1. How’s your health this week?

Pain, fatigue, hobbling around with my cane, sleeping a lot. In other words, same old same old.

2. What’s the healthiest thing you’ve done recently?

Went for a ride with a friend. Wore masks, windows open. Had not been outside except for the fire alarm since March 11th. Was kind of getting to me, and this helped a lot.

3. What do you look for in a doctor?

Someone who actually listens and responds to what I say, not just writes things down on the laptop.

4. What was your most memorable childhood illness?

I remember having the mumps, and my mom going shopping and leaving me home alone, which I thought was fantastic. Besides, she bought me something nice while she was out.

5. What’s your most interesting scar and how did you get it?

I have a small dent just below my knee from when I jumped off a fence and landed on a board with a nail sticking up. Friend and I walked to her kitchen where her older sister promptly looked after me, and then I fainted. My parents came and took me to the ER so I could get a tetanus shot, but I don’t remember the injury even hurting. It was all very exciting.

when it’s time to vote, which it is. These are from The Guardian

‘Americans struggle to survive after benefits expire as millions are left to rely on state unemployment benefits while waiting on Trump’s reduced federal benefits of $400 a week to begin’

‘Trump’s attacks already undermining confidence in vote by mail
Voters are calling election offices concerned about whether vote-by-mail ballots will count. Some are cancelling requests for them’

This is exactly what he wants. You’re less likely to vote if it’s inconvenient, which voting by mail is NOT. So fewer voters mean more votes for him, and you get four more years of destruction of democracy, and possibly eviction and hunger and is this what you want for your children? Really, is it? Vote, just do it. Get those ballots and take then to your local election office in person if you don’t trust the mail. The mail worked fine until the Trump-appointed Postmaster General started messing with it in order to make it harder to vote.