Pandemic Week 53: One Vaccine Down!

A Sunday walk at the park
 Big news for the week - Joe got his first vaccine!  He was the recipient of dose 1 of the Pfizer vaccine.  Second dose is scheduled for April 7.  Progress!  We are a step closer to getting out and about a bit more. Theresa is still waiting for the call and who knows when Anna will be eligible since she does not meet the 16 and over requirement.  For now, we will take what we can get.

In other news, Joe replaced the mailbox after the door would no longer stay closed.  Why is this news?  Well, we happen to notice two other neighbors replacing their mailboxes over the weekend - also because the door would no longer closed.  We suspect this may have something with the new mailman's overzealous closure of the door.  We are currently assessing and may need to contact our local post office to see if they can reinforce mailbox etiquette with the staff.

Theresa's big event for the weekend was taking over the swim team treasurer duties.  Like many things, this will probably be much more involved than anticipated.  You know it is going to be interesting when the former treasurer shows up with a big Ziploc bag of cash from the vending machine from last season (clearly a bank deposit is in order).  Stay tuned for more swim team updates.

As for Anna, this is the last week of school before spring break.  The school also announced this week that they are planning for a return to 5 days in the fall (fingers crossed).    The goal for this week is to make it through with all assignments turned in (the bar is low).

As for the weekend, we enjoyed some nice weather and took Storm to the park.  

Happy Spring!




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