Saturday, November 14, 2026

Alphabetical COVID Diaries: G, Part I

Art on a campus building. It was taken down about a week after I took this photo. 

Gave H a bath and brushed her when she was dry. Gave H a bath before dinner and she's been weird since - fingers crossed she doesn't hurt tomorrow. Gave H a bath in the driveway. Gave Hannah a bath. Gave her some rimadyl and hopefully she'll be feeling better tomorrow. Gave the dog a bath after dinner. Gave the dog a bath, cut her nails. GBBO and Taskmaster episodes today.

Getting excited for our MPLS trip tomorrow! Getting her to take it isn't very easy. Getting my first week of Book Club for My Brilliant Friend up on my blog. Getting nervous about Hannah's appointment with the neurologist tomorrow. Getting ready for a SOAR tomorrow. Getting ready to leave tomorrow for Des Moines. Getting stuff done Saturday.

G----- family Zoom after dinner. G----- family Zoom with the siblings to discuss feelings re: D-- and R-------'s wedding on Saturday. G----- family Zoom.

G--- came along and I think she had a good time. Glad I went, but it was a struggle to convince myself to leave the house.

Going by myself reminded me of early pandemic days. Going to be a hard winter. Good day at work. Good day in general. Good day. Good fun hanging out with everyone. Good fun. Good meeting about recruiting FAC board members this morning. Good stuff. Good times were had by all. Good times! Good times! Good times. Good times. Good times. Good times. Good times. Good turnout and lots of people were buying food.

Gorgeous day - sunny and warm. Gorgeous day outside.

Got a bit of work done, lots of walks with Hannah. Got a book at the library. Got a call from B---- D----- about maybe applying for a job at his cybersecurity center. Got a card at Hallmark for D-- and R------. Got a COVID booster and a flu shot today. Got a flu shot this afternoon. Got a haircut and then went to see the ice castles in Lake Geneva with E--- and R-----. Got a new mattress cover and LOTR book set from T--! Got a No Mow May sign. Got a pedicure and went to the grocery store. Got a pedicure this afternoon. Got a rejection email for a job that I thought I had a good interview for last week, so that's disappointing. Got a room at the SleepInn in M------. Got a second box of holiday cards from Minted, so now I have 130, which is too many! Got a sundae at Frosty Freeze because YOLO. Got a Zoom invite to a UWW job, so fingers crossed for that. Got A---'s laptop boxed up and ready to mail. Got all dressed up and went to get family photos. Got all the ingredients for the salad we're taking to Thanksgiving today. Got all the way home before we realized we left *THREE* bags of stuff there. 

Got an email from TPR in Ann Arbor about a GRE and GMAT training. Got an invitation to E--- and R-----'s house in a few weeks. Got an on-campus interview at BHT. Got eggs at the Carpe and signed a card at FAC for R-----. Got eggs from the CSA. Got FAC ready for the Chamber Concert. Got groceries at Woodman's - they've stepped up their mask wearing signage, but not enforcement. Got H a bath at Pet Supplies Plus and did chores at home. Got Hannah out by dodging raindrops. Got her a bath at the car wash. Got home, made dinner, unpacked, put away laundry, made granola, and caught up on Taskmaster. Got home, unloaded the car, and picked up Hannah. Got home, unpacked, went to get H, got home to make dinner and do laundry. Got honey at the Farmers Market. Got hot again today and we had to turn on the AC. Got my COVID booster today - my arm hurts. 

Got my first full paycheck, which is good news. Got my hair cut and eyebrows waxed this morning - it feels amazing! Got November birthday and Thanksgiving cards at Tuttle's - spent so much money today! Got off work a couple of hours early and got a hair cut and bought honey. Got photos of all the cow statues. Got really hot today - in the 80s. Got six books from the library by curbside pickup. Got some Doc Popcorn, though, so that was a real treat. Got some good reading in, too. Got some Hershey's candy cane Kisses - very exciting! Got some honey at the Farmers Market and went to FAC for the Wellness Day event. Got some new Gopher swag! Got some sign ups already, so that's promising. Got stuff ready for lunch this week. 

Got to N--- and S------'s house and hung out with them and T------. Got to pet Oscar, the cat at Book World. Got to see their Christmas presents and chat. Got to the airport early to fly to Toronto for GMAT training. Got to work from home! Got tons of pens from Admissions to use at SOAR. Got T---'s birthday package in the mail. Got up, went to K----'s party. Got up and drove home. Got up bright and early and went into the office for the morning. Got up early to unlock the FAC doors for an event. Got up really early to go to a Career Fair at E------ High School. Got up, took H out, and went to shovel/deal with Buddy and Mingus over at J----- and C------'s. Got up, went to Ace for paint, and started painting the front porch. Got week 2 of the A Tree Grows in Brooklyn book club ready for my blog.

Gotta enjoy good weather in February when it's here. Gotta take the dog out in the morning because she melts after 10am. Gray, cold Saturday. Gray, wet day. Great Big Sea! Great day. Great last day of training in Toronto. Great show, mediocre ending. G--- C--- is acting Chancellor. Grey and blustery day - all the leaves I raked into the terrace are in the street now. Grey and drizzly weather.Grey and rainy this morning, but turned around in the afternoon. Grey and rainy, so I felt like sleeping all day. Grey day today, so H was reluctant to walk much. Grey, drizzly day.