Dear Jim:
You probably wonder why I haven’t written for some time and I have been reminded that this is not acceptable. Frankly, there is little to write about as there is no life as we knew it to comment on.
Well not technically true.
Our Government has said that we cannot make appointments for COVID vaccination, but they will contact us to schedule our shots when they are ready. This is Great, what could go wrong with this plan? Simple and straight forward.
As a result, I now carry my cell phone 7/24 including during showers so that I don’t miss that call. They are now saying everyone will be vaccinated by Sept 30, but they don’t have any doses until March. I shouldn’t say doses plural as we will only get one shot. This will keep us on our toes long after the Vaccination program is over and promises to keep more of the older folks off the street until they die of natural causes.
As you know I don’t envy anyone except those that have their own airplane and people who have already been vaccinated in Florida. So, if you know anyone with a plane who has had their two shots let me know so I can take them off my friends and acquaintances
list.
So how do we pass the time during the various level of lockdown?
I am reading books every day. Don’t ask me the titles for recommendations as I don’t remember any of them. The name of the Author may come to me if I concentrate on it.
As for the plot, all I know is that someone gets killed near the beginning and they find out who did it by the end. My apple book library is now being stored in the Cloud as my IPAD is full.
As for watching TV we have made a point of not watching anything before 5 pm. We also only watch series that have at least 10 episodes with people having a horrible experience. We don’t mind the violence and sex scenes as they are all the same and we are used to them now. The couple comes in the door to the home, ripping each other’s clothes off as they stumble through the lobby and knock over a vase or table. Then, half dressed, the guy carry’s the girl with her legs wrapped around his waist through the house/apartment into the bedroom or a kitchen workstation. Still half-dressed ( the girl never takes off her bra..must be a Screen Actors Guild regulation), the screen goes to black and then we see them wake up in the morning with various degrees of guilt and wonder how they can stand not brushing their teeth before engaging in Tete- a -Tete conversations.
Sally yells at the SOB who is cheating on his wife and I try ,to no avail, to remind her that they can’t hear her. We are in a rhythm and since every day is the same, I can’t tell when the weekend arrives or even what day of the week it is most of the time.
A big event for us here in Quebec every day is the curfew from 8 pm to 5 am. This has had a huge impact on me because I have never been outside from 8pm to 5 am and now wonder what I am missing that everyone had to be told they couldn’t do. One of my friends phoned me at 8.15pm to make sure I was honoring the curfew. Woke me out of a dead sleep.
During the day before all the stores were closed Sally went out every day for a few hours of shopping. Our house is now filled with all manner of useless crap that we won’t even be able to donate to NOVA charity services as there is no one who could have any use for them. All closets are full, and I mean full. I have been moved out and put into a small enclosure in another part of the house.
The amazing thing is that Sally has now become a whiz on e-commerce, and we have a personal relationship with the Amazon delivery driver. The junk continues to flow.
BTW I have not bought anything for 10 months and my Visa is in danger of being cancelled as it looks to be dormant.
I go out every day and just drive around to nowhere in particular. I’m not concentrating much and recently I have gone through 3 red lights and tried to turn up a one-way street going the wrong way. I am in a trance going through the stop signs so I can’t give you any numbers. I do go to the grocery store and pick up one item every trip so that I have a reason to go out. Peanut butter on Monday, jam on Tuesday, milk on Wednesday…you get the picture.
As a project, I am trying to get Sally’s cat to like me. I seem to be invisible and if it doesn’t go anywhere soon, I may leave her outside overnight by mistake to show her who is boss.
Finally, I am liking the doctor appts by phone now. Mind you the calls have been very brief. I say “this” isn’t working properly and the doctor answers, “that’s normal for your age, things will continue to stop working and in fact the number of “things” will accelerate from here” Well, ok then, good to know. Saving myself a lot of time and parking fees and I have no treatments to deal with as most everything is broken for good.
You always ask me if I’m exaggerating or if this is true. Believe me, you can’t make this stuff up!
I will let you know as soon as we are released back in to the wild. In the meantime, stay safe…
Bill Meder
(514) 992-2916
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