tough it out without the sedatives; don’t be like them.

I like that pattern! I have lots of quilting cotton around, which is suitable. I’ve been doing the no-sew folded versions, which hold up for the short shopping expeditions. Not as tailored or neat as the one in your video. I am fine with hand sewing, and if we have to start wearing masks in the long term, I will have…

How many have you made? A colleague of mine was saying that she was tired of making masks out of the same green fabric. I asked her how many she had made, and she said “36". I have 2. I wash them in between wearing them. I think she is making them and donating them somewhere, but she loves to sew and I am not friends…

I’ve also used elastic hair ties.

I’ll have to try one of those; I think I can get them at the drugstore in the cosmetics section.

Canada did have more of an outbreak of SARS than the U.S.; certainly Toronto did, which is why our government was able to act so quickly, because the protocols were already in place. But it was nothing like this. Stores remained open, a few people wore masks ... hand sanitising stations were installed in many public…

Buggers. People in countries that don’t (or didn’t) have them think they’re sooooo cute, and they are; but they are so, so destructive.

We had a bout of canine distemper that decimated them a couple of years ago, but nothing recently, so I don’t know why there don’t seem to be so many.

Aside from the general creepiness, I’m hearing alarm bells that this is now on YOUR work computer. You need to protect yourself. I’m thinking that this needs to be reported to the powers that be; HR, your dept. head, whatever, but you need to document things like when you were away so that you can prove that it wasn’t…

ASK FOR THE DRUGS!! YOU MUST HAVE THE DRUGS BEFORE THE COLONOSCOPY!!!

Sweet boy! Corgis are feisty little buggers though.

Thanks. It might not have had a different outcome even if the rehabbers were open; one of them said they’d been getting hundreds of calls, so they might have been full up in any case.

I’m sorry about the bunnies and your chicken girls; at least they survived.

Well, at least when this is more or less over, you will be sure about your decision; there will be no “woulda coulda shoulda” why didn’t I stick it out longer. You will be confident that this is the right move for you and will have