At rest.....

 8:09 am - Sunday - January 23rd - Newell House, AZ - 46° F, 63% humidity, wind 3 mph out of the north.....partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 69° F.  On this date in 2017 we were waking up in Quartzite, AZ.......↴

We've been at Newell House for a week now, and Saturday was the first time we've had to stow the patio awning due to wind.  The wind wasn't that bad, but it was coming directly out of the east, which is a bad angle for the awning, so we decided to stow it before the wind got worse, and the forecast rain came.  As it turned out the forecast rain came whilst we were doing the stowing.  The wind can come up quite suddenly here, and sometimes it can get really ferocious in just a few minutes, so when it begins it behooves one to act without delay.

After a full week of projects we took a rest day Saturday, and actually watched an English Premier soccer match from beginning to end....something we have not done for a long time.  While we watched the game I went online to make an appointment for a haircut at the local Supercuts in Surprise.  My last haircut came on December 9th, and my hair was getting quite unruly, especially in the morning after getting out of bed.  I snagged an appointment for 2:15 pm, and we were on our way into town at 1:30 pm.  While I got my ears lowered TLE did a little shopping.  From there we headed directly to the local In 'N Out Burger for our monthly fix, but instead of eating our #2 Combo orders there (cheeseburger, fries & medium drink) we took them home to enjoy.  We were home around 3:15 pm, and enjoying our burgers shortly thereafter.

One pleasant surprise is that no one was wearing a face mask in Supercuts, however, the sign on the door says mask wearing is optional for employees and customers, but if a customer requests their hair stylist wear a mask, they will, as a courtesy.  How refreshing.  At the In 'N Out Burger no customers were wearing masks, and only two of the dozen employees were so attired, and that has been my experience wherever we have gone since arriving in Arizona.  No masks were being worn at the local Napa, or O'Reillys in Wickenburg the other day, either.

TLE and I continue to be asymptomatic to the Wuhan Flu.  As more information comes out from the CDC and other reputable sources we are finding the various vaccines available to the general public only seem to protect the ones receiving them from a more serious case of COVID-19, or whatever variant is currently in fashion.  They, like the unvaccinated can still get COVID, and can still transmit COVID to others.  The only difference is they (the vax'd) may get a more mild case, but some still get bad cases, and some still die anyway.  98.5% of those who get COVID (vax'd and unvax'd) will survive the experience, while only 16% of the population has actually been diagnosed with COVID.  Those of us with serious, multiple co-morbidities (obesity, diabetes, heart failure, lung disease, etc.) are still the broad majority of those dying from COVID....vax'd, or not.  Those who live in the many rural areas of our country are significantly less likely to contract the Wuhan Flu than those who live in densely populated, urban areas.

Once again, the preceding thoughts are my observations, strictly rhetorical, and are not written to illicit a response, but just to get those who read my missives to engage in a little critical thinking.

I'm currently in a project holding pattern awaiting the arrival of our new shocks, and airbags, so all that remains are smaller projects which I shall report on as they are completed.  Life is good, and continues onward.

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