Ok, so I've done the Peyton's birthday blog, and the Fourth of July (and Waterstraut Olympics) blog, so now it's time for my daily-boring Social Distancing Journal.
Florida is spiraling out of control. Remember how I said Peyton's birthday was the highest number of cases Florida had seen? Well, it was, until Friday's numbers came out on Saturday. Over 11,000. And our positivity rate is still 15% or so. It broke the single day record for any state, ever. Like, more than New York. We're now officially one of the hottest spots of the nation.
We hit 200,000 cases in Florida. It took us until June 22nd to hit 100,000 cases. Then, it took basically two weeks to get to another 100,000. Hillsbrough and Orange countries are both over 10,000 cases. The hospital info that is published is concerning. Some hospitals are at capacity with their ICU beds. The mean age is trending back up. The cases show no signs of slowing. All the while, Disney is opening up in three days (to passholders).
Miami Dade county today said they were closing back down restaurants (indoor dining), gyms, and vacation rentals. But, meanwhile, our governor is just touting how our death rate remains low and we're "protecting the most vulnerable" Scientists are sounding the alarm on Florida, saying masks and contact tracing at this point may not be enough and we might have to shut it all back down and "reset", but there is zero indication we're headed that way.
Around here, more people are wearing masks- but not necessarily correctly. Asa and I went into Lowes and it was packed. I walked past aisle after aisle just to try and avoid going down a packed one. Tons of people had the masks around their chin or down past their nose. When I made a quick trip to Walgreens, a lady with a mask on pulled it down to scream at the cashier about how their signage was wrong and some item was ringing up incorrectly.
Also, some Florida counties (three of them, I think) shut down some beaches for the 4th of July, but those are back open. And while about a week ago now they shut down bars who make more than 50% of their profits from the sale of alcohol for 'on premises consumption', they very quietly lifted that restriction now if you have a food license and serve any food at all you can open. Basically if you serve food at your bar, you're good to go.
Today, the number was much lower. Something like 6,000. Although two weeks ago that number would have been stunning, and now we all shrug at it, like it's a good-or at least not news worthy-day. But, it's only because that's Sunday's numbers, which are always lower. It's from significantly less tests, still with high positivity rate. So, it's not much better.
I just feel like I can't go out. I don't want to risk it, especially when I feel like the virus is fricken everywhere, and growing by the day. Asa and I had moved our anniversary trip from the Caribbean Beach Resort for our wedding anniversary to The Cabins at Fort Wilderness for our engagement/dating anniversary at the end of July. But, I just do not feel comfortable with that now. So, we canceled. Sad, but necessary. Theme parks are usually rated a "9" on the risk scale, and these days, I pretty much stay at a 3 or below.
Sometimes though, errands must be run. Asa and I do most of what we can curbside or drive thru, like I said we did have to go IN to Lowes, but mostly our Sunday errand running was just sitting in the car while people delivered things to our trunk.
We did take advantage of BOGO chicken tender platters at PDQ for the holiday weekend.
And we picked up our free coffees (plus I had a reward for $1 off a pastry)
And it was worth it to go into Lowes, because now we have a propane tank to cook on our own grill!
And, while Asa was getting the propane, I went back to the PVC aisle to get some supplies to sturdy the blanket fort. It was sagging quite a bit on the open side, and if we're in this for the long haul, we're going to need to take care of that. But the PVC aisle was in high demand. Seriously, I got the last two 5 foot poles in a usable width (and it wasn't even the width I wanted, but I found the right T junctions to make it work). So now, we've got reinforcements.
Asa is still getting his ear drops, Hayden still getting eye drops (although both are seeing improvements). Etta is still anxiety ridden from fireworks), and I am dealing with cramps.
Me: "Is it medicine time yet?"
Calib: "That's basically the motto for this house lately"
That and puzzles. We started the last of our four pack of 500 piece puzzles yesterday.
And we finished it today. It was pretty easy, but that last sky part was tricky.
And tonight for dinner we're finishing off the package of steak from Costco for our very first meal on our brand new grill!
Most popular "hurricane snacks": Peyton's birthday desserts continue to live on.
Current binge watching obsession: The Floor is Lava. It's oddly enjoyable.
Most popular game: The usual, a rotation of Civ, NCAA, and moving out.
Boredness scale 1 to 10: If you ask Calib it's like a 9. But, the house average is probably more like a 5.
Frozen II Watchthroughs: 49. We're going to hit the 50th watchthru soon. I think.
How many times we've walked the loop: 68. It's hot and swampy.
Days Down: 115
Days Remaining: Undetermined
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