About the only people I see are places I go for food, like the farmers market. It’s usually a five minute chat but it means a lot to me, ....a friendly face, a real person . Most know my name by now as I go to the same places every week, the coffee shop, the bakery, the library, the market, the yoga studio juice bar. I’m scheduled for my second vaccine shot next week and hoping that will make me feel safe enough to get back in public transportation, as I;don’t have a car. This next week should be challenging as we have had a snow storm and are supposed to get polar vortex temperatures. I have stocked up on food as news reports have been warning us all week. Still being stuck inside sucks. Besides there is a bed bug outbreak in my senior apartment building which has me freaked out. There are four apartments near me with bed bugs and extermination treatments have not been successful yet. Another one was done on Tuesday and hoping this takes care of the problem.
February 15, 2021
Happiness comes from little things. Iced coffee in the morning, homemade pulled pork from my slow cooker, watching my girlfriend slowly becoming a professional Youtuber. I woke up at 6:30 am this past Monday to the news my GF was approved to start making money from ads on her youtube channel. She has made all of 2 dollars so far, but she and I went through 1.5 years worth of youtube videos to remove the plethora of ads the algorithm tried to implant into her videos. We kept anywhere from 1-5 ads in a video depending on the length. And the entire process too about 2 hours worth of effort. But it was fun and made me happy. I am happy she is succeeding at her hobby and loves doing something. I am not at that level of love for anything, so I am somewhat living vicariously through her. I will get there one day. Today, I will just accept the small things.
August 26, 2020