Weekend Thread

This covid thing is just the pits. My husband and I haven't really gotten out of town at all since Covid started and things shut down back in March. I'm sure it's the same for everyone else.

We are finally getting away this weekend to a resort out in western PA called Bedford Springs. I can't wait. It's right up near the Allegheny Mountains. There's hiking, golf, fire pits, a spa (although I doubt I do that). It'll be weird staying in a hotel, but I am looking forward to it.

I hope you all are well and are having the beautiful weather that seems to have come back to us in Pennsylvania.

 

Getting out of town was so nice and the weather really was spectacular... more like spring than fall. A 5 mile hike in the morning and golf in the afternoon. It almost felt normal.

Ugh...I don't even want to think about that possibility.

@legalsuit I heard Australia had pretty much eradicated Covid.

 

Pennsylvania had the worst spike yesterday in Covid-19 cases. Close to 5,500 new cases on 12 Nov. 2020. This seems like the 3rd wave.
I fear restaurants that were allowed to open at 50% capacity (this was up from 25% after months of complete closings) will be reduced back to 25% or have to do take out only and since winter is approaching, there won't be dine outside options.

Basically we have been inside 90% or more of the time since 16 March.

 

More people are getting tested. This could account for some of the numbers. (as I read it 9% increase) As far as the spike, I think some people are getting weary of this and have started to relax. You still need to wear a mask (why one gentleman in the grocery store this week didn't, escapes me; I stayed far away from him). You have to wear the mask properly. I see too many people not covering the nose. Sure the glasses fog up. It is a small price to pay to remain healthy. From my reading, the nose is the best place for the virus to land. It will also land in mouths and eyes but the nose is the primary spot.

Schools, colleges and universities are open. Too many people gathered together on buses and at sporting events. And of course university students need their weekend parties. You can't wear a mask and drink.
With the US celebrating Thanksgiving on Nov. 26th and some families insisting on holding large family gatherings, some school districts in my county have decided to close the schools for 2 weeks from 26th Nov. to try and stop the spread of infection. My school district has never opened. Everything is done online and all sporting seasons never started. There were marches to protest the lack of sports seasons but the superintendent felt he could not keep students attending our 19 schools as well as support staff safe.

It is interesting that the states that had few infections are now at the top of the list: North and South Dakota and Iowa. Perhaps the population in those states felt they were somehow immune and didn't take precautions.

I guess I'll have to watch the news and see what ideas they come up with for the increase.

 

Trump happened.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/13/cal...ravel-advisory-urging-14-day-quarantine-.html

 

Ahhh COVID a PITA

For me seems new norm as to enter work (hospital) its security wanting ID, then we have hand santising satations with hospital masks, we take 2 as never know for me if I'm needed in clinic, generally office based as new direction from last Dec 2019 is me to setup and run a virtual clinic and TBH its worked well for last 18 months, lots of DNA (did not attends) as media scare folk not to go out when really health trumps scaremongering media.

Laura when I read SPA and FIREPIT I'm sold? I want!!!!

Hope all MGers are safe and well.

 

We use mouthwash that is alcohol free so I had to read the story to see what the mouthwash has to contain.
I found this

Now to read the labels on the bottles.
Just checked; mine has this but my husband's doesn't.

 

Well, the firepit was way too crowded and the spa didn't have an availability, BUT, the hiking was incredible and the weather was so nice. We did a 5.5 mile hike (8.8 km) and played golf after that. We had a great weekend when we went.

Yesterday it was MORe golf. lol...I'd be so done at this point usually, but there's nothing else really to do, so...

I did buy two new jigsaws. I'd imagine those will be coming out at some point, but not yet.