Thursday, November 12, 2026

Alphabetical COVID Diaries: F

This is wrapped around an electrical pole. I have no idea what magic it houses. 

F brought in pies for Pi Day (mathematicians are gonna math). 

FAC board called emergency meeting to discuss COVID-19 strategy. FAC board meeting - I put in my resignation. FAC board meeting - the CDC guidelines are confusing as to what we should be doing. FAC board meeting after work. FAC board meeting after work. FAC board meeting after work. FAC board meeting and annual meeting today. FAC board meeting and FACTalk. FAC board meeting before dinner. FAC board meeting before dinner. FAC board meeting re: shutting down. FAC board meeting this afternoon. FAC board meeting this evening. FAC board meeting today. FAC board meeting tonight. FAC board meeting via Zoom - not opening now. FAC board meeting via Zoom. FAC board meeting was the big event for the day. FAC board meeting. FAC board meeting. FAC board meeting. FAC board meeting. FAC board meeting. FAC board phone call to check in. FAC board retreat today. FAC fundraising committee meeting.

FAC is a nightmare. FAC office hours and a FACTalk. FAC office hours this morning. FAC programming committee meeting. FAC programming committee after work. FAC programming committee meeting after work. FAC programming committee meeting before dinner tonight. FAC programming committee via Zoom before dinner. FAC volunteer appreciation event after work. Face masks will be required indoors starting tomorrow. FACTalk about creating pollinator gardens after dinner. FACTalk about the water tower - very good and well-attended. FACTalk about vaccines after dinner. FACTalk about Vietnam War songs after dinner. FACTalk after dinner - Greg Renz, former firefighter and author. FACTalk after dinner.

Fall Forum (online) at UWW. Fall is in the air. Fall weather is settling in a bit. Family Zoom call with the G----- family after dinner. Farmer's Market - still selling Sun Golds! Farmers Market for honey (I'm the only one wearing a mask - delta variant be damned, I guess), run, clean, make zucchini bread. Farmers Market this morning.  Farmers Market to  buy honey this morning and a quick library stop.  Farmers Market to get vegetables for lunch this week.

Fed Rosie for B---- and H------ who are in Kansas visiting H------'s parents. Feels like 2020-2021 all over again. Feels nice to have done a lot. 

Felt a little bit like a never-ending day. Felt a little crummy today, but slept for ten hours last night, so hopefully I'll be in top shape tomorrow. Felt a lot better today, but still stayed pretty low-key. It was windy and cold. Felt crappy after my vaccinations. Felt crappy all day - fever, chills, body aches. Felt crappy all day because of the vaccine. Felt good to go on a bit of a drive. Felt good, though. Felt great. Felt kind of crappy all day because of the COVID booster. Felt kind of crummy today, so took it pretty easy. Felt kind of yucky today. Felt kinda yucky today. Felt like a return to a semblance of normal. Felt so much better this morning after having a rough night's sleep. Felt yucky again this morning.

Fielded work complaints. Figured out how to get library books on to my Kindle. Final episode of season two of Ted Lasso - Nate sure took a heel turn. Finally caught up on Taskmaster. Finally got a purchase order and can move ahead designing our Salesforce platform. Finally got Christmas cards mailed. Finally got Hannah's antibiotics refilled, which was quite a process. Finally put away winter stuff.

Financials aren't great, but we'll keep doing our best. Fingers crossed again. Fingers crossed for him. Fingers crossed for him. Fingers crossed for my interview tomorrow. Fingers crossed Hannah feels better tomorrow. Fingers crossed her injury doesn't flare up. Fingers crossed it gets better for both of us. Fingers crossed it goes away! Fingers crossed it goes well. Fingers crossed it goes well. Fingers crossed it goes well. Fingers crossed that it stays quiet this week. Fingers crossed that she rebounds tomorrow and the x-rays show some progress. Fingers crossed that Trump doesn't pull out another win. Fingers crossed very hard she calls back. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed.

