Well, howdy, y’all, to my “millions” of readers! Okay, I’m a
day late, posting on 4/6/2020. I man had to eat supper last evening!
Three weeks have passed. I know that you have been “sitting
on pins and needles” awaiting the next entry. At long last, here it is! Enjoy!
3/16/2020, Monday, Mrs. Appalachian started her work-at-home,
every now and then, reality, as a vice-principal/teacher, while Sevier County
Schools are closed indefinitely, due to coronavirus, or, as it’s being called
nowadays, COVID-19 virus. At first, the school closure was two weeks only.
Well, we’ll see if face-to-face classes start this fall!
3/17/2020, St. Patrick’s Day, a fine day for any Irishman:
after my work-a-day, a fine friend, since grade school, nicknamed Gator,
called! We haven’t talked or visited in a few years. His wife and he are in my
hometown now! Great! (Oh, 3/17/2020 was also every-four-week chiropractic “fine
tune” appointment, for both of us, as usual.)
On 3/21/2020, Saturday, “Gator” drove down here to visit us!
His wife decided to stay home. We visited, drank coffee, and talked, as two
mountain men do, for about three hours! As long as “Gator” and his wife are
nearby, we’ll see more of each other now! Afterward, in anticipation of
starting to work at home, I purchased and brought home an L-shaped desk, and a
couple of other items, to start working at home.
3/22,28,29/2020 (Sunday, Saturday, Sunday): the L-shaped desk,
in the 33-step process to put together, is almost done! The missing bottom
parts for two desk drawers are supposed to be on their way. I fought Office
Depot/Max, by phone, until I was blue in the face, but I WON! Modern, robotic,
insufficiently staffed, “customer support” is NOT what it should be nowadays!
3/24/2020, Tuesday, on my father-in-law’s 82nd
anniversary of his birth, was my LAST day driving the 16.4 miles one-way to the
office, in Maynardvegas! Utilizing a borrowed card table for three days, I have
been and am working at home, since 3/25/2020! It’s much easier to walk a few
steps from my bathroom to my home office than to drive to/from work, passing,
to/from, the crossroad, where, on 3/29/2016, the dip wad, age 18, uninsured girl
failed to yield to my right of way.
Saturday, 4/4/2020, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I, in my new ol' truck, went to Lowe’s, very bravely, to purchase flowerbed stuff.
Afterward, again, very bravely, we bought groceries at the IGA. Oh, yes,
everyone was trying to stay six feet apart. Some were wearing masks. We were
not. It was too warm! I suppose that we have survived!
Palm Sunday, 4/5/2020, my beloved House Mountain parking areas
are CLOSED. Huge trailers and signs block the two parking areas! Thus, I had no
hike #168 this afternoon! I thought about parking on the shoulder, to hike
anyway. No one can close the woods! Wisdom dictated, however, that an officer
might place a ticket on my ol' truck windshield or toe him off, while I was in
the woods. Instead, my ol' truck had a Gibbs wash, and I helped Mrs.
Appalachian Irishman with her front porch flowerbed work. Oh, by the way, Molly
LOVES her new front porch flowerbed resting spot! She did a job on the
immaculate work that Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had done! Good doggy!
My next article will focus on the coronavirus/COVID-19
virus, in a historical perspective. Until then, I hope that this country
doesn’t die economically, as we try to avoid a nasty common cold virus.
Supper time! Y’all keep turning right and going straight out
there!
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