My Daily Struggle in the COVID-19 Lockdown

 Much to discuss. First, a big shout-out to one of my biggest cheerleaders and pastry enthusiasts, Caroljean Hauze, whose birthday I missed 😬. Please join me in wishing her a happy belated birthday! 🎂🎂🎂🎈🎈🎈🎉🎉🎉 This has been one heck of a week. First, another Black man shot by a cop (at least this guy didn't die). Cue peaceful protesters. Then cue BLM  and Antifa. And now, one of my favorite places to visit, Kenosha, is ruined. On top of this, this one guy named Kyle Rittenhouse decided that he had enough of the rioting and savagery, so he opened fire on the rioters, killing one and injuring two. A seventeen-year-old boy could be going to prison for life. On the one hand, he was outside of the law. He should have only used the gun if his home or property were in jeopardy. On the other hand, in too many cities have politicians openly disrespected all police, good and bad, or told the police force to stand down. In Chicago, Portland, and other cities, mayors and governor...

 Well, my grandmother is out of isolation and has been cleared of COVID-19, God be praised! I found out who her doctor is and made contact, hoping that they will inform me if anything urgent arises. They of course had to ask the old man, and he said no. This week, I started thinking of my late Uncle Willborn. I had gotten to know him when I went to Las Vegas to visit back in 2010. He was in a good mood during the trip, but I knew he had pain deep inside.That's why he drank so much. When we went to the casino in the area (residents stayed far from the strip,  though I only use slot machines and don't gamble anymore), he would have drink after drink after drink. I tried to discourage him, but it didn't help. I remember that his favorite drink was Steel Reserve High Gravity lager. No matter what his faults were, he was a humble man. I could have a conversation with him and not worry about judgement or criticism.  He was looking for a son he lost when his wife divorced him an...

  Another rough week. My paternal grandmother, Grandma Margie, has been diagnosed with, you guess it, COVID-19. She is non-symptomatic, and she is in isolation. Guess how I found out about it? From my brother on my father's side--in my Facebook newsfeed. Of course, I started to worry because no one called or texted me to tell me. I sent a message to him, my younger paternal brother, and my paternal sister. I asked them when they heard about Grandma. I also included my old man in the text, wanting to know what her condition was and why no one called me to tell me. As it was late at night, I did not get a response for either of them, but I managed to enhance my calm well enough to go to sleep. When I didn't get a return call in the morning, I called my old man again. (Sidebar, my apologies if the moniker for my father offends you; that's just how I refer to him.) I got ahold of him, and he was very nonchalant about my concern, He said that she was fine, and he said that I wou...

 This was one of the worst weeks of the year. It began when I learned that a client I once worked with committed suicide in what was supposed to be a secure facility. But then, when a person is smart enough, which he was, no place is safe for someone who is serious about committing suicide. It was very hard for me to accept his death, especially since there were times, because of the fact that he was a murderer at the beginning of his treatment. I often felt that he never should have been allowed to  leave the hospital once a person died at his hands.  While I was dealing with this, a client who was in the hospital for a month was released prematurely, and she is now resistant to support. The hospital did not help matters because of how they did not send a prescription to the pharmacy as they were supposed to. On top of that, while I spent all afternoon arguing with the hospital and the pharmacy because of a medication she needed, I kept my so-called co-workers in the loo...

Another eventful week. First, there was the death of the civil-rights leader John Lewis. People were pointing their fingers at the President because he said that he would not attend the funeral. Back up; wait a minute. First, this guy was a major opponent and yet another power-drunk Democrat who only cares about the deep pockets of the social elites. Second, what if he said that he would attend the funeral? The DemocRats would show their object to that too. I still remember that tragedy in Cincinnati a few years ago. When the mayor learned he would come to visit, she basically told the citizens to make him as uncomfortable as possible. Even before he were elected, the media and left-wing hate groups had already decided for the rest of America how he should be treated, and anything good he does will be ignored, but every error in judgement and every stupid thing he says will be exploited. He can't do anything right, and the party of DemocRats is infallible. While he has said and don...