Finished Firekeeper's Daughter today. Finished Fool's Quest, which wasn't as much of a quest book as you might think based on the title. Finished The Luminaries. Finished The Pack on Amazon - pretty amazing show. Finished a 1000-piece puzzle. Finished a book called Echo. Finished a Laura Lipmann ebook I had to return today. Finished all the available episodes of Ted Lasso - it is a good show. Finished an ebook that is due to the library tomorrow. Finished ATGiB and wrote up the penultimate book club post. Finished Bill Bryson's The Body - interesting, but terrifying book. Finished driving to D--'s. Finished jigsaw puzzle. Finished making buckeyes and made H sweet potatoes this morning. Finished my book club book, updated my blog, and we watched some Taskmaster. Finished my to-do list for the week. Finished our six season rewatch of Buffy. Finished packing my UWW political science office. Finished photo scavenger hunt with Hannah today. Finished Realm of the Elderlings today! Finished the Green Bone trilogy by Fonda Lee - excellent books. Finished the last Murderbot Diaries book - they're so good. Finished the Michigan puzzle this morning before T-- left to run some errands in Chicagoland. Finished The Wager by David Grann, which is all about a shipwreck and a crazy story of mutiny. Finished up watching Olympics stuff and that was kind of sad. Finished writing Easter cards to send to the nieces and nephews. Finished our advent calendar!

Fireworks after dark and both H and Z were stressed out. Fireworks started early and may never stop all night.  Fireworks stressing out Hannah. Fireworks.

First CSA of the summer season. First daffodils of the season! First day at my new job. First day back after Break. First day back at work in a while. First day back to work after a long weekend. First day back to work in a while. First day of classes for T--. First day of classes for T--. First day of classes for T--. First day of DoL audit. First day of February! First day of Labor Day weekend. First day of March! First day of my HP candy advent calendar - delicious lemon drop! First day of my new job. First day of walking Mingus a couple of times a day while J----- and C------ are in Mexico. First day of work after a four day weekend. First day of work in the new year. First episode of season 18 of Taskmaster after work. First episode of Taskmaster Season 17. First fireworks of the season. First flowers of spring. First kale of the season - maybe I'm not as excited as I should be about that. First Navigate campaign today at work. First snow of any significance for the season. First snow of the season. First SOAR (of three) this week. First SOAR at work today. First virtual FHC classes of the year today. First winter egg share pickup today at the Carpe - I also got a couple of baguettes from K----.

Fitness class after work. Fitness class at FAC after work. Fitness class at FAC afterwards. Fitness classes at FAC after work. Fitness classes at FAC before dinner. Five days off!! Five years before the next one. Fixed that, I hope. Flowers are blooming, windows are open, dogs are barking. Flu shot this morning and then to work. For real. For the last few days she's been eating out of her food bowl instead of being hand fed. Forgot about book club (tomorrow!), so I spent a lot of the day trying to read that book. F--- A------- is officially in the red zone, so I'm trying to limit contact with people. F---closed all public buildings. F--- closed its schools starting tomorrow. F--- HealthCare fitness classes before dinner. F--- Holiday Market today. F--- Holiday Market today. F--- is pretty devastated. F--- schools will be closing for three weeks next week as per gubernatorial order.

Fortunately it was a Sunday, so it was easy to just chill. Fortunately, we both felt mostly better today. Forty degree difference in temperatures from my walk with Hannah last night to this morning! Found my rechargeable hand warmer - it was still in my backpack from my trip to Toronto in February. Found out from T-- that L---- has stage 3 cancer. Found out I didn't get the COLS advising job. Found out that R--- H--- died, so I'll be going to Michigan this week for the funeral. Found out that the guy on the grant we had doing stress management was charged with child sexual assault! Found out that the memorial for T---'s parents is the same day as the memorial for T--'s aunt, which stinks.

Four big bags of yard waste. Freezing rain last night. Freezing the blueberries we picked on Saturday. Friday Funday. Friday night isn't a bad time to go - not a lot of people there. Friday of finals week. Friday team meeting was long this morning. Friday team meeting. Friday team meeting. Friday the 13th! Friday trip to Costco and Woodman's in S-- P------. Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday. Friday. Friday.

Friendly amendment = you don't have to vote on them. Frosty Freeze after dinner - first trip of the season! Frosty Freeze after dinner. Frustrating work meetings back to back. Fuck the American public. Fun day at work - petty larceny, trip to the greenhouse. Fun day at work. Fun to hang out with everybody. Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Funday!