Piglet

Who is your Piglet? I woke up this morning and read a post that my sister in law put on Facebook. It was a simple post from a Winnie the Pooh story. A post that serves the test of time. To summarize the story, it is about what true friendship is. Piglet is the friend. He is there when you need him, but also how you need him. If you need to talk about your problems, he will listen. If you do not want to talk about your problem at that moment, he will just sit by your side idly, swinging his feet, as moral support. Sometimes talking about a problem makes it worse as you are reviewing it in your head twice. Knowing that there is that one person, your one person, who will sit by you in your silence, holding you up with invisible strings, is the best support you can ask for. Who is your Piglet?

Free

There are many free offers and services out there if you just know where to look. If you do not know where to look, make sure you have a friend that does. Last week someone told me that the town department for the aged was sending free masks to senior citizens. I called their office and gave my name. Yesterday I got a pack of five white masks in the mail. Since I like to spruce things up and make them unique, I am coloring one of them tie dye. It pays to have friends in the know.

Take A Stand

Yesterday I took a stand. My office has been involved in a drug study for the past 18 months. We are doing the FDA study for a new medication. Every 6 months a monitor from the drug company is sent to review our books. After I got to work yesterday, I was told that the monitor was coming in. It dawned on me that she lives in Delaware and that is a state that has a 14 day quarantine for anyone entering New York State. I called my boss and voiced my concerns. If I am near a person from a "Covid" state, I could be jeopardizing my father's health when I see him. She gave me a few reasons why it would be fine for the monitor to be here. None of them were plausible. I decided to take a stand and protect my family. At 9:30am I gathered my things and walked out of my office. I demanded that a cleaning crew come at night and sterilize the office. The crew was called. I will return to work this morning, feeling safe. I will not compromise my family's health for any job.

Yin Yang

There has always been a yin to a yang. Balance has always been there. That is what keeps the universe spinning. It is when the yin and yang separate that things go wild. Up, down, in, out, high, low, happy, sad, large, small, hot, cold, black, white. The yin yang sign has conceptualized the meaning of the two as an intertwined, overlapped design. Where one side ends, the other begins. One color sits inside of the other in a beautiful blend. If you removed the black, the white would fade away. If you removed the white, the black would fade into darkness. Both are equally needed to have things perfect.

Freshman 15

There has always been a saying that college freshman put on the freshman 15. It means that they gain 15 pounds their first semester. Now I see the Covid 19. People who ate too much in quarantine are now going to the beaches and pools and carrying around the Covid 19. Nineteen more pounds have been put on from eating junk foods while they worked at home and could not go out and carry on normal active routines.

Early Bird

It is 7am and I have done more than most people do in a day. I woke up at 5:30am and got out of bed. Why waste the day? I paid bills, balanced my checkbook, did some crafts, prepared for tomorrow’s breakfast, started tonight's dinner, read emails and am writing this entry. I will go out as soon as the stores open and get some groceries and then have a picnic lunch at the pool. I will spend the afternoon relaxing in the pool as I have no chores to take care of. Good planning.

Midway

It is hard to believe that it is midway through summer. There was no spring. Spring was just a bad memory that began with sickness and ended with hate. Summer is hanging in the balance, not knowing where to go. Sickness is lingering but not everywhere. Hate is hanging on but its hold is loosening. Autumn will be the tie breaker. It will show whether or not the changes we made lead to a better place. By the end of autumn we will see if humankind has had enough suffering to see the handwriting on the wall and make sure that the evil is tossed away for ever.