Day 3

The question is if I number all the days and this takes a while, will I be able to remember it all?

Barb showed me a presentation from her work folks.  A respected scientist went over the data and what's happening.  Guarded optimism is the result.  There are double digit infections in out county, which is the lowest number in the surrounding counties.  It also looks like the first hump of infection, etc., may be over.  Their big fear is a second hump.

He also mentioned that the number of hospitalizations required is probably severely over estimated.

So, lots of good news on that front.

On a local note, I called the golf course today and asked about the chipping area.  Sam said, "We're closed, the restaurant is closed.  That's all I'm going to say."  There may have been wink or two in all of that.  But no armed guards are there.  I'm still thinking about wandering off and chipping a few.  But I can do that over in the school yard with less travel.  Besides it's still cold out.

A couple of weeks ago I added some dark film to my windshield over the area above the rear view mirror.  This area is not covered by the visors.  While the film was not as dark as I expected, it did a pretty good job blocking the glare of the morning sun.  What it do was to show me another bright spot along the left edge of the windshield, also not covered by the visors.  I had left over film and made the effort to make another piece to cover that.  I got the film at Tap Plastics. 

The wash machine decided to leak on Monday after a large load.  I'll probably take a look at that.  Last time was the pump, which is a plastic impeller type unit.  The new one didn't fit in great, but it's lasted a good 5 years.  It might be a cracked hose or something.  The hardware stores are open, I've been told. 

I bought some stocks yesterday.  Buy the dip!  Be courageous when others are in a panic.  I'm thinking it's that kind of a time.  The stuff I bought was off about 60%  over the last few months.  Freddie, my broker, mentioned that tech stocks have been hammered too.  I still have some cash, I may buy some more. 

That's about it for the morning entry!  It's quiet and calm here.  We found a grocery outlet that will pick and prepare orders for pickup.  Rumor has it the local Safeway will open for a couple of hours for seniors on Tuesday and Thursdays.  If so, we'll probably wander over tomorrow.  We could use some fresh salad stuff and miscellaneous items.  Nothing critical and if the hours are not true then we will probably not bother.  Though, we are running low on $2 Chuck.