A Monday

It's a holiday Monday and also a family birthday today.

The best part about the long weekend is having another day off today.  The worst part is not wanting to return to work tomorrow (or ever?)

I'll be seeing family in a few hours and I'm anxious about that.  Anxious for potential Covid spreading reasons and anxious for social anxiety reasons.  I'm doing my best to manage both.  (Tested negative on a rapid home test this morning for Covid and working at keeping calmer in a few ways.)

Right now, out my window there's a stopped garbage truck.  Stopped and turned off, no engines running, which is unusual - to see them and not hear them.

It has a flashing amber light on the top.  It double flashes at a pace quicker than the second hand ticking on my wall clock.  It also has two reflections... one on the roof of the truck and one on the window I'm looking through.  I'm not sure if reflection is the proper term for that, but it's a visual trick of some sort whatever it's called.

There's a parade downtown today.  In years past I have gone to see it - it used to attract high school bands from all over and I quite enjoyed the happy crowds and entertaining... stuff.  But I'm not feeling like crowds this year, and the weather's a bit overcast... not that that's an issue, just a note.

I haven't heard the parade, which I feel like in past years I would have, but I also haven't heard the high school bands practising in the week or days leading up, which I used to... pre Covid times, so I'm not sure what or who will be in the parade.  I hope people are out enjoying it and I hope people are enjoying the long weekend.  I had an intense weekend, maybe I'll talk about that tomorrow, but for now, my goal is going to be "getting through" what plans there are, getting groceries and preparing for back to work tomorrow.  

Happy Monday, whatever yours entails.