Another Grim Milestone!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been very nice, and we've enjoyed getting out for walks again. I even managed two golf practices. I make it a priority to work on my swing at the start of each season. I usually find that I play my best golf early in the season, but it gradually declines after that—could be a lesson there!

Jab1 on Wednesday

We got our first vaccine dose on Wednesday. I had a sore shoulder that night, but both of us have felt fine since. We're not scheduled for our second jab until August, so our travel wishes remain in hiatus. We'll try to get that to happen sooner, as that wouldn't be fully effective until the end of August, and we wish to travel in early summer. The pandemic has deepened here in Ontario, and in most of Canada. Alberta remains our worst province; in fact, only eight US States are doing worse than Alberta, but there are actually five provinces doing very poorly, and we're one of them. Apparently, "avoiding it like the plague" is not something that people actually do! World-wide, we've now tallied over 3 million deaths from Covid-19, a grim milestone, and testament to how badly things are going. We're so locked down here currently that we have guards on the borders with Quebec and Manitoba! I did a couple of small projects in the shop this week. The first was a hose holder for the front lawn. The old plastic one had broken last Fall, so I built one from some wood scraps. Then, Travis needed some pallets to hold up his storage bins in the back yard, so I modified some pallets and they seem to serve the task well. 

Getting them off the ground

Wendy has been working on her Barbershop music for a virtual performance they're planning. She sent in both the singing and a video for that project. The markets had one bad day this week, but recovered as positive data keeps coming in, and I made quota again. The week in sports began with the final round of the Masters. I was delighted to see Matsuyama win it; he seems like a fine representative to win the first major for a Japanese golfer. The curling was delayed, but finally completed with Edin from Sweden winning his fifth World Championship. This week it's a Grand Slam event with most of the top teams in the world playing in both Men's and Women's divisions. They're in to the playoffs now, and my favourites: Einarson and Koe, are in the thick of it. The NHL continues to struggle along, making schedule revisions as Covid invades team after team. Pens, Leafs and Oilers (my teams) have maintained playoff positions with about a dozen games left in the regular season. Oilers and Pens won tonight, while the Leafs' game was postponed due to the Covid issues in Vancouver.

Eric got scheduled for his first vaccine dose. Erica is much too young to qualify! Otherwise, they had a quiet week. Erica and team are on for music at church tomorrow, so we'll tune in for that. 

Kristian is back to on-line school. That's a tough way to do Art and Phys. Ed.! This week he was doing a project on one of my heroes, James Naismith. With the declining age of eligibility, Erin should soon qualify for her Covid shot. Shawn is eligible, but must wait until he's fully recovered from his recent bout of Covid. 

Trav, Joanna and crew are doing their stay-at-home program as well. It's discouraging not being able to spend more time with them. Gemma is completing her semester and writing exams. She always does well. Andrew is interviewing on new positions here in town. I don't know how likely it could be that new work will start up in our current pandemic situation. 

And that's about enough for this week.