COVID-19: The End(?)

Today the Governor announced that Oregon would be lifting it’s COVID-19 restrictions “no later than June 30th”. News reports as of this morning have us at 1.1% short of her original 70% goal. So as the saying goes…..Good enough for government work…… Obviously COVID-19 doesn’t just disappear because some government restrictions are lifted. The idea…

COVID-19 Wk 65: Prepping

My big event for 2021 is just under a week away. I’m riding the Skull 120 next week and as good or bad as my training has gone there isn’t much more I can do now in the case of fitness. All I can do now is focus on prepping and making sure my bike…

COVID-19 Wk 64: Seventy Percent

Oregon’s governor has said she will lift most COVID restrictions in place once we hit 70% of the population with at least one vaccine shot. That looks like it could happen in the next 3-4 weeks if all goes to plan. My one and only comment about that is YIPPEE!!!!! Strawberry Season It’s strawberry season…

We Interrupt the regular news……

Instead of writing about COVID (weeks 62 & 63 by the way) I am going to take a moment to acknowledge how my life drastically changed twenty years ago this week. Mia and I met through Match.com. This was long before apps on your phone were a thing and you had to log in via…

COVID-19 Wk 61: Back to Normal(ish)?

Took a bit of a “posting vacation” the past few weeks. Sometimes it’s just nice to do stuff and not feel obligated to write about it (mostly pressure I put on myself). And sometimes I spend way too much freaking time in front of a computer at work and don’t want to touch one on…

COVID-19 Wk 58: Vaccine No. 2 Hangover

I had my second Pfizer vaccine this past Thursday morning. I was fairly ecstatic to have this done and out of the way. My informal querying of friends and coworkers seemed to indicate I would probably get some side effect(s). The big question was what and when. By 8pm on Thursday night I started to…