It is another Monday, the first of July 2020. This morning’s highlights – my sister’s AC went out, DOW Futures are way up and Trump gave powerful, divisive speech on Saturday. I do believe that Trump’s shares my love for America.
One of the headlines in the news is that a passenger was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight for refusing to wear a face mask. This caused a significant delay of the flight. I feel for the airlines; I think of all of those awkward times that I had to ask the person next to me not partake of the free peanuts because of my peanut allergy. It doesn’t harm the person eating the peanuts; they have to make a sacrifice to keep me safe. There are many legitimate reasons why someone in the higher risk group would be on an airplane, and I feel that we have an obligation to keep them safe. Moreover, the airline employees need to work, and they have a right to be safe. In short, I think that the owner of business should be able to set and enforce their mask policies. Every business is unique. If a business decides to require masks, then customers need to comply. Requiring a mask on an airplane is very different than requiring a mask in a restaurant or bar.
Off soap box…
I feel happy this morning that my boys are both having a great week, even if Little Chirp is without AC this morning. I am surrounded by my fur kids as I kick off my work day. Potatoe is under the table that I am working at. Storme is in the chair next to me, looking out the window. Pumpkine is sitting in the window sill. She got their before Storme, and he let it be, taking the spot in the chair instead. Trooper is in the corner on the other side of the pew bench. I have my work table up against the pew bench, so that I have a spot to put my paperwork, and I thought the kitties would sit there, but they like the spots that they have claimed better.
I have a second date tonight. This is the first time that I have dated someone since the few dates that I went on with the guy that would not stop harassing me before the virus shutdown. I found online dating to be completely different than it was before. The quality of people online and the quality of their profiles is significantly better. I have connected with several interesting people, and I have been on one date. It was a coffee date. I actually had made plans for a first date with a second person which I cancelled after my coffee date. My coffee date asked me for a second date, and I do not want to be dating multiple people at the same time.
The guy that I cancelled on is a doctor; cancelling on him could be a premature, regrettable decision, but I don’t think that it will be. I believe in my “one person at a time” dating approach. I can commit a couple of weeks to getting know someone. If they turn out to not be the right person, than I can move on to someone else.
We will see how this dating thing goes. I am a 100% sure that coffee guy is not going behave like Little Boyden and start sending me pics of other girls he has met online or harassing me, so he will be an improvement.
Potatoe is not going to be happy when I am gone for a few hours tonight. He has gotten spoiled rotten with me home all day, everyday. He mopes anytime I leave the house even for an hour. I am going to start taking him to daycare when I return to the office. Speaking of the office, I would have thought I would be back to traveling and in the office by now. Now, I have doubts this will happen in 2020.
No doubt, it is the summer of uncertainty.