No One Is Immune!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been cool and rainy, but we've managed to keep busy with various projects. I added two new sets of stairs for the deck. Both were replacing some decrepit ones that had been in place. Wendy's outside work was to re-stain the deck cart.

Deck Cart

Wendy also kept at her drywalling, and has now applied primer, so that job is getting close to complete.

Looks perfect to me

There's nothing quite as much fun as drywalling inside a closet! We have continued to enjoy the hot tub each evening; the new thermostat has improved that process. I settled on a double hinge set up to hold the top out of the way.

Does the job

It's still a tad warm for me! I managed to begin my physiotherapy again for my damaged fingers. Really, it's just the index finger that is causing the most concern. The top knuckle and the middle knuckle are not bending as they should. We were only able to meet virtually, but I was able to demonstrate the activity, and he demonstrated and prescribed therapy. We'll see how it goes. Covid-19 continues to surge with Ontario posting record numbers of infections several times this week. More restrictions have been put in place, but we continue to see folks who seem to think such don't apply for them! Trump serves as a case in point as he decried masks and other restrictions, but now is a victim of the virus. The rising toll among the vast populace of India is illustrative of the global nature of the pandemic. The daily carnage in the USA illustrates that simply ignoring it will not make it go away. They are already at 210,000 deaths and losing about 1000 each day. The markets have continued to pull back in these troubled times, turning in another red week. I continue to bide my time with very little in the market. I keep hoping the Senate Republicans will eventually accede to the popular plan to give the poor folks some money. We know that would get circulating in the economy and raise economic activity broadly. The NHL season is officially complete with my pick, Tampa Bay, claiming the Stanley Cup. That was a good thing, before folks start asking me not to pick their favourite team! Baseball playoffs have completed the first round, and now move into the Divisional series. The Blue Jays lost to the Rays, so their season is over. 

Erica writes, "Last Sunday, Eric decided that a football comeback at 50 years old wasn’t in the cards. Maybe he will try again at 51. He played one week—2 games back-to-back, and he felt it for the rest of the week! Other than that it’s been a pretty typical week—Eric working at the office and me working from home. Working from home is great, but it really takes the joy out of casual Friday’s. In the evenings, we are enjoying Buffy the Vampire Slayer which we never watched when it first came out. The Saskatchewan Lipedema Association was approved for charitable status. It took almost a year. Apparently the CRA folks had never heard of Lipedema so they had to do research to find out what it was. This will open up the opportunity to seek donations and apply for grants to support education of public and health professionals, we hope! Eric is working on changes to the Saskatchewan Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and hoping to gain more provincial recognition. He is also working on a project for regulation of mental health professionals. But, it is slow going with COVID and the election. Haaken is still working at Costco and on an animation project on his own. Liam worked on building bookshelves and a desk while he was home last weekend.

New Construction

Now, he's back and is looking for work in Caronport. We hope he finds it soon."

Kristian enjoyed some progress at school and with his homework this week, but the crunch is on this weekend as he has a Monday deadline for several assignments! He had some ill health on Friday, and was sent home from school. We're thinking it was another allergy attack, but he was surely stuffed up, sneezy and with weepy eyes. Anyway, he's feeling better today, so we're hoping that's the end of that. 

Travis and Joanna stop by once in a while. Gemma is still living downstairs here and taking some classes in person, and others virtually. Andrew is taking nearly all classes virtually from home. Joanna has given up on getting a Covid test as the hospital was so backed up with testing pressure from the schools. 

And that's about it for this week!