Summer's return

 We're in the midst of another heat wave, here.  This one is supposed to last longer than the previous ones.

We had rain last night, so the high humidity will make sure it's oppressive outside in the afternoon.  The dew point is 73.

As a result of all of this rain and heat, we had to pay someone to mow the back yard again.  It's so frustrating!  

Also, my herb garden is completely overrun by grass and weeds, because I have not been able to get out there to clean it up.

This morning, we got up and went walking at a park, and then went to Costco, and came home to make brunch.

Then, we realized that there was one more errand to do (we can get that yummy locally produced goat milk yogurt at Urban Agrarian, which carries all organic and locally produced meats, dairy, and produce), so Dave went and did it, and I stayed home and did some reading.

Now the Cubs game is on the radio, and I am trying to decide if I want to go through all of my clothes and get a bag ready to donate.

Sigh... stuff to do when house bound because of the heat....ugh...

This week's biggest news is that my boss called me on Tuesday, and told me that I am to resume working from home full time due to the Delta variant of Covid.  I am being asked to NOT return to working one day a week at the office until the 20th, and ONLY THEN if the spike is over.

I will go back to making a visit to the office once a week to send faxes, and pick up / drop off paperwork.

Then, by the end of the week, we had an email that EVERYONE in our department is returning to work from home full time immediately.  They are being asked to do this for two weeks, instead of four, but I am higher risk than anyone else. 

I suspect that this is because two of my direct co workers, who work in the same rooms that all of us do,  now have the Delta variant.

My decision to stay away from in-person dance classes is turning out to be the right thing, too.  One of the dancers in my class has the Delta variant.

It's getting WAY too close to home, which is why we are staying home 99% of the time.  Any errands that we do have to do ourselves (like Costco), we wear KN95 masks, and are extremely vigilant about staying far from others.

I've recently ordered some new to me clothes from an on line thrift store, and some actually new clothes from Kohl's clearance pages.

I've submitted a request to my doctor, via my nurse, to take another month break from the hormone blocker.

We'll be going on vacation soon, and I want to be able to enjoy our trip without the pain I have been dealing with.

When I couldn't walk in December, and we stopped the hormone blocker for all of January, all of my pain went away...so I am hoping that happens again, if he says yes.

My nurse said he would most likely give the OKAY, since, even though we did it earlier in the year, my scans still came back looking great.

I am wondering if we can rotate the different hormone blockers, with an occasional month off to get over the side effect, since they ALL give me pain in different ways, and different areas of my body.

Anyway, other than getting a few new pieces of clothing before vacation, I also was determined to get a professional hair cut before we leave.

It took trying five different places to find one that a) follows safety protocols, and b) could fit me in before the trip.

The place I had really wanted to go, because they made the news due to their strict safety protocol, could not get me in until October.... probably because they were on the news!

Be that as it may, I got my hair cut yesterday, for the first time since February of 2020, at the salon at the ULTA store.  

Everyone was in masks, and I wore my KN95, so I felt pretty safe.  My stylist was the only person in the area with me, and the area was big and open, at the back of the store.

It felt so good to get that stupid top layer cut again.... it weighs everything down so much...being absolutely straight, while the rest of my hair has a beautiful spiral wave to it.

He also cut off some of the length, just to make it lighter, and more flattering with my facial shape.

Nothing much else to report.  

Wishing everyone a good week!