September 1, Tuesday
Here we are in September. Already. I'm not sure how we got here so soon. I wasn't really ready for August, and now it's done. Next Monday is Labor Day. We've had three weeks of school so far. I wish I felt like I was getting to know my students more, but it is difficult when they mostly don't even have their cameras on. I have had conversations with a few. Now and then a student will stay "after class" in zoom and chat with me, or other students still there. I feel like we are all trying to reach for some normalcy.
Our Covid numbers are down in Dona Ana County, but, that being said, my husband is home from work tonight because his company is cleaning his work area because someone there tested positive. He didn't have direct contact with that person, but still, there it is in his work place. This week, one of the elementary schools in town also had a small outbreak. It was a total of 3 people, but that is with no students in the building, only staff... and still, there was spread. I don't know what all of our determining factors are to go to "yellow" or hybrid classes, but I'm worried it will be rushed. I mean, I WANT to go to class and see students and talk to them, but I don't want there to be an outbreak in a school, and to have fatalities or other serious consequences. This disease can leave long lasting effects.
I've been struggling the past few weeks with an arthritis flair up in my knee. I've been to the Dr. and to the recommended Orthopedist. It is finally getting better, thank goodness, and I'm feeling up to walking again. I went this evening, and did the usual route. I felt so slow. I mean, I'm slow anyway, but I felt sluggish and struggled. I will take that to mean I really needed to do it. I'll feel better walking tomorrow having struggled today. If my knee will let me sleep tonight. That's the test. Will my knee find a comfortable position and let me sleep.
And then, if I do sleep, I'm hoping not to have repetitive Canvas dreams. I'll dream all night about doing something in a class, and struggling to get it to work, only to have to move on to the next class and do the same process again. And again. And again.
In other news, it is chile roasting time. Carl got a box of hot chile, and got it roasted and we bagged it up and split it. I have some milder in my freezer left over from previous years that I can mix in. Carl may be on the lookout for another box of something milder. Oh the wonderful smell of roasted chile. I'm so glad to have more in my freezer. This is the year for stocking up. That's for sure. I feel a certain level of need to stock up on stuff I know we'll need in the next few months. I'll get it if/when I can find it. I'm not hording with a ridiculous amount, just trying to stay prepared. Cleaning supplies can sometimes still be hard to find. I've been looking for Clorox wipes, and hydrogen peroxide. Sam's has been out of both. Of course, I don't haunt the stores for them, so I'm probably just missing what they have coming in.
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