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| Strawberry, Strawbs, Tikka, Chunk, Monster, Meows (Taken 8.19.20) |
I am a chronic procrastinator. This isn't a good thing, ever. When my computer problems happen or my phone stops functioning I wonder if I just wait it out long enough if maybe the problem will just fix itself. It never does. If the bathroom needs to be cleaned I wonder, "who's gonna clean that?" and then have to acknowledge I'm an adult and oh, yeah, those are my shared responsibilities.
For the past several years, Davy has been my awesome computer tech guy but he's got a life and other better things to do so sometimes he can't get right to it. But Darren's laptop is non-functional now, too. So now we're in a pinch where I'm using my very old, very slow Dell, which won't keep a charge, Nova's Chromebook will only get me so far. Ideally Darren's going to buy a new laptop by the end of the day but I had to suck it up and call around to repair guys. The first place basically quoted me about $400 per laptop with parts and diagnostics and likely take a week for parts and labor. Then I jumped on NextDoor, found a different guy who does a free diagnostic, told me he can look at it today, and as we dropped it off he could already tell it was my charging port Hopefully the part is easily acquired and I can have my laptop back tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
I also finally had to do something about my phone so I spent part of the afternoon waiting for a dude to bring it by and set it up. What was supposed to be a $25 deductible ended up being $200, so that sucks, but I'm getting an upgrade on the phone and the last time Asurion came out, the guy took care of everything on the phone. Sorry, Nova, you're gonna have to wait on a new phone for a while longer.
The expenses just all kinda come at once. I can't even fathom how some families survived home schooling with no computer or one family computer or limited wi-fi or having to borrow devices from their schools. And also having just driven through Mission Valley at noon on a Tuesday, I can't believe everyone is acting as if life is just back to normal again. It really is mind-boggling to me. At this rate, I'm pretty sure we can once again project that Christmas is canceled. Buy your consumer goods while you can.
I don't know what my laptop sitch will be or whether or not I'll get to do listings this week. In a perfect world, I would've gotten my laptop back by 5 and carried on with life as usual. But alas, this dinosaur Dell may not be able to do the job. We'll see. Don't hold your breath for listings.
Off to celebrate my dad's 73rd birthday. After this summer's scare, we're all so glad he is still with us.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- In Florida, a summer of death and resistance as the coronavirus rampaged Residents and leaders are surveying the damage left from more than 7,000 deaths since July Fourth and communities scarred by feuds over masks and vaccines.- The Washington Post (9.6.21)
- Comparatively, California reported 65,990 total deaths as of 9/6 and 63,298 total deaths as of 7/6, resulting in 2,752 deaths in the same time period. Florida's population is about 54% of the population of California. Florida only has about 6% more seniors than California, though it is safe to assume more live in congregant communities and retirement villages.
- Central Texas runs out of ICU beds for first time since COVID-19 pandemic began - Austin American-Statesman (9.6.21)
- The Latest: More U.S. first responders are dying of COVID-19 - AP News (9.6.21)
- New infections are up 316% from last Labor Day; first-responders not rushing to get vaccine: Live COVID-19 updates - USA Today (9.6.21)
- Poll: 2 in 3 Americans support mask mandates in schools as many worry kids will get very sick - USA Today/Stars & Stripes (9.7.21)
- Politics:
- Vote NO On California Recall
- White House:
- Remarks by President Biden on the Administration’s Response to Hurricane Ida
- Remarks by President Biden in Briefing on the Impact of Hurricane Ida in Hillsborough Township, NJ
- Remarks by President Biden Before Marine One Departure
- Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki En Route Queens, New York
- Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections
- Memorandum on the Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act
- Memorandum on the Delegation of Authorities Under Sections 552(c)(2) and 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
- State Dept.
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Secretary Lloyd J. Austin At Meet and Greet with U.S. Military and Interagency Team
- Secretary Blinken Travels to Qatar to Advance Bilateral Ties - Did you know? "Since 2015,Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), has invested more than $30 billion in the United States, with planned investment exceeding $45 billion in total. Over half of this concentrated in the real estate and infrastructure sectors." Not good.
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to Embassy Doha and Mission Afghanistan
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Secretary Lloyd J. Austin At Top of Meeting with Afghan Interpreters
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah at a Joint Press Availability
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks Before Meeting with Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Rashid Al-Kharter and Afghan Girls Robotics Team
- Dept of Defense
- Transcript: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Hold Press Conference With Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
- News:
- Mexico Supreme Court rules criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional - CNN (9.7.21)
- Heat Advisory Through Friday, 9/10/21, at 8:00 p.m. - San Diego County Emergency Alerts (9.7.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 9.7.21 1:21pm):
- 221,706,278 Known Cases/17,825,133 28-Day New Cases
- 4,582,737 Known Deaths/273,698 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 40,221,535 Cases/4,070,034 28-Day New Cases
- 650,274 Deaths/31,484 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +47,728 New Cases/40,085,811 Known Cases
- +242 New Deaths/647,461 Known Deaths
- 450,122,155 Doses Delivered
- 375,995,378 Doses Administered
- 207,589,611 Partially Vaccinated
- 176,659,496 Fully Vaccinated
- 53.2% of Total Population
- 62.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 64.3% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.9
- 54,980,155 Doses Delivered/47,444,715 Doses Administered
- 3,443,719 Partially Vaccinated/22,848,099 Fully Vaccinated
- 7,523 New Cases/4,307,960 Total Cases (25.3 new cases/100k)
- 40 New Deaths/66,030 Total Deaths (0.2 new deaths/100k)
- 4.1% 7-day test positivity rate
- 8,124 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+4 patients, +0.5% from prior day)
- 2,063 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+16 patients, +0.8% from prior day)
- 1,696 ICU beds available (-13 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- CDC Data:
- 1,583,593 Fully Vaccinated
- 47.4% of Total Population
- 55.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 55.8% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.94
- 795 New Cases/340,222 Total Cases
- 5.2% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- 8 Deaths/3,922 Total Deaths
- 618 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-35 patients, -5.4% from prior day)
- 182 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+4 patients, +2.2% from prior day)
- 201 ICU beds available (+7 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 519 New Cases/340,709 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,922 Total Deaths
- 3.2% Daily Test Positivity/5.6% 7-day average
- +55 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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