RTBTCKI Did you miss me?

It’s been a while since I had the time to sit down and write an entry.

Nothing is wrong. Just a lot going on around the household and a lot of very early morning shifts at work along with projects that need to be done.

I have adjusted to getting up before the sun rises and going to work. It is an easy commute because no one is on the road at that point, so I am only dealing with the traffic lights.

Caroline turns eighteen this Saturday. We are having a small party for her at our local Local Burger. It is both hard and easy to believe that eighteen years have passed. More on that on Saturday.

Today I am working on some projects I need to get done before Sunday and the Plague of Players performance of A Christmas Carol. I have cleared the decks to get this done.

Then it is onto my Phd(s) (Projects Half Done).

I need to make a punch list and just go through and get it done then move onto the ideas swirling through my head including a mouse idea.

Yesterday was productive and I hope today will be as well.

Please everyone stay safe. We are hitting a tipping point we don’t want to be at. I am using more hand sanitizer than I ever had in my life for my safety and the safety of my customers.

I am starting to memorize the store. Give me another month and I will have it cold except those items we are moving around.

I am worried about the next couple of months before the vaccine is wildly available. I worry about my family as my parents are in their eighty, my sister is an essential worker, and my husband has a compromised immune system. I worry about my friends and their families. I worry that I am going to get another notification that someone I know has passed due to COVID.

This past week we lost Joe Hunt aka Photo Gnome not to COVID but heart failure. If you have been to various conventions in Atlanta, you have seen Joe. He was under five feet with a red beard, shaved head, kilt, and camera in his hand. He took amazing photos and had quite an eye for it. He loved a good pint of Guinness and the ladies. He was one of the people I would use as back-up to make sure that women were okay and not in an uncomfortable position. He was a firm believer in the motto safe, sane, and consensual. He was a gentleman in all senses of the word. I always found it funny that it blew his mind that I married one of his favorite writers. I will miss the conversations, the positivity, and all that made Joe the Photo Gnome we all knew and loved.

Then there is a COVID death that has shook Star Wars fandom. I got to know David Prowse over the years because of conventions and the number of them we both attended over the years. He was a sweet guy who was so nice to the fans and went out of his way for them. We talked about of all kinds of things not Star Wars related. He found it amusing that I was working in Star Wars publishing. His presence will be missed by all.

Caroline’s school is sorting out how things are going to be for the rest of the year. A lot of it is depended on so many variables that seem to change every day. She knows what is happening now but we haven’t a clue of what will be true in a week or so.

I am off to get things done in a timely fashion.

I am grateful for a good workplace situation.