Diane talks with Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
The possibilities are scary for sure. But at some point life has to move forward even if it comes with risks. Only when this is all over will we know how it all plays out.
Well the doxycycline got from my doctor on Friday got rid of the aches and soreness but it made me feel like I needed to puke this morning and made me feel like I pulled an all nighter last night.
When I went to the doctor the other day when I was weighted in I think the scale read something like 293 lbs. Honestly going to the doctors office during the pandemic was such a freaky activity I didn’t look too closely but I do think I’ve put on weight lately. I am sure I’m no longer the 265 lb I once was or the 245 lb I was during college for a while when I was walking ten miles nearly every day.
Now I don’t normally have snacks at home but I do sometimes snack on frozen fruit. In recent years I’ve been keeping the beer locked up when I’m home but I’ve been known to drink too much milk and apple juice. I should go back to water with lime or apple cider vinger. An even bigger problem is that I often make up too much pasta and despite adding lots of veggies I end up eating much too much mixed with unhealthy mayonnaise and cheese. I like dairy products much too much.
It’s been difficult lately to get enough steps in working from home. It used to be I would do a lot of walking, starting with the walk to the express bus, followed by a lunch time walk then a walk down to the library or park and then my evening walk. I still do my evening walk and many days I’ve been at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center waking but it’s not enough.
Truth be told, I need to get the battery replaced on my bathroom scale and start weighing in daily. I got to cut my calories and pasta mixes, drink more water and less apple juice and milk. Lay off the cheese, walk more. Both parents are heavy and I’ve always been a bit stout but I can do better.
A small but vocal minority of people are pushing back against public health measures experts say are life-saving. Turns out this is not the first time Americans have resisted government measures during a pandemic with lives at stake.
It’s always interesting to hear about contemporary issues in an historical perspective. I don’t necessarily agree with both sides but I do like to hear about the facts.
Good morning! Happy Cinco de Mayo 🤠! No Corona beer for you. 🍻 I do got Lyme but not that kind of lime and fortunately no beer virus. 🍋 I do hope they have the real beer come nice summer nights camping as much as I hate returning those dirty glass bottles with the rotten fruit in them.
Mostly sunny and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 . Chilly start to the morning.
I went for a walk before work. 🚶 Pretty nice morning but I was feeling like I could puke after taking the doxycline on empty stomach as the container suggests. 💊 Doctor said I could eat a bit with the doxy but I’d rather it be more effective than less. Hopefully soon the Lyme symptoms will go away. I’m achy but I know if I don’t walk and keep moving the Lyme will only get worse. Only 14 days of low dose doxy this time so hopefully I will recover quickly. I so hate ticks.🐜
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 56 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 11th. Northwest wind 15 to 17 mph. A year ago, we had light rain through the day. The high last year was 58 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1900.❄
This afternoon I plan to go shopping I think it’s 🏬 and then also maybe for a walk at a local nature preserve. It all depends on how I feel later on and how cold today works out to be.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 63.8° from the due south horizon (-7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:21 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (287°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (294°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:01 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 8:31 pm, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌖 Moon in the southeast (125°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, 226,712 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:11 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 16 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 23 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 34 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 7th. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1969.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, snow likely, possibly mixed with rain before 8am, then a chance of rain between 8am and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 51. Typical average high for the weekend is 67 degrees.
One month 📅 from now will be 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ with dusk at 9:04 pm.
