(Note: I’m taking a little artistic license here and spreading the pictures out amongst the days…otherwise like 3 days would have all the pictures…and the rest would have none. But I did take all these in the past week.)

MONDAY

A day off for me. I headed out east by myself and had a nice day…after a morning of Everything That Could Go Wrong…Going Wrong.

TUESDAY

Hectic work day. We’re getting ready to debut our first virtual fundraiser next Friday and there’s so much left to do and there aren’t enough hours in the day!

WEDNESDAY

Hectic workday. We’re getting ready to debut our first virtual fundraiser next Friday and there’s so much left to do and there aren’t enough hours in the day! (repeat intentional)

THURSDAY

Whoa. Back to work today. Was at my desk for 11 hours straight. I got up twice to pee. We’re not supposed to leave the building for lunch. I have So Much To Do in the coming week. I’m getting a little stressed.

FRIDAY

Today is our legal day off for 4th of July. A friend and I went for a drive out east a bit…saw some cute spots but it was so hot and muggy I didn’t want to get out and walk much. I’ve mentally filed them away for good photo shoots someday. 

We had a nice lunch at a spot with an outdoor (mostly) shaded dining area. Long Island is on Phase 3 of reopening which means that restaurants are allowed to have indoor dining at 50%. But. A lot of places have not reopened yet at all or are only offering outdoor seating..because so many people aren’t ready to go back indoors with a number of people “outside their bubble.” I’m happy to stay away from “people” for as long as I can. I don’t mean MY people. I feel comfortable with them because I know they have been careful. But strangers? I don’t trust them and am keeping my distance. Figuratively and literally.

I watch The Curve stats like a hawk…and after like a month of staying flat and low, I’m seeing a slight blip upwards again on Long Island which I’m sure is a result of MORE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

SATURDAY

I have mixed feelings about “Independence Day” right now, based on things I’ve learned over the past month or so. I’m not discounting that “America” as a country was now independent of British rule. Yay, Murica. Now use that independence wisely.

FAIL.

I don’t know what I was doing in school seven hours a day, seven days a week, for 13 years, but it was not learning. I’ve always felt like public school was mostly a waste of time, I feel like MOST of what we were supposed to be taught is outdated, irrelevant, or just not needed in normal daily life. I do think that time could have been better spent.

But that’s a topic for another day. My point here is, I don’t really remember what all I was taught back in my elementary, junior and high school as far as history, but man…it doesn’t seem like much of what I’m learning today. Looking back, it seems highly selective, from a very specific viewpoint and perspective. Now I can understand that if I’m supposed to be learning American history, then I should be taught about the experiences of all the people in this country. From their perspective. 

And now I’m beginning to understand a different perspective on “Independence Day” – the Black perspective. It’s not the only perspective…but neither is the white one. And then there’s the American Indian one (or is it Indigenous People?). We were all here, why is only one group’s story really told? What I was taught about Black history would probably fill 2-3 pages. Versus hundreds or thousands of pages of white stories and experiences.

I honestly don’t know what it’s like now. I can’t remember what Katie’s school books looked like from 15-20 years ago. But I do hope they’ve changed. I do hope the future generation will be taught more than mine was.

So. I’m laying low today. I actually have a LOT of work to do – both job work and blog work. But I hope to get out this evening near sunset with a festive drink to sit at the little local beach and see some activity.

SUNDAY

I got up early and met some friends for an outdoor brunch on the south shore. I had mixed feelings about going when I still have so much work to do, but. It’s a BIG OBLIGATION WEEK ahead. By next Saturday, most of the big stressful work will be behind me and I can breathe.

MONDAY

An extra day, woohoo! Was back in the office all day. It’s a Mon-Wed-Fri “at the office” week this week. I feel like I’m working around the clock to get all my things ready for our work virtual event to go live this Friday night!

I still have a couple personal days I have to use or lose before September so I might take next Monday off for another 3-day weekend. I’ll need it after this week!

Reading? Watching? HA HA HA HA HA.

What I’m Listening To

All the things, ha. It’s hard to keep track of the podcasts cuz I listen in the car, and once they’ve played they disappear from the episodes list, very annoying. I feel like there was something I wanted to share, but…brain. tired.

goodnight.