Family Gathering

Today is my older sister’s birthday. Since I’m in Knoxville and most of my family is here, we decided to go out to dinner to celebrate her birthday. My brother in law took us in his boat to the restaurant. It was fun riding in the boat. We had a good time getting there. It felt good to be with everyone and share memories of mom and celebrate my sister. Makes me wonder if we’ll stay in touch and get together in the future. Mom always worried that we wouldn’t get together when she died. We’ll have to work hard to make sure we all stay in touch.

Masks at Dinner

We went out to dinner tonight. As is the norm lately, you have to wear a mask. But this time it was a little different. They asked that we keep our masks on until we are going to eat or drink and then put them back on after eating and drinking. I guess they want the smallest amount of droplets to be released. Some restaurants are installing new air systems to filter the air. We’ll wear the masks where ever we have to. I have no problem with that. Although I have seen on the news the crazy people who refuse to wear a mask. They are just plain stupid. I hope they get it and die. Today there were 33,744 new cases! Just a few days ago the numbers were going down. Now they’re going up! This is getting worse and I’m not happy about it.