Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2020

  • Peonies in the Fridge

    There was a freeze warning in our area last Friday, odd for May, and I covered the peony buds with burlap. But first, I harvested half of the buds, because Facebook tells me you can put them in the fridge and force them to bloom later at your will. I’ve forced blooms with cut forsythia,…

  • Not Quite the Blue Angels

    So, our city, thankfully, was not hit hard enough by the Covid to qualify for a flyover by the Blue Angels, but we did get a flyover by the dashing, jaunty … Stealth Bomber. I felt the Stealth Bomber is an odd choice to honor our essential workers. You want Superman flying overhead to inspire…

  • The Best Thing I Have Eaten These Few Months

    So, when the confinement began, I tallied up our food and realized that my desire to limit my carbs didn’t match up with my available food. The highly successful diet got me five pounds away from my goal weight, but it was just too inconvenient, and frankly, I was ready for a break. I took…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 5/7

    This week the cenote went from this… The teacup went from this … The left edge of the cup is a mess, because I am not patient enough. I like the table edge, though. I’m not going to do anything else but work on the many problems with the teacup. I’m leaving everything else as…

  • Gary Update / Letter from The Donald

    [Gary update: no virus in the swab test, and there was no antibody test – Gary misunderstood what the blood draw was for. They checked his liver numbers for some reason.] Anyway. So, like all other direct tax depositors, we got a touching letter from Donald Trump letting us know he had sent us lots…

  • Gary’s Visit

    Well, the day began with Gary stomping around, demanding that he could drive himself to urgent care center where he was supposed to get the chest X-ray to rule out Covid pneumonia. The stomping wore him out so much that he said I’d have to drive him: he was too weak. We expected to get…

  • Kentucky Derby, Kind Of

    Like Dave from Blogograhy was saying, sometimes there are so many CoVid diversions that you don’t have time for them all. That happened to me on Saturday when the second Steven Page Zoom concert conflicted with the virtual running of the Kentucky Derby. NBC Sports set up a fake derby between all the Triple Crown…

  • Ugh – Answers Delayed

    Gary got the call from the urgent care yesterday morning … and they put him off until Monday. He says he’s fine, but of course on top of his angry protestations that he’s fine, he lists his symptoms. I’M FINE I’M JUST CONFUSED I’M FINE I’M JUST DIZZY I’M FINE I’M JUST FEVERISH NO DON’T…

  • Gary Gets Officially Sick

    Thursday Gary felt great. He’s been saying for weeks that he had the covid but was showing no fever. It’s been this running commentary. Him: “My toes hurt …my eye hurts … I am so tired … I am sweating like a pig …” Me: “Get a test. Tell the doctor. Don’t tell me. I…

  • The Best Show Since the Beginning of the Pandemic

    Of all the things a I’ve been binge-watching … Ozark, WestWorld, Buzzfeed Unsolved … I think the most enjoyable recently was the Backyard Show, in which we spend time watching what’s going on in the backyard. The Dim-witted Momma raccoon continues to crawl over the neighbors’ fence and disappear into their backyard. I think maybe